12.+Responding+with+wonderment+and+awe

Responding with wonderment and awe

In the Redox unit of quarter 4, my lab partner and I came up with a design for a battery meant ot produce more than 1.2 V of electricity. At first, we had trouble coming up with an appropriate design that would even succesfully conduct electricity. When we finally came up with and idea and carried it out, I was strucked with awe and kept wondering as the cell battery, using HCl, iron and copper, would work. My wonderment to this process was heightened when we increased the number of cell batteries. The process of figuring out what we should connect with each other made me feel fulfilled as we were able to figure this out by ourselves.

My strength in regards to this habit of mind is that I was able to immediately feel fulfilled and excited. I usually do not think of learning only for the sake of good grades. My weakness, however, is that once I felt fulfilled, I was no longer interested in what my lab partner and I were supposed to focus on.