Epidermolysis Bullosa: A Connective Tissue Disorder
My STEAM project focuses on a rare connective tissue disorder called Epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Many people refer to this rare disease as “butterfly syndrome” due to the nature of the disorder, which makes the skin extremely fragile and delicate, like a butterfly’s wings. The objective covered in this project is …
Seizure Disorder
All of the neurons in our brain carry an electrical charge. The neurons in our brain use the action potentials to generate these electrical impulses. Neurons are used to transport information through different areas of the brain. Neurons’ specific purpose is communication. It is through the electrical charge and impulses …
Bone Fractures and Interventions
For my STEAM project, I wanted to show the different kinds of bone breaks you can get, the positions the bone fragment can end up in, and the interventions that may be used. The piece drawn out covers classifying fractures and goes beyond describing how fractures are healed by outside …
Objective: Relate the interaction of muscles and the skeletal system
The purpose of this is to help familiarize the connection between our muscles and the skeletal system. For my STEAM project what I have done is I have made a 3D model on the way that the arm muscles connect to the skeletal system in the arms and how they …
Breast Cancer and Cell Division
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cWdMerTfOg_5_lEZDtJ-zs7HsKX0222X09fvXQN4E2k/edit
Knee Injuries of Skiers
For my STEAM project I decided to look at injuries in the knee among skiers. Skiing is a big part of my own winter activities so I thought doing some research about the different injuries in the knees would be beneficial. My object that I covered is know the muscles …