Biology English 2020

  If we look up at the Britannica dictionary, it’s said nature is the physical world and everything in it (such as plants, animals, land, air, water, mountains, oceans, stars, etc.) that is not made by people.     And the word nature refers to the interaction between the physical world and the life within it. Now I want you to close your eyes and imagine that you are outside, anywhere you want. You can be at the beach, wood, mountain, or you can simply be in a garden. now, what do you see in your imagination? Everything we see, eat, touch, hear, or feel comes from nature. Life of nature Nature keeps changing form season to season, from minute to minute. The nature has not always looked the way it looks today. In other words, the carrot one billion years ago was in a totally different shape than it is today!! There is another proof, so why is Greenland called Greenland if it is icy? Back then, thousand years ago, green land is greener.    But nature is keep chang...

  The world has change and it means to be ready to succeed in the future has also change. That means our model of learning must change. Like remodeling a house, we have to strengthening what works and fixing what doesn’t. that is why we need a new way of teaching and learning. For example, we can use student centered learning model. What is student centered learning? Is an instructional approach that places focus on the students, instead of the teacher. Its missions is to create independent and responsible learners for the feature. SCL is a modern way of teaching where the role of the students is deemed to be very critical in constructing their own understanding from new information and prior experiences. Why is student centered learning? There are many positive benefits that using a student centered learning model. Research has shown that students learn how express themselves and articulate their individual ideas. This learning environment allows students to be more engage...

  In my recent task on biology english education in my program, we were asked to write an autobiography. I also realized, it might not be a bad idea to share my autobiography for those of you who are interested in learning a bit more about my learning experiences. So….let’s get to know me My name is Novika Eriahta Sitepu, I was born on November 30, 2001 in Jakarta. Fun fact, I got my name from my big cousin’s wife. “Novika” came from November and they just added “ika” because “ita” is too common in here, “Eriahta” means “our joy/our happiness” that came from “Meriahta” in Karo language, and “Sitepu” is family name. I grew up in a small town near the border between Depok, Bekasi and Bogor (or you can just simply call it Cibubur). I live with my parents and my three older brothers. All of my brothers have a fairly large age gap with me. Having older siblings sometimes makes me feel lonely, because they are more busy with their own lives. Sadly my mom passed away when I was 6, right...