How do you feel overall about this class? What characterizes your experience?
This class quickly became my favorite. I really enjoyed the projects we did and what we learned through them. This class gave me the opportunity to learn without it feeling like learning, we were able to learn by doing things on our own.
What did you learn about yourself as a learner?
Andrew told us at the beginning that we were the ones deciding what to do and how we managed our time. At first I was a little surprised because in past years the teachers always told you what to do. I'm extremely glad he had us do that though because I was able to learn what benefits me the most work wise. I was on top of my work and I always made sure I had things done on time.
When was a time or what was something you did when you were driven by curiosity?
The time I was the most driven by curiosity was when we did the Bismuth lab. I saw it sitting in the pan and instantly wanted to know what it was. I wanted to know why it had those specific colors, why those colors appeared on it and how you could change those colors by doing different things to it.
When was a time or what was something that you did when you weren’t driven by curiosity?
The only thing we did that I didn't have any curiosity for was the Oobleck lab. I had done it in elementary school and it was just a repeat of what I had already experimented. I still enjoyed the lab because it was fun to play with and it was interesting to compare the two experiments.
Please share any remaining thoughts or feedback.
I really enjoyed Andrew's talks in the beginning of class and at the end. I especially enjoyed the random stories he'd tell and I hope he continues that with the next class.