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Why did you choose this? My favorite thing I've done this semester is make chocolate chip muffins. The reason this is my favorite thing is because Savreen and I had such a fun time making them, and that was also the first time I really looked at the science in food. It was definitely a learning process, especially when we almost started a fire, even though that was a scary thing that happened, when we talk about it now we laugh about it. Not only was it fun, but I feel like that was a very strong blog post, and the end result was amazing. When were you most curious? I feel like I was most curious when we were planning out our sections, there were so many things that I wanted to do, that I didn't get the chance to. When Andrew told us we could do any experiment that we wanted, I immediately had like twenty ideas in mind. I was also very curious while making bath bombs, because even though I had done the lab before I never really looked at the science behind it. I always found it interesting how they are able to fizz up whenever water touches it, and learning about it on a molecular level was interesting. When were you least curious? I was least curious during the rocket project, especially when we had to learn about and design motors. Before we could design our own motors, we had to research the different types of cores and fuel. The main problem with this phase of the project is that, there weren't very many websites that had a lot of information on what we needed to be researching. I also wasn't very curious during the actual construction of the rocket, because I don't really find rocketry interesting. If you like learning about rockets and motors, then this will be a really fun project for you, since I wasn't it was hard finishing this project. How has this semester helped you for next and beyond? This semester has helped me a lot when it comes to reflecting, I had a physics blog last year and whenever I had to write a blog post, I never went into detail. I always wrote what was happening, never my thoughts and experiences, I also never talked about what science I was learning. Time management is something I've always had trouble with, this made getting 250 points very difficult in the beginning of the semester. In order to get all of the points necessary, I really had to stay on my A game, this meant I had to plan out what I was going to do, and stick with it. I had to make sure I was staying focused, and not wasting my time during class. When I did waste my time I spent my weekends trying to catch up on what I should have been doing during the week. Give a few last words. A message to my future students.. A bit of wisdom you'd like to share.. Overall this semester was really fun, most of the time you get to plan and choose what projects you're doing, so make sure you take advantage of that. Even though I'm excited to learn a new language, I'm going to miss doing experiments, and hearing Andrew's crazy stories. If you're in Andrew's class, make sure you ask him to tell you the story about his friend Meat on Halloween. One thing I really struggled with this semester was updating my blog, for almost every single section I didn't have a single blog post up until halfway through the last week. Even now, I've spent about three days of my winter break trying to finish blog reporting, because I' waited until the last minute. Another piece of advice I have for Andrew's future students is to bring a jacket, for some reason the chemistry classroom is always freezing. One day we walked in, and it was 50 degrees in there, so if you get cold easily like me, bring a jacket you'll regret it if you don't. I would also recommend making sure you finish every lab you want to do, I really wanted to make soap and candles, but sadly I didn't get to, and I really regret not making them.
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