Osteoarthritis
The unit objective that I chose to cover is from Unit 5, “know the muscles involved in the knee joint.” The topic that I decided to do research on is osteoarthritis in the knee. For my art project, I decided to 3D print a replica of a human knee joint …
Cercarial Dermatitis
Swimmer’s Itch, or cercariae dermatitis, is a very common problem found at recreational bodies of water. It causes little bumps to sprout up all over the skin that are extremely itchy and uncomfortable. These little itchy bumps are caused by many parasitic larvae that penetrate the skin, and then later …
Acid and Heat Protein Denaturation
Kintla Penn A&P, BIOL F111X Steam Project 20 November 2023 Acid and Heat Protein Denaturation My project is researching how acid and heat denature proteins. The course objectives I’m using are: 1. Know the difference between Acids and Bases. 2. Identifying nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins by their structure. …
Mitosis, Cancer, & the Manhattan Project – STEAM Project
Kerra Witte Bio. F111 STEAM Project 11/19/2023 Mitosis is the process of cell replication, fixating on how cells divide, transmitting their genetic information from the original cell to each divide-resulting cell. When this process has any malfunctions, it can completely change the course of the cell’s purpose. This can cause …