Unit 9 Reflection

      This unit was about taxonomy and classification. We learned how different organisms are classified through the system: Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. After learning about history of taxonomy, we went into details about kingdoms within the three domain, especially bacteria and eukarya. After learning about each domain, we learned about a lot of phyla within each domain and kingdom, especially within eukarya and animalia. Throughout this unit we saw how evolution plays a big part in relationships between different phyla and classes. I would still like to learn about archaea, as we have not really talked about that domain.

Picture of different organisms

      This unit we did a "What on Earth Evolved Presentation". Overall I learned a lot from not only doing my presentation, but also from watching my classmates' presentations. I did my presentation on the extinct organism, the trilobite. I think my presentation went pretty well, but the one thing I would have changed is how prepared I was. I was planning on having my presentation memorized, but I did not end up having enough time to practice a lot, so I would have allowed myself more time to do that. During this project, I learned that practice is very important, no matter how confident you are.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taxonomic_Rank_Graph.svg

                                                    
      In my unit 8 reflection, I stated how I want to be more assertive. I think that I have been doing a better job doing that in spite of the fact that that there was not too much time for group collaboration during this unit.