Human STEAM

My project is based on the idea of individuals, children specifically, with special needs getting juvenile osteoporosis. I used a poster board to explain some background info and the art aspects focus on osteoporosis under a microscope. I drew out what a slide of bone would look like with milk …

This project depicts the importance of proper oral hygiene and how bacteria can eat through the mucosal connective tissue and make it into the blood stream to life-giving organs if the gingiva (gums) are not properly taken care of.

The information on melanoma survival rates comes from: American Cancer Society. (2022). Survival rates for melanoma skin cancer. Retrieved from: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/melanoma-skin-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates-for-melanoma-skin-cancer-by-stage.html The information on melanoma staging comes from: Cancer.net. (2020). Melanoma: Stages. Retrieved from: https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/melanoma/stages

Dementia is difficult to understand and navigate for families with loved ones suffering from the disease. There’s a lot of different types of dementias but there are four main groups, which I have on a graph here. I also felt it was important for people to know that there are three main stages of decline and how that may be presented in a person. Even now after working as a CNA, I am still learning how to differentiate what stage a person is in during the disease process and how to give them good, attentive care to meet their needs. It’s so important to have the public be educated about dementia and how to navigate it. I hope this infographic sheds some light on this often misunderstood disease.