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Hey guys!
What’s up? Today I will tell you all about m Oregon field trip. We where gone for six days, from Saturday the 19th to Friday the 25th of October. We went down across the border and to the states of Washington and Oregon. We stayed in two different yurts and in one set of cabins. Now, I’m going to list all my favourite activities down below.
The focus of this trip was two things; advertising and biology. Advertising was the priority (check out my other blog post) and we were all separated into groups about 3-4 and assigned Oregon business ads. My group was a business called Nias’s Thai. Here’s the ad.
Tell me what you think in the comments. The biology part we did at the Hatfield Marine Science Center. We got to touch urchins, starfish, crabs and much more. We also got to rebuild a whale as well as make an R.O.V (remote operated vehicle). Other than that, we kind of left marine biology alone, with the exception of Yaquina Head tide pools.
Thinking interdependently
We had to thinking out of the box on several occasion. Like the time we set up the rov’s. This is why. So when we where building our rov’s we had three engines. One for up and down, and two for moving forwards and steering. We at frost wanted a box design, but that would make steering hard, and we needed to protect our engines since we were in a small tank when piloting these. So we made a birdcage design. This design allowed us to protect the engine AND make it easy to steer.
Another time I had to manage impulsivity was when I was on my quests. A quest is a scavenger hunt made by students AND teachers. We didn’t get to make any, sadly, but we did work as a group. Thinking interdependently does entail some group work aspects. Our quests were done in groups. I’ll put the links to every blog post in my group about this at the bottom. A time we weren’t thinking is when we completely ignored sone clues our teammates had found, simply because we though it was something else. Over the course of our quests, we became more successful, because every time we failed, we’d learn. We got faster and better at solving the quests over our experiences.
Being persistent.
Being persistent pr staying on track is hard for me. Anyone in my family will tell you that I have a tiny attention span. Because of that, I find it hard to stay on task. Writing my book, editing, making blog post, I find it hard to stay on track. Then I found a miracle. 5 minute breaks. These breaks allow me to do what I want for 5 minutes then get back on track, because of that, I was able to finish this, (even though I took a break while writing this particular section) and my book.
Managing impulsivity.
Some people struggle with being impulsive. For those who don’t know, here are some examples of impulsivity. Saying whatever pops into your mind. Doing whatever you want without thinking of repercussions. Saying a mean joke even though that might distance you from some people. Being impulsive often is associated with being rash. You don’t think before you do. I don’t feel like I struggle with this, but some people might. When you’re being impulsive and your stuck with the same people for a week, you’ll be miserable. That’s why people always tell you to think before you talk.
Questioning yourself, thinking and working.
Three essential things to this trip. You need a sustained curiosity, otherwise, you won’t learn as much. You need to think, not just let info pass through one ear and out the other. And working. Brining it all together. This is all stuff we did on this trip. It was far from easy, but it was fun. For me, those three things are the essentials to a good job.
Anyways, that’s all for today. Thanks guys! Bye!
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