Plants Galore!

Oh, hello there! Are you ready for our Plants Special?

Plants are here and there. Join us as we venture to the Plant Kingdom!

     Our fourth quarter CEO or Creative Expansive Output is similar to our 3rd quarter CEO; we need to make a report about respective topics. But instead of animals, the project focused on plants. We had the same requirements too; a power point, a handout, again, photocopied 20 times, and a 10- item quiz about the topic. But this time, we got to work with our classmates in partners or groups but you could also work individually. And like the 3rd quarter CEO, the reporting started from the least diverse to the most diverse organisms in the Plant Kingdom.

Clarisse: Division Lycopodiophyta

     Clarisse worked alone in this project because she thought that it would be easier because with a pair or a group, you’ll have to talk to each other and assign schedules and call each other for the requirements. It’s also fairer because it’s unfair if you have a partner or a group that did nothing gets the score you get.

   Division Lycopodiophyta is the topic that Clarisse got. She had a harder time in researching on this topic due to the limited information so she had to really research hard for the information she needed. The limited information was one of her problems so she worked harder and researched more. Clarisse thought that the most important thing she learned in this project is learning to believe in herself by believing she could finish doing her CEO and doing her best in it. Clarisse also learned that plants are not only important to humans like us but are also important to the balance of the environment so we must preserve and take care of them.

Miguel: Division Bryophyta

     Unlike last quarter, Miguel made a report about Kingdom Fungi but this time his topic was Division Bryophyta or simply mosses. He learned interesting facts about bryophytes. He thinks probably the most interesting is the life cycle of mosses.

     Miguel chose to work alone. He thinks that by working by himself is much easier because when you’re working in a group, you still need to plan with your group mates and divide the tasks. You don’t need to do this when working individually, you’re all alone and you just have to do all the work. Preparing this report was easier for him because he already had experience in making hand-outs and power point. 

     Miguel encountered a problem while doing the project. The problem was that the life cycle of bryophytes is somewhat complicated. The first time Miguel read it, he did not understand it so he resolved it by reading more about bryophytes’ life cycle and soon he had a better understanding of it. The slides of Miguel’s power point were also wordy so he cut the wordy slides into two slides.

     The most important lesson that Miguel learned is that if there is something that he does not understand well in his report, he must research about it. It is essential that Miguel knows everything about his topic so that he will be able to explain and share very well his report to the class.

 

Adi: Division Coniferophyta  

     In this project, Adi worked with his partner, James reported on Division Coniferophyta or also known as the Division Pinophyta. Conifers are known as cone-bearing plants with vascular tissue, woody plants, mostly trees and leaves that do not shed during winter. They have leaf structures that are awl like, needle like or scale like. Their seed is not enclosed in an ovary. Most conifers are Monoecious, but some are subdioecious or dioecious. They can survive in stressful environments, including drought, high winds, heat, and cold. Adi and James had a slight problem with the division of the labor so they decided to help each for an agreeable result for their work. This Power Point Presentation taught them to work and trust each other. 

Alex: Class Monocotyledones

     In this project, Alex worked with 2 more group mates, Gabbie and Toni. They had to make again, a powerpoint, a 10-item quiz and 20-photocopied handouts. They had to explain how the Monocots reproduce, where they live and much more. Did you even know that there are more than 59, 300 species of Monocots? Wow, right? Species here are also grown for animal consumption. It was harder for Alex because the group didn’t really know how to divide the work among themselves. Advantages for being in a group, is that she had such a fun time with her group mates. Disadvantage is that work was divided unequally. Alex and her group did encounter problems along the way. They had a problem with their powerpoint because the settings in a Mac computer is different with a PC. The background was bad and the text was all over the place. She learned that being in a group is hard and everything comes with a problem. And that the most important thing in a project is that every person has fun and they do their best to make their project the best. 

Khael: Division Cycadophyta

     In Khael's 4th Quarter Ceo, he was made to choose whether to do the CEO with a partner or by himself. The 4th quarter CEO was a lot easier because Khael did a report with a partner and they divided the work among themselves. Instead of doing everything just like in the 3rd quarter CEO, Khael made the handout and photocopied it 20 times, he also prepared 10 questions while his partner did the powerpoint. The advantages of this project is that Khael and his partner helped each other. They discussed the project together and shared ideas. The disadvantages Khael and his partner discovered were that they didn’t have the same schedule when using the computer. Khael together with his partner didn’t agree on what to put and what not to put. 

     Khael and his partner did not encounter any problem. What made it easier for us to prepare was dividing the work equally, discussing with each other. This CEO taught Khael a lot because he learned how to be responsible with the work assigned to him. Lastly, he learned about team work and how important it is.