Wednesday, February 15, 2017
The Da Vinci Code
In this class called Forbidden Books, the unit I studied is called Dogma. We learned about religions and how they are and what they do in the world. Dogma is a set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. One good thing about dogma is that people have a set of rules to follow. A bad thing about that is that someone people may not agree with what it says. For this AP, we had to find a movie, book or video that was banned for religious reasons. The book I choose was The Da Vinci Code. We had to make a power point about the banning, like when was it banned or how or even what group banned it. The thing that I had trouble with the most was finding what book to use my project on since there was and this are a lot of books that are banned and being banned now, I over came that by choosing a book I have already read. The thing I have to most fun at was making the whole project and rereading the book again. Overall, I thought that this was a fun project to make and I hope you enjoy my project that I did.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
OCD In You!
This course was called Disease which is a STEAM the unit was called Mind. In this unit, we learned about mental disease. We learned about what mental diseases there are and how to diagnose them. We learned about the brain waves and how each can work or not work with some mental diseases or disorders. For this AP, we had to find a disease and make a video, and a simulation of it. The disease I did was OCD. We had to present out project on Wednesday February 8. The thing that I excelled at was the video and presenting part. The part that I had trouble with the most was trying to find and create a simulation. I overcame that by looking up case studies and examples of OCD simulations. Overall this Action Project was great I learned some many things about OCD and how it gets diagnose. Watching the videos of the simulation really helped me think of ways to make the class feel what people with OCD feel everyday. Also by reading some articles about kids who have OCD and watching a video about Howie Mandel and his life with OCD helped a lot too. Look below to see my project!
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
When Does Self Defense Become Assault?
In this first class called Forbidden Books the unit is called Politics. We learned forbidden books, why they were banned, and how they were banned. We read a book called fahrenheit 451, it is about a guy named Guy who is lives in a future world. He is a fireman and what firemen do for their jobs is burn books. He gets a conflict because he wants to keep and read the books. On Wednesday we went to a book store called Women and Children's first. For this AP, we had to have a dialogue about a subject we choose with a partner. My partner was PVU, our dialogue was about when does self defense become assault? If you want to see his blog just click on his name. We had to make a video around two to four minutes. The thing that I had trouble with the most was making the video, I over came that by not going fast while I talked. The thing I have to most fun at was making the whole project with my partner. Overall I thought that this was a fun project to make and I hope you enjoy my project that I did with my partner. The Socratic method can be considered dangerous because people can ask to many question. It can change your mind even when you don't want it to.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Disease!
This class was called Disease the unit was called Body. In this unit, we learned about diseases and what they do or how they affect your body. We learned about the eleven body systems and how diseases affect them. For this AP, we had to interview someone who has a disease. The patient that I interviewed has a disease called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. We had to draw a human body and include at least two body systems that the disease affects. The thing that I excelled at was the interview part because I like to ask questions and find out new information about people. The part that I had trouble with the most was drawing the picture. I overcame that by drawing slowly and carefully, and if I made a mistake I would correct the mistake and learn from it.
My patient's name is Ben. His disease is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. He first started to see signs of this when he was in his 30’s. It affected his life as the condition worsened because it restricted the use of his hands. The main three Body Systems it affects are the Nervous System, the Muscular System, and the Skeletal System. Ben says, “As it started to get worse and worse over time, I started to wake up in the middle of the night. I would not have any feeling in my hands or fingers at all or only have feeling in three of my fingers.” What he learned to do was lay in a way so that he could keep his hands flat. He went to a doctor to take some tests and the tests determined that he had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The doctor wanted him to start exercises so that the inflammation would go down a little bit. The doctors also prescribed him hand braces. After that, the only way it would affect his life is if he did not wear this hand brace when in bed. He would wake up in the middle of the night with his hand hurting and his fingers being numb. Some of the symptoms of this disease are pain in hand, finger numbness, tingling in hand and arm, and weakness in hand, arm, or fingers. Some common causes of CTS are repetitive motion (such as working in a meat processing factory) or typing many hours a day (such as a writer). Inflammation means a swollen condition when an organ, tissue or muscle is bigger than normal. Numbness is when the person cannot feel anything when touching an object or being touched by another person or object. For Ben, it occurs when he does not put the hand braces on before he goes to bed. Some of the treatments are rest, ice, cortisone injections, and surgery. Ben did not want to take cortisone injections or undergo surgery so he tried exercise and putting ice on his wrists to reduce the inflammation. It did work a little, but he was still having pain. Next, he went to a medical supply store to purchase hand braces. He would put them on before he would go to sleep. It kept his wrists immobile during the night and kept them straight. The Hand brace helps people with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It will keep the hand straight and in one position. This disease can be classified as genetic and environmental. It is genetic because you could have a predisposition from your family. It is environmental because you normally get it in an environment where you are doing motion that is repetitive. An example is in meat package factories where the workers cut meat over and over again the same way, and they do it all day long. Another example is typing at a computer for many hours. That is how Ben's developed CTS. Other risk factors are health problems or illnesses that can cause arm pain or swelling in the joints and soft tissues in the arm, or that reduce the blood flow to the hands. There is not a geography for the frequency of the disease and the cause is primarily environmental from repetitive motion and genetic predisposition inherited from the mother and father. For the patient, it normally happens in the thumb and index finger or middle finger, ring finger, and pinky. This disease affects the Nervous System by tingling, numbness, or pain in the nerves that go to your hand. The thumb, index, and middle fingers can be affected by it too. It can affect the Muscular System by causing weakness of the flexor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and abductor pollicis brevis. It can affect the Skeletal System by displacing the bones in your hand potentially causing injury.
