Human STEAM

For my steam project, I decided to represent a herniated disc in the cervical spine. On the left is a healthy cervical spine and on the right is a cervical spine with a herniated disc between the C5 and C6 vertebrae.

For my STEAM project, I just did a charcoal/chalk drawing of how a “normal” knee looks versus how a knee with a torn meniscus looks. I thought this would be a good idea because I have torn my meniscus before so it gave me an opportunity to find out more …

The basal ganglia is the part of the brain that controls motor control for the body, as well as motor learning, executive functions and behaviors, and emotions. Such as walking and using extremities, it also helps with emotions like anxiety and depression. The basal ganglia is made up of a …

For my project I chose to focus on the objective: know the octet rule for bonds. I made a digital flipbook that demonstrates how the octet rule for bonds works for both covalent and ionic bonds, and also how hydrogen bonds work. It is in a video on YouTube. Here’s …

I chose the topic of explaining the steps of action potential. Action potential occurs when a dendrite of a neuron receives a strong signal and sends that information down an axon, away from the cell body. In my project I go deeper and try and give helpful and simplified information. …

I chose to do my Final Project on how our bones move and the joints that make it possible. I furthered my topic by talking about rheumatoid arthritis and how that affects your movement.

This is the demonstration of the visible damage that multiple sclerosis causes to nerves. Showing the difference between a healthy nerve and a damaged one.