Independent Component 1:

• LITERAL
  (a) Statement saying: “I, Rachel Wampler, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
  (b) http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/sciencestnd.pdf
• The main source of the completion of this work was the actual list of the California's State Standards.
  (c) Click Here
• (d) I called over 35 schools in the Inland Empire County to try to get willing subjects, but no one seemed to take me seriously. They said to call back (which I did but no reply), some hung up on me, while others simply laughed. This was just a traumatizing experience. I got 12 teachers to reply from six different cities and five different schools. Each interview took around an hour in itself and each non answer took around half an hour. I did propose one question that tried to detect how many really took me seriously which seemed to be fairly high (77%). Afterwards I tried to explain some of the data in which I collected into graphs. 
• INTERPRETIVE 
  I kept calling people. Even before with my original answers. I called people from different counties and it seemed like no one really wanted to help. I found two really helpful people. They explained their work and how they teach their class. This is a justified experiment (so to speak) because I got advice on how to run a chemistry classroom and what it will be like, time wise with the lessons, to actually plan this work. I realize that my first answer has flaws because it isn't time sensitive either. Chemistry teachers have one year to make students understand the scientific process, which isn't really enough. I think my next answer can focus around the fact that time isn't at hand and teachers have to get through so much in the little time given to them. 
• Evidence : all survey answers and graphs with information 
• APPLIED
• Chemistry teachers aren't really given the full power to get through everything that they can deem as acceptable in the classroom. They have to meet the requirements set by the state of California. This component gave me the foundational information of what a teacher's week is like.