ER GCE Portfolio

     In our combination math and science STEAM class called ‘Cure’ we previously explored the magic of how allopathic or alternative medicines work within the body and stop certain natural processes to make you feel better. This unit we are in now is called: ‘Prevention’ in this course we learned all about the history and evolution of vaccines. We learned how in the very beginning different forms of vaccination like variolation and inoculation were a lot more dangerous to administer because of the use of live viruses. We then learned how as we got closer and closer to the fully fleshed vaccine, along the way we discovered that once a certain amount of the population gets vaccinated even those who aren't vaccinated are protected by those around them. This phenomenon would eventually be called herd immunity. In class we heard a lot about the importance of this phenomenon but what really hit it home for me was the largely difficult yet eye opening herd immunity lab that a...

Disease Class -  Winter Term - 1/29/2023     In our Winter term course titled "disease" we learned all about how to classify a disease and all the different ways to identify them.  We then learned about the different body systems and what body parts fit under those body systems.  To really visualize and make things really click we visited the Museum of Science and Industry to see the 'YOU!' exhibit.  It was really cool to see.  The 'The Exploded Man'  specimen in particular was incredible. The 'Exploded Man' is a real human specimen that had all its body systems separated from one another so you can easily visulize what was what.  We saw all kinds of technology and specimen just like the 'Exploded Man' that really knit our whole class together.  Following this we began wok on our Action Project (AP).  A project that will encapsulate all we learned this term and prove that learning all in one sussinct presentation.  For this AP ...

 This unit we've been hard at work learning about functions, system of equations, and renewable energy.  We learned all about all the different types of energies and how they work and are used in the real world.  We spoke with Christa Markgraff who works in the natural gas industry to hear from someone with in-depth experience with all kinds of energy. Even though her work is in natural gas she explained all the different pros and cons of each energy type.  Did you know thorium used in nuclear power plants is one of the most efficient power sources?  I didn't It was really cool to talk to and ask questions to someone with proper experience in the field.  To wrap it all up we worked on creating an infomercial for a renewable resource of our choice.  It was fun because we got to take lots of creative liberty on this one. We even took lots of inspiration from the flex tape infomercials featuring the legendary Bob Saget. Now without further ado here's my i...

This week in our 'Water' core class we had our final action project of the quarter, so we had a mini-unit. We have been learning about line slope and greenhouse gases. During class, we did lots of work putting the line slope formula to use with "real number" with meaning. We took statistics on things like the world's concentration of CO2 by year.  To put this together we were tasked with making an action project where we took a city of our choice and use what we have learned on line slope to make our own graphs of different statistics relating to air quality and climate.   Here is Google Slides presentation on my city, Paris, which I chose because mainly because it is such an interesting place with an amazing history that I would like to visit one day. As of the last few years, the levels of pollution in Paris have decreased by a decent amount. I firmly believe that by following their lead we could achieve the same or close to the same results as them. Although ...