Category: STEAM Projects

For my STEAM project I did multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a autoimmune disease that affects the nerve cells of the CNS. I used styrofoam and pipe cleaners to make a damaged nerve cell. I used felt sheets to show the damage that the immune system does to the myelin …

In this project we have the comparison to a regular knee and a knee that has osteoarthritis. The éclair contains a pastry cream that represents the bone marrow, also there is the lateral collateral ligament along with the fibular collateral ligament made out of twizzles.  There is chocolate that presents …

For my STEAM project, I wasn’t too sure what to create (as I’m not quite a creative person), but I decided to relate it to the topic of a neuron and an action potential. Although a neuron’s appearance looks simple, their involvement with action potentials is very significant, as they …

For my steam project, I covered the objective “describe in depth each type of epithelial and connective tissue. Be able to describe their function and location.” I used makeup as well as digital art to show the stages of bruising as well as how it looks at a cellular level. …

For my STEAM project, I chose to cover the knee joint objective. Furthermore, I researched how Synovial Chondromatosis affects the knee joint. For my project, I showed a healthy knee joint, a knee joint with Primary Synovial Chondromatosis, and a knee joint with Secondary Synovial Chondromatosis and Osteoarthritis. I depicted …

Depressed Brain vs. Normal Brain A depressed brain can be the result of several factors such as a chemical imbalance, genetics, medical conditions, or even tragic or traumatic events. In the case of Charlie and Bob, a tragic event lead to Charlie’s depression. For a while his brother Bob did …

My STEAM project is about the differences and similarities between the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS).  In my essay, I placed a focus on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and how it differs from Guillen barre syndrome (GBS).  The end-state of my analysis is to show …

STEAM-M Multiple sclerosis affects the neurons, or nerve cells, located in the central nervous system. A nerve cell is comprised of multiple regions. (Figure 1) The large area comprising a majority of the collective mass is the soma, or cell body, containing the nucleus. Branching off from the soma are …