Bio Club Cleaning

Today during double block study I worked with Andrea on cleaning up the back of the biology room, where we will be working on dissections. I had to empty out these really old experiments which smelled quite bad, but I got the job done. There is now a whole counter free for us to use. Considering only 2 people of the whole biology club did this, I think that is significant in meeting my learning outcomes. I might work on cleaning again later next week if the dissection hasn't started yet.

Biology Club

We finally had a meeting for biology club! Only four of us showed up, but we planned basically what we wanted to do. We decided that during our study halls we could come into the biology room and work on dissection of different things, and then we will compare the differences in the anatomy's of different organisms. I'm not a huge fan of dissection, so I think this will help me to develop new skills. After the comparison is done, we want to make a glogster (an online collage) showing what we've done. I think this will be good because we will have to work collaboratively as a group. By the end of the week we are going to give Dr. Gilligan a sheet with everyones names and our study halls so that by next week we can start on the dissection.

FIrst Biology Club Meeting

Today, we had our first biology club meeting after school. There were only five students who came, because two were absent, but we mostly talked about what we would do for the future meetings. We decided that every week someone would bring in their own topic and discuss it. I think that this adds to my goal because I will be directly contributing to the group, as one meeting every seven days will be based upon what I want it to be. Other than this, the meeting was pretty short, because everyone wasn't there. However, after vacation we are going to have another meeting.

MSPCA orientation meeting

Today was my first meeting at the MSPCA. We basically just sat down in a room with the manager of the MSPCA in Centerville to discuss what is in store for the future regarding volunteering. We all filled out "applications" saying which parts of volunteer work interested us most. I wrote down helping with the animals, doign things like cleaning their cages and feeding them; I picked this option because I thought that it would be beneficial to the animals as well as the MSPCA. I also chose the option of walking the dogs and playing with them because I thought that it would be a fun and enjoyable experience to get close with animals, while also giving them the love and care that they need.

While at the "orientation" meeting today, I learned a lot of things about the MSPCA program. We were explained the euthenasia process which I think affected me a lot. By volunteering at the MSPCA and helping the animals, it helps to prevent the euthenasia. There is a 90% adoption rate, which is a remarkable success, and it is hugely based upon the volunteers. I'm hoping that by volunteering there, I will be able to keep this rate up and make it increase even more. I was told that in a couple of weeks we would be notified regarding when volunteering will begin. I am definitely looking forward to this.