Estrogen and Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Estrogen, Bone Growth, and Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Objective and Introduction My STEAM project is based on the objective “explain how bone development is hormonally regulated”. My research and the comic illustrations are about female sex hormone estrogen and postmenopausal osteoporosis, which include the function of estrogen in female bone development during …

A Negative Feedback Loop: How Freezing Warms the Body

A woman clothed in a warm parka dumps hot water onto a naked man during a Fairbanks winter in below freezing temperatures. Abstract Taking a walk in the sub-zero temperatures of Fairbanks can naturally raise your core body temperature by simply cutting down on the amount of clothing you wear. …

This is Shelby Weber’s project

I created a cake that represents an animal cell with all of its associated organelles.   The cell membrane is composed of a phospholipid bilayer.  Phospholipid molecules have a phosphate group as the “head” and a lipid “tail.”  The phosphate group is polar and negatively charged; this makes the phosphate group …

Lifeline

My project dives deeper into the Reproductive system and focuses in on the finer details and roles of the placenta in pregnancy and after.

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Brentina White

The blue and brown paintings outside the human and COVID are germs. COVID is first identified and then takes a bow and arrow and slings at a person who does not have a mask on or does not sanitize himself. That person soon gets COVID and ends up getting hospitalized. …

Anterior Cruciate Ligament(ACL) Recovery and Reconstruction

For my STEAM project, I decided to focus on the Anterior Cruciate Ligament(ACL) and the anatomical function of the ligament. I have torn my ACL before, so I wanted to learn more about the function and how it works. This drawing represents the normal ACL and then the torn ACL, …