Daylon Powell
CART portfolio
Project 2
For this project our teachers assigned us police reports to analyze, then we drew the crime scenes involved with the police reports out on scenePD. Then we picked our topics and were divided into groups due to the topic we picked. We then learned how to collect the evidence that correlates to our topic. We did research cards on our topics. Two actual crime scenes were put together by our teachers and we went out to them group by group taking pictures and collecting the evidence which was drug evidence in my case considering the fact that I'm in the drug evidence group. In the end we all testified as expert witnesses in the simulated courtroom for the mock trial.
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In the end of all the classwork and field work of a drug analysis and Crime scene tech CART held a showcase to show parents, teachers, and kids from the other lab what it's like in the forensic lab and explain the work we did in project 2.
One habit of mind I demonstrated in project 2 was effective communication because in the end when it was time for the showcase me and my team communicated to each other about who says what at what time. I also used my communication effectively with the parents, students, and teachers by explaining what my group did in project 2 thoroughly. I also presented the habit of mind reflecting for improvement by taking a mental note of my mistakes during my part of explaining and then correcting them the next group around and from there on keep repeating the cycle. Collaborative team work was used by me and my team because we all did our individual parts which all came together as one big presentation. Also if someone got stuck while presenting on my team someone will jump in and help out instantly which shows that we demonstrated collaborative team.
The 3 habit of minds effective communication, reflecting for improvement, and collaborative teamwork are important to have in school along with life. The three habit of minds are important in school because to actually learn new things you have to use effective communication with your classmates and teachers, if you get a low score on a math test hypothetically speaking then you can retake it using the habit of mind reflecting for improvement to get a higher score, and collaborative teamwork is important to have in school for things just like project 2 or if you simply need help on a homework problem you would need to use collaborative teamwork with a colleague. In life the three habit of minds are handy to have because if you have a conflict with someone the it would be best to use effective communication to resolve the problem for less stress in your life, using the habit of mind reflecting for improvement will be great in life because if your doing something bad in life or making a mistake then you can later reflect on what you were doing bad or reflect on the mistakes u were making and better them to better yourself, lastly collaborative teamwork is used in jobs and relationships throughout your life this habit of mind will help you stay on track to a successful life because you will have people to come together with so everything won't be complicated and difficult in other words it will take a lot off of your back in your life.