Standard: This internship met the standards 1.0 and 2.4 of the English Language Arts Content standards for California public Schools.
Assignment: Internship affiliated with UCSF Objective: To learn science specifically biology for eight weeks.
Question Prompt: What did I learn in this internship?

Connections across Content Reflection

Right before I finished my junior year I applied to an internship called SEP (Science and Health Education Program),where I worked as an intern throughout the summer of 2006. I have selected this internship as a Connection across Content in my digital portfolio for I saw how the skills I have learned in my English class could directly connect with what I had to do in the SEP internship.

Being involved in this summer internship was an epiphany that allowed me to observe how my English class could help me have connections in the real world. For example, in the internship I had to speak concisely and clearly to the scientists that surrounded me in the Lab where I worked. I mostly talked about science. I had to learn how to pronounce the word “Chlamydomonas,” because that was the name of the cells I had to work with. I had to listen carefully to understand what the scientists were talking about. Therefore, this science internship met the CA English Listening and Speaking standard 1.0.

In addition to how I could connect my English class to the SEP internship I had to perform a Power Point Presentation to demonstrate what I learned. I had to make a Power Point Presentation to talk about my results in the Lab. For this reason this internship also met the Listening and speaking standard 2.4, for I had to speak publicly. I guided my audience through my Power Point Presentation which I had created previously. During this conference I had to speak loudly and clearly so that the audience could hear me. On the other hand, I also had to listen to questions the audience asked me and respond to them eloquently.

To see what I learned in the SEP internship click here!

Click here to check out the picture of the team of scientists I woked with during the 2006 SEP internship!

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