Lab Reflection

I have had a great learning experience in the lab section of biol 230. This was the first science laboratory class I had taken in college. I think I developed different methods of studying and learned a lot of things that I will probably carry with me throughout my years in the university and beyond as a STEM major. I developed not only in my cognitive skills but also I felt that the class helped me develop myself in my noncognitive skills as a person who is somewhat socially anxious/awkward. I felt confident in talking to my colleagues and contributing my ideas and thoughts as each class that went by. I especially think the poster sessions and the group discussions (jigsaw puzzle) were very beneficial because I got to discuss what I learned

One particular Lab that I loved and I learned a lot from was the Enzyme lab, it was the first Lab in which everything was timed and had to be super precise, my group and I performed the part of the concentration effect on enzyme activity, I and another group member were responsible for measuring what went in to each to tube and mixing different tubes together, also I was responsible for watching the spectrophotometer and telling the recorder for the reaction rate of the enzyme activity at the appointed time. In this experiment using the exact ml of solutions, keeping track of the time and watching the spectrophotometer to get the absorbance was very important to get an accurate data. The other group who also did the enzyme concentration had a slight problem with measurements and timing, their results came out completely different and inaccurate, this taught me to follow lab instructions precisely because it can have a great impact on the results/data even if is a slight mistake such as going over the specific amount of time/seconds. Lastly, I learned from the enzyme lab, how to use excel to create the graphs for my