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My patient's name is Ben. His disease is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. He first started to see signs of this when he was in his 30’s. It affected his life as the condition worsened because it restricted the use of his hands. The main three Body Systems it affects are the Nervous System, the Muscular System, and the Skeletal System. Ben says, “As it started to get worse and worse over time, I started to wake up in the middle of the night. I would not have any feeling in my hands or fingers at all or only have feeling in three of my fingers.” What he learned to do was lay in a way so that he could keep his hands flat. He went to a doctor to take some tests and the tests determined that he had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The doctor wanted him to start exercises so that the inflammation would go down a little bit. The doctors also prescribed him hand braces. After that, the only way it would affect his life is if he did not wear this hand brace when in bed. He would wake up in the middle of the night with his hand hurting and his fingers being numb. Some of the symptoms of this disease are pain in hand, finger numbness, tingling in hand and arm, and weakness in hand, arm, or fingers. Some common causes of CTS are repetitive motion (such as working in a meat processing factory) or typing many hours a day (such as a writer). Inflammation means a swollen condition when an organ, tissue or muscle is bigger than normal. Numbness is when the person cannot feel anything when touching an object or being touched by another person or object. For Ben, it occurs when he does not put the hand braces on before he goes to bed. Some of the treatments are rest, ice, cortisone injections, and surgery. Ben did not want to take cortisone injections or undergo surgery so he tried exercise and putting ice on his wrists to reduce the inflammation. It did work a little, but he was still having pain. Next, he went to a medical supply store to purchase hand braces. He would put them on before he would go to sleep. It kept his wrists immobile during the night and kept them straight. The Hand brace helps people with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It will keep the hand straight and in one position. This disease can be classified as genetic and environmental. It is genetic because you could have a predisposition from your family. It is environmental because you normally get it in an environment where you are doing motion that is repetitive. An example is in meat package factories where the workers cut meat over and over again the same way, and they do it all day long. Another example is typing at a computer for many hours. That is how Ben's developed CTS. Other risk factors are health problems or illnesses that can cause arm pain or swelling in the joints and soft tissues in the arm, or that reduce the blood flow to the hands. There is not a geography for the frequency of the disease and the cause is primarily environmental from repetitive motion and genetic predisposition inherited from the mother and father. For the patient, it normally happens in the thumb and index finger or middle finger, ring finger, and pinky. This disease affects the Nervous System by tingling, numbness, or pain in the nerves that go to your hand. The thumb, index, and middle fingers can be affected by it too. It can affect the Muscular System by causing weakness of the flexor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and abductor pollicis brevis. It can affect the Skeletal System by displacing the bones in your hand potentially causing injury.
WORK CITED:
"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome." Interview by Ben Tomson. n.d.Web.15 Jan.2017.
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
"Saving Private Ryan
For our elective term, I was in a class called Ollywood. Since it was only for 5 weeks we had 1 unit. I learned many things in this class. One of the things I learned is that you don't need expensive equipment to make a movie; for example, there is a short film called Framed that was shot just from an iphone 4s. We also learned what a Production designer, Executive producer, and many more movie roles are and what each does. What we had to do for this AP is choose a movie to watch, watch it, then make a video explaining why we liked it or hated it. We had to analyze the lighting and what edits were good or bad about it. I had two partners for this, MN and GS; you should check out their blogs. What I like about this project was watching my favorite movie, Saving Private Ryan, and looking and finding how and what edits were good. What was hard for me was recording because I don't like my voice when I hear a recording of it.
Saving Private Ryan. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Prod. Steven Spielberg. By Robert Rodat. Perf. Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, and Tom Sizemore. DreamWorks Pictures, 1998. Netflix.
"Saving Private Ryan Review." Total Films. Games Radar, 11 Sept. 1998. Web. 7 Dec. 2016
Saving Private Ryan. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Prod. Steven Spielberg. By Robert Rodat. Perf. Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, and Tom Sizemore. DreamWorks Pictures, 1998. Netflix.
"Saving Private Ryan Review." Total Films. Games Radar, 11 Sept. 1998. Web. 7 Dec. 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
The Man Who Saved Central City And Who Killed Osama Bin Laden.
