Core Competency Reflection: Current Lab Experiment

The most important factor that helped our group to complete the current lab experiment was communication. During the experiment, I tried to connect and engage with others and share my knowledge and ideas. I asked and responded to questions about the current lab. For example, I didn’t know where should we put a voltmeter in the electric current, should we connect it in parallel or series connection? I asked my classmate in the group and she told me that we should put it in a series connection. I also responded to my friends’ questions and gave them support when they needed it. I gave support to the person who was speaking, and I respected their ideas. My friend was telling us a way of connecting the electric circuit. I gave him support and I was an active listener.

I could share my information and explain it to my group. I was also able to support the information with evidence. For example, I went to the summer school skill-building course last summer and I learned about the current and electric circuits. I could remember some information and I share them with my group.  I could predict that the current will decrease when adding light bulbs in the series circuit. I could present the information in a clear organized way. I explained to the group that light bulbs act as resistors which decrease the current of the electric circuit. Without each one of us sharing his information, we wouldn’t have completed the experiment.

I could collaborate to plan for the experiment in my group. I helped my group members in drawing the schematic diagrams and make circuits. Each one of us had a role in the project. I could take the responsibility of my role. I tried my best to achieve the best results. My role was to write a conclusion for the experiment. I revised the data that we collected during the experiment to write the perfect conclusion. I also helped in writing the hypothesis for our experiment.

Next time, I want to improve on planning more accurately for the experiment because in the experiment we were lost and confused when we were making a circuit. We didn’t know where the wire or the lamp should go. So, we discussed it with each other and made another plan. In the end, we could find the solution