Lesson 8: Workbook Exercises Part 2 Thursday 29 July 2010

Lesson was in the Living Lab that day and we carried on completing our workbook exercises. We were allowed to research for information so that we could answer those questions we were unsure of. I looked up for information on why aluminium alloy was used to make aircrafts instead of pure aluminium. From the given information, I realised that aluminium alloy was lighter than pure aluminium and thus, is used to make aircrafts. Some of us were chosen to present our answers to the class and explain why we chose the answers. Mdm Riza then told the class if the answers were correct or wrong and further explained why the answers were correct. She only went through part of the exercises we did that day, with the remaining exercises to be gone through the next lesson.
I used to think that textbooks would be able to provide answers to all questions, be it in exams, tests or workbooks. Now I think that my thinking was wrong. Not all workbook exercises answers are obtainable from textbooks. We need to conduct our own research in order to answer the questions. The exercises in the workbook test our general knowledge on that topic and thus, we need to widen our knowledge and be able to answer these questions should they arise in exams.