Publish: My picture is of the distribution of nuclear plants worldwide. I found that Europe has the most and was quite curious as to why it was that way.
Process: I wanted to find out more but due to the poor internet connection, I could not. Though, I think it might be due to the different levels of advancement of technology in different countries, the availability of resources and the different benefits a nuclear plant could bring to the country.
Generalise: Through this, I learnt the importance of having resources and being able to research more about a topic.
Apply: I can apply this in the future by researching about a subject properly before I start doing a project on it. I can also gather many different resources that might be of use during the project.
Day 2
Publish: The video I chose was of a coral shrinking up after being shot out of the dropper.
Process: The shrunk up coral was around 20% of its previous size and was much darker than before. It was completely not moving and looked like it was dead.
Generalise: I found its reaction to danger and how it tried to protect itself by ‘playing dead’ very interesting as it looked so much different than before.
Apply: This has sparked an interest in me to want to find out more about this topic and research on how different corals react to danger.
Day 3
Publish: The picture I chose is the solution after the Symbiodinium purification. I was quite satisfied when I saw it as we had to go through many different processes to achieve it.
Process: My group had a little difficulty understanding the procedures we had to do as the teaching assistant spoke in Chinese and we did not really understand some terms. Hence, we made a few mistakes while doing the procedure but we managed to recover from them by using different methods such as removing the extra liquid and redoing the step. Some methods did not work but we then tried others. Eventually, we managed to finish the experiment.
Generalise: What I took away from doing this experiment is that perseverance and communication is very important when doing anything.
Apply: When I am faced with a challenge in the future, I should think of ways to solve it and not dwell on the problem. Also, I should work harder to learn my mother tongue so that I can communicate confidently in it.
Day 4
Publish: My picture for today is of the different equipment such as a light meter, flow meter, optical hydrometer and many water quality reagents used to test the water in the coral tank to ensure that it is suitable for the corals.
Process: I found this very interesting as I did not know that there were so many steps and things to check for when you are growing corals.
Generalise: I also found it very helpful as my team needs to be able to take care of the corals we are using for our investigation in the near future and we learnt basically all that we needed to know in that session.
Apply: I will use my newly learnt knowledge of the different conditions required and what food to feed the coral when I am conducting my experiment in order to keep the coral alive and healthy.
Day 5
Publish: The picture I chose for today’s reflection is a tentacle from a sea anemone, that was incubated for 72 hours at 33°C, under a microscope. We were supposed to observe and compare the number of symbiodinium in the sea anemones after they were incubated.
Process: The sea anemone that was kept at 26°C should have a lesser number of symbiodinium than the one kept at 33°C. Though, my group’s result was different. The number of symbiodinium was around the same and we even asked for the teaching assistant’s help to ensure that our observation was accurate. After discussing with the teaching assistant about the possible reasons for our experiment not being successful, we concluded that it could have been because the period that the sea anemone was kept at different temperatures was not long enough or the size of the tentacles cut was vastly different.
Generalise: From this experiment, I learnt that I need to be more precise and thorough when conducting experiments.
Apply: I can apply the skills I learnt when I am doing any future experiments to minimise the possibility of my experiment failing.
Day 6
Publish: My photo for today is of the aquarium after all the sediment has settled. When we set up the aquarium two days ago, it was very murky; you could barely see past the first 5 centimetres. At the end of the session that day, the water had cleared up a little. When we went back today, it was fully cleared and not murky at all.
Process: When we first poured the water into the tank while setting it up, we were rushing into it and just dumped the water in. That caused the water to be extremely murky and even though we tried to be more gentle afterwards, the water was still very murky. After we waited for a while, we saw that the sediments were starting to settle and we could see more of the tank.
Generalise: If I stuck my hand in to try and settle it faster, it would just have stirred up more sediment, making the situation worse.
Apply: Sometimes, when I am faced with a problem, I tend to rush head first into it to solve it as fast as possible but this experience has taught me that I should take a step back and observe first. The problem might solve itself if I just wait for a while, just like the murky water.
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