The project I am reflecting on is called Small But Mighty project. I learned how to use a Petri dish, and how fast bacteria can grow. Also about the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. I learned about our immune system characters, which are the killer T-cell, the B-cell, the antibody, macrophage, and the white blood cell. Vaccines, and how people can be bias towards certain things, that may not have scientific proof. Lastly I made a public health poster for kids. 

 Keystone 1 was the Petri dish. I swabbed two things which were a walkie talkie, and the printer screen. After a week or so, the printer screen ended up having more bacteria then the walkie talkie. I learned to be very careful when working with microorganisms, so I used safety glasses and gloves. I made observations, testing and checking, and prediction and hypothesis. I now know that you should wash your hands often and how to work with the bacteria and microorganisms safely. I also learned more about the microorganisms and how you should be careful with them.

 Keystone 2 was the different cells in our body’s. I made an immune system power play. I gave each of the characters a name, such as; Kevin the killer T-cell, Ben the brave B-cell, Abby the antibody, Marry the macrophage, and Betty White the white blood cell. I made a profile for each of them. I talked about, who they are, what their job is, where they live, and a story of how they do their job. I took notes about them and then used the information to create those character cards. I found it hard to write the story because I always thought of a similar thing. For example one day Abby was walking along and heard the alarm go off.  But over time I realized and found ways to fix the problem.

Killer T-cell                      B-cell                           Antibody                     Macrophage


White Blood Cell

For keystone 3 I created a paragraph talking about bias in science and my life. I talked a bit about how bias in science can slowly distort into a lie, from the internet or others because they are creating or saying usually what they think, and not always the exact truth. Especially now a days we get most of our information from the internet. Over time that can not be accurate from the information going from person to person. Sunny and I also created a poster about a myth in science. We choose do vaccines cause autism. We talked about why people think of not getting vaccinated, why people think vaccines cause autism, three reasons why a vaccine couldn’t cause autism, and is it true. I learned about how really bias is almost in everything these days, and especially in science. I also learned more about the vaccines, and what they really do.

 

Lastly for the small but mighty project, I created a public health poster for kids. My poster was about washing your hands often so you kill off all off most of the bacteria on your hands so it doesn’t spread as much and get you sick. I learned more about the germs from making that poster. Also how important it is to wash your hands. 

 Overall I really enjoyed learning about this project. Out of all of the keystones I enjoyed keystone 1 the most. I enjoyed keystone one because I got to see and learn about how to use a Petri dish, and being able to see all of the bacteria form over time. I wished I worked on my time management the most. Especially for the keystone 2, which was creating the immune system power play. I really enjoyed learning about all of these things and being able to use the microscopes. I have learned a lot and I am now more careful after seeing those Petri dishes.