(February 15, 2012)
Experiment # 3. We have added ground sunflower seeds (instead of the other experiments with whole sunflower seeds in one, and no sunflower seeds in the other) to the substrate. I mixed everything just the same as I have been doing for the past two weeks. I was still alone in the labs and responsible for everything I was doing. I am also gaining more tasks, like making my labels, adding my experiment to the data charts, and putting my experiment on the white board with all the other employee's experiments.
I am becoming a lot more independent when I go into my internship. In terms of the big picture, I am learning to complete my experiments from start to finish, and now I am learning to do this all on my own. This is giving me a great preview on how to work in real labs with other real employees. I have to keep track of everything, clean up after myself, precisely record my data, and efficiently observe all of my data. This has been such a great hands-on learning experience.
I am proud of you for being so independent in the mushroom plant. You have become and excellent ambassador for our school!
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Yay for doing experiment on your own! It is cool that you are responsible for everything you are doing, especially you are working just like an actual employee. With the experiment substrates mixed with the whole sunflower seeds or with no sunflower seeds, what kind of data are you collecting? I am really interested in how all these measurements are related to the bacteria-free processing. Hope everything goes well for your independent work :-)
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