Brugada Syndrome
For the art portion of my project, I did a visual representation of Brugada Syndrome. On the left side of the poster, I drew the 3 different ECGs that could potentially indicate Brugada Syndrome. In the middle of the poster, I have a clay model of the heart. The challenging …
Liver & Pancreas balance.
I chose to depict the liver and pancreas in a yin yang symbol to show that the two organs work together to balance the glucose and insulin in the body. Specifically I researched hypoglycemia in non-diabetics and how this rare condition affects these organs. If these organs don’t work in …
VO₂ Max Values of Endurance Sports and the Factors Affecting Measurements
For my STEAM project, I researched which endurence sport had the greatest maximal oxygen uptake, or VO₂ Max value, and the factors that affect these measurements. For the accompaning art piece, I drew the heart in lungs, with the viens and arties in gold to demonstrate the interconnectedness of the …
Raynaud’s Phenomenon
For the art part of this project I created a GIF of blood draining out of a hand to illustrate what happens during Raynaud’s phenomenon. I first used some two by fours to make a stand to hold my phone up in the same place to take the pictures. I …
Common Disorders that Result in Maternal Mortality
This is a comic that outlines four common disorders that can result in a pregnancy related death. The comic also outlines that maternal mortality rates have a high racial disparity, and shows some of the factors that cause this disparity.
Diastasis Recti
This is a mold of my pregnant belly, around 8.5/9 months along with my fourth. It is probably the largest my belly has ever grown with my babies, so I got to thinking that it would be perfect to tie this into the STEAM project. Our bodies are amazing, but …
Acromioclavicular Joint Injury
My project is about Acromioclavicular joint injury, or shoulder separation. I baked a cake and decorated it with frosting into a diagram of healthy AC joints and AC joint injuries with different grades. STEAM Pictures_Magnuson
Neurotransmitters in the Body
For my steam project, I talked about the main types of neurotransmitters that are used in the body. They help regulate and signal a wide variety of important actions in the body. Steam Project, Neurotrasnmiters, Jonathan Ebel
Stem Cells and their Part in Blood Cell Formation in the Red Bone Marrow
One of the 7 functions of bones is blood formation or hematopoiesis. In adults this takes place in the red bone marrow. For my STEAM project I wanted to learn about and then display the process a stem cell goes through in the bone marrow of becoming a blood cell …