In the last unit for HUMANITIES in the class called Stories, we are learning about world heroes. We had to see what different kinds of heroes there are and how they act. For this Action Project we had to work with a partner and find and fictional hero and nonfictional hero. My Partner was VD who selected a fictional hero. I was challenged to select a nonfictional hero and that selection was the most difficult part of this project. I overcame that by choosing the man who killed Osama Bin Laden because I decided he was an important hero. I had most fun was finding everything I needed for my project.
The two heroes we chose were Robert J. O’Neill, the Navy Seal who shot Osama Bin Laden, and Oliver Queen, the lead character in the TV program “Arrow.” We chose Robert O’Neill because he was brave and self-sacrificing when he went on his almost impossible mission. He is a hero to many people because he killed a person who was a great threat. He wanted to serve his country and make the world a better place. We chose Oliver Queen because he is down to earth. He is a good man. He wants to save people and protect his city. He wants to do right by his father. Both of them are good at what they do. They both train hard to become the best.
It may not seem like Robert J. O’Neill and Oliver Queen are very alike, but they have many things in common. For one, they are fighting and killing for a very good cause. They are protecting a place they call home. Robert J. O’Neill was protecting the United States on his journey, and Oliver Queen was protecting Starling City. In addition, both men are constantly risking their lives on their journeys, in an effort to save the lives of innocent civilians. They are both humble about their work, and they don’t like to show off. They are both very selfless men who make the world a safer place.
The two heroes we chose were Robert J. O’Neill, the Navy Seal who shot Osama Bin Laden, and Oliver Queen, the lead character in the TV program “Arrow.” We chose Robert O’Neill because he was brave and self-sacrificing when he went on his almost impossible mission. He is a hero to many people because he killed a person who was a great threat. He wanted to serve his country and make the world a better place. We chose Oliver Queen because he is down to earth. He is a good man. He wants to save people and protect his city. He wants to do right by his father. Both of them are good at what they do. They both train hard to become the best.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Wood Bison Are They Good Or Not?
For the first class for the year, for STEAM we are in the last Population unit. In unit 3, we went through a journey to learn about our population and how it is growing. We examined the evidence for our population and other species. Seeing how much their population had years ago compare to now. We went to a cemetery to examine what year people die and what year people were born. We had to compare the dates of when people were born and see how many people died for a specific year. The last AP was about finding an organism and compare it to humans population. I chose Bisons for my organism. The thing that I had the most trouble with was the recording because I am self-conscious of my voice and when I record, I always talk faster than I normally do. What I did to overcome it was read clearly and not to speak quickly. The thing that I was most proud of was the math part, graph and finding the facts of the Action Project because I could understand that part and do a good job on it.
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My graph shows the population of Bisons and humans from 1988 to 1997
"Bison Today - American Bison." American Bison. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
"Benefits of Bison." NBA. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
Dfg.webmaster@alaska.gov. "Plains Bison Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game." Plains Bison Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
Hays, Brooks. "DNA Study Reveals Unique Bison Species Depicted in Cave Art." UPI. N.p., 18 Oct. 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
@Interior. "15 Facts About Our National Mammal: The American Bison." U.S. Department of the Interior. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
@KTOOpubmedia. "First Wood Bison Calves Spotted near Bethel." KTOO. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
"Population of the Entire World, Yearly, 1950 - 2100." GeoHive. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
"Wood Bison in Northwestern Canada ." BisonHomePage:. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
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Year
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Bison Population
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Human Population
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1988
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25
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5,138,214,688
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1989
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45
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5,230,452,409
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1990
|
48
|
5,320,816,667
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1991
|
55
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5,408,908,724
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1992
|
102
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5,494,899,570
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1993
|
175
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5,578.865,109
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1994
|
150
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5,661,086,412
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1995
|
160
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5,741,822,412
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1996
|
205
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5,821,016,750
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1997
|
253
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5,898,688,337
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My graph shows the population of Bisons and humans from 1988 to 1997
The math for both of the math statements are geometric
Bisons
a1= 205
a2= 253
a3= 311
253/205= 1.23
253+1.23=
311 for 1998
Humans
b1= 5,821,016,750
b2= 5,898,688,337
b3= 5,898,688,338
5,898,688,337/5,821,016,750=1.01
5989688337+1.01=
5,898,688,338 for 1998
Works Cited
"Bison Today - American Bison." American Bison. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
"Benefits of Bison." NBA. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
Dfg.webmaster@alaska.gov. "Plains Bison Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game." Plains Bison Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
Hays, Brooks. "DNA Study Reveals Unique Bison Species Depicted in Cave Art." UPI. N.p., 18 Oct. 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
@Interior. "15 Facts About Our National Mammal: The American Bison." U.S. Department of the Interior. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
@KTOOpubmedia. "First Wood Bison Calves Spotted near Bethel." KTOO. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
"Population of the Entire World, Yearly, 1950 - 2100." GeoHive. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
"Wood Bison in Northwestern Canada ." BisonHomePage:. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
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