Personal Learning Reflection: (2-page maximum)

Learning is different when I am curious because I want to know things and I would be eager to
learn such as doing project because I am free to learn and teacher did not force me or give
information to me, I have to find all information by myself. When I get new information, I will be fun
and enjoy the class if that question in my mind has been answered. If I have to learn more on the
topic I have learnt, I would start from the HIPPCO lesson because when I study Environmental
Science. I feel like everything is related to it and if I can learn more about this, it would be a benefit
for the other topic as well. After I study in this class, I can do lots of thing from it. I can tell what I
have learnt to friends, parents and family to understand and help one another, environment and the
world. Giving education to others will help them to be a concern to our environment. The skill that I
have from this class is to research. We have lots of topics to cover and to understand all of them, I
have to research more. I think this helps me to be better on researching because I am not good at it
before but I keep doing it and I am becoming better. I need more help on the impact of farming on
the environment. This topic is a very big one and I think there are lots of things for me to cover. The
most important thing I have learnt is about greenhouse gases and greenhouse emissions which is
an important factor that impacts on our earth, environment and living things. If everyone learned
about this topic and concern on CFC or the use of spray and pollution by transportation or factory.
The main greenhouse gas emission is a cow. If many people understand this, they can avoid things
that harm to the environment. In the current day, I told my family to use more public transportation,
use fewer pesticides and eat less meat. They listen to me because I have learnt about this and I am
old enough to give correct information with evidence. Before this, I was too young and no one
believes me. I can post the information online for people who have contact with me to know about it
as well. Environmental class and other classes need to focus on a study to understand the topic we
learn. There are problems at home and school which may affect me in my study. I live in the dorm
and parents are not here with me. Sometimes, I may get distracted from my work by movie and
drama. When my parents are not here, I may get easily distracted and it is difficult for me to come
back and focus on work again. I have to sleep late because I did not finish my homework. When I
come back to study at school may cause me to feel sleepy and hard to focus on the lesson.
Achievement of this class is the score that I get in the first two quarters. This shows how much I
study for this class and the score prove it. I am very proud of it. Apart from that, I also achieved the
knowledge which is an important key for me to be successful in the future. I am happy with this class
because I like to learn by a lecture the note. Most of the Environmental science class will learn by
lecture after the slide or presentation. This is the kind of study I prefer the most. Things that made
me feel disappointed in some class is work because sometimes there are lots of work from this
class. Sometimes there is an animal’s smell which I am not happy with it. I may need to work harder
to clear all the work so that I won’t be disappointed with the work. I like the way Mrs Charlene let us
do meditation first before starting the lesson since this class is the last class and everyone want to
go back home. Doing meditation will help us to feel free and decrease all the stress we get from the
whole day. My success from this class is to understand all the content in a long period of time
because I like to forget things I have learnt from many other classes. My failure is when I got a low
score for the test in Quarter three. I am disappointed because I know that I have very few amounts
of time to study for the test. In the next time, I will prepare everything to make sure that I am ready to
study in every class and ready for the test.
I researched on deforestation for my project. The major cause of deforestation is agriculture
plantation. There are 6 causes of deforestation which are Mining, Paper, Overpopulation, Logging,
Agriculture Expansion & Livestock Ranching, Climate change. Human is the main factor that makes
up 6% to 17% of deforestation. There are at least 17 effects from deforestation. There are both good
effects and bad effects. A good one is more food because more land to grow crops and farming
provide more jobs for people. The bad effects of deforestation are given more Carbon dioxide and
less oxygen, causing more drought, causes flooding, causing extinction to wildlife and causing soil
erosion. Brazil is the country that got affected by deforestation the most because people are cutting
down lots of trees from Amazon. There are eight ways to reduce deforestation such as plant more
trees and use less paper at home and the office where you work. The most effective ways to reduce
deforestation are strong policies such as the Lacey Act to close the market for illegally sourced
wood. There is evidence which shows that forests are affected by deforestation. About 7,900 square
kilometers of Amazon forest was cleared in Brazil between August 2017 and July 2018. There are
13.7 percentages of deforestation in Amazon increased each year. Around 28% of endangered
species of animals in Amazon. Deforestation is spread around the world. Government take action by
creating law, especially in the United States. Example of law created by the government is U.S.
Lacey Act, the EU Timber Regulation, and the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act in major
consumer laws related to illegal logging and associated trade that include the plant. Deforestation
also affects the nutrient cycle. It affects four of the nutrient cycle which are phosphorus cycle, water
cycle, carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle. Soil to lose nutrient and imbalance of phosphorus in an
ecosystem. Nitrate from eroding soil which caused by deforestation will go into the river which
affects the health of the water. More people use fossil fuels for cars, factories or generate electricity.
But there are fewer trees that absorb CO2 for photosynthesis. Therefore, the amount of CO2 in the
atmosphere is too much and more than the plant’s need. This caused an effect on the carbon cycle.
Decrease amount of organic nitrogen in deforestation area. The topic I researched was related to the
topic I have learnt in the previous quarter which is nutrient cycle and HIPPCO in the H part or Habitat
loss. In each source I have found are all related to one another.
The strengths of a learner are a strategic learner. If I have any question on the lesson or content
I have learnt, I will try to find out information. There is work that is assigned for us to research and
have self-study time for students. It helps me to be better and have strengths in this ESLOs of the
school. My weaknesses as a learner according to ESLOs of the school is articulate communicators.
Articulate communicators are my weakness because I did not have enough task in the class for
speaking. Presentation is not much in the Environmental class and I cannot have much practice on
this skill. I have learnt that I can learn the best when I study by using lecture. I will remember well if I
write something. This class help me to learn that I am good at writing. As a person, this class help
me to learn that I like to know lots of new ideas. I will be eager to learn when new information is
given.