Anika R's SAS Blog (2015-22)

1. Gun silence is on a steady and dangerous rise in US, and is only becoming a bigger national issue with the opposing perspectives on gun control; Some people believe gun laws should become stricter to protect the public, while many others believe it is their constitutional right to be able to own guns. 2. The issue is formed from many different perspectives that clash, which include power control and safety. Many argue that the Constitution (Second Amendment) allows them to own guns, although many people will say the Second Amendment doesn't apply anymore because it was written almost 200 years ago (1787). 3. There are two major parties in this conflict: for and against guns (in some perspective, it is Democrat V. Republican). If a mediator were to come in and attempt to settle this, it will case even more chaos amongst the people because it is very difficult to find a solution that appeals to all sides. 4. The powers amongst the parties is very unbalanced: the parties...

cow eyeball dissection - photo not of me ( credit link ) In our second semester of Science, we finished the chemistry unit, and covered biology (genetics, DNA, and heredity) and physics (simple machines). As we should, we did many labs on these topics; some examples will be linked in the following passage. Each lab required the use of the SAS Desired Student Learning Outcomes (DSLOs*), which will be explained below. This is a continuation of my Semester One Science Reflection . Throughout the year, collaboration has become increasingly important especially when conducting large lab activities that have parts that not everyone would want to do. For example, when we had had to do a cow eyeball dissection. Cutting open an eye isn't up everyone's allies, and many, many  people *The DSLOs include: cultural competence, creativity, content knowledge, communication, collaboration, character, critical thinking.