3 Questions

On Friday we had our first IB Bio class with Mr. Collins.
Not only did we observe eggs in salt water, we were also challenged with two different paper puzzles. The first one was fairly easy to solve, but the second one was rather tricky as we were given an extra square which we had to place within the first puzzle, still creating a perfect square. Afterwards we were asked to answer this question:

1. How are the puzzles like your brain?
Answer: The first puzzle was like simple information. We had to create a square with the puzzle pieces, which means, that all the information we gather in class has to be placed into our brains in an order for us to understand. No one can possibly learn from a pile of information, one has to organize the pile in order to learn from it successfully. Now the second puzzle with the extra square. The new little square indicated new information. We have to place new information into our brain in the order it belongs to. Each day we will gain new knowledge, a new puzzle piece, to which we have to find the right place inside our brains.

After everyone finally solved the second puzzle, Mr. Collins gave us 10 plastic cups. Immediately we reached out and created a pyramid out of them. Unfortunately it wasn't going to be that easy. Along with the cups, Mr. Collins gave us a rubber-band on which four woolen threads were tied up on. Now the instructions were that four students, each one with one thread in their hand, were to build a pyramid out of the cups with only the rubber-band for help. With workmanship and communication it took us about 5 minutes to finish the pyramid. Now, we were to answer our second question:

2. How is the pyramid like science process?
Answer: The four cups at the very bottom of the pyramid signify basic science knowledge. With each cup build on top of that level, we gain more knowledge and with each level of the pyramid complete, we go deeper into the knowledge we already have, until we finally, slowly reach the top and with the top the answer we were looking for during our process.

As we are an IB class, Mr. Collins finally asked his third question:

3. Why did you choose IB Bio?
Answer: I choose the IB program as it gives me the opportunity to study all over the world. It prepares me to become an intercultural thinking person with a lot of knowledge about the world we are living in.