Playing Doctor: Preventing Prostate Cancer

In this final unit of our Cure class, we discussed prevention of diseases. This unit was also very interesting, it made everything we had learned in the two classes (Cure and Disease) feel connected. We cannot talk about curing diseases if we don't talk about how to avoid them first. I found it amazing that there are also so many ways of preventing diseases from a healthy lifestyle to going into surgery. In this case, we have a worrying patient named Joseph who is worried about his risk of getting prostate cancer. This is a fake scenario with fake facts with a fake person, this is necessary to ensure nobody's personal information is exposed. This action project is particularly interesting because we discuss how we can help the patient feel safer from diseases by recommending specific habits to a specific character. First, we analyzed the patient and their demographics, then I go on to explain why the best prevention methods are going to help Joseph. This action project was a delight to create, and I hope you enjoy!


Overall, I thought this unit was very special, it seemed different from the other action projects. I was able to complete a lot of the work in a short amount of time. This action project was definitely a success for me; I'm proud of the work that I'm putting out there. This was a positive working experience for me, I was also able to get tons of feedback from classmates, so I hope this goes well in terms of grades. The class was interesting and relevant, and I'm not sure I can say that about a lot of classes. Thankyou.

Petruchio's Revelation, A Time Travel Event for Feminism

In this second action project in our Drama class, we read the play, A Doll's House. This play brought up some interesting themes of power, sexism, and the truth in between. We wanted to portray those themes as best we could, so I and my two partners wrote a script that could bring together characters from A Doll's House and The Taming of the Shrew into our time period to solve the sexism issue. If you would like to see what my Partner's take on this play is please take a look here. ZG CM  I thought this unit was very interesting, both plays had something very important to say but this one told a much more personal story and I love to know about characters. This play was important for feminism in Norway when it was first written. We wanted to recreate the importance of the first stages of  A Doll's House, so we recorded a video that goes along with our script. I hope you enjoy the time-traveling event for feminism.

Treating Joint Pain: The Options

In this absolutely amazing unit for our STEAM class, Cure, we focused on drugs that can help cure or treat illnesses. From looking at medicament boxes and deciphering the intricacies of common drugs, to researching drugs through history. One of my favorite parts if this unit were the many discussions we had about the controversy around drugs; which brought up many ideas and individual perspectives on how drugs should be used. This later brought us to the investigation of certain drugs, which applied to this action project: researching the treatments of a symptom/ailment. For this action project, I wanted to pinpoint some treatments for joint pain. So, I hope you enjoy and end up feeling informed by the end of viewing this project.


To begin, the front cover of the box needs to be attractive to the eye and and get it's point across easily. The orange, blue, and white and font are synonymous with other pain killers.

"Joint Pain"  IF 2018

The first treatment for helping/numbing joint pain is consuming turmeric. Turmeric can help relax muscles which should help put less stress on the joint, causing less pain. This is a home remedy that isn't scientifically proven to help in all cases, but it is definitely worth a try.

Celecoxib is a chemical that needs to be prescribed by a medical professional, and is used to help people with intense pain. This drug helps with numbing pain and is typically used for patients with arthritis.

"Celecoxib" IF 2018

The next medication on the list is Ibuprofen, a drug that helps with pain relief. This can help with headaches and other pains, but in this scenario it's good for joint pain also.

"Ibuprofen" IF 2018

On this side of the medicine box I created a table that would compare all three methods of medicine from costs, accessibility, effectiveness, and the side effects of use. In order to help people with joint pain, I thought it would be important to include other information that would help with obtaining and use of the medicament.

"Compare" IF 2018

This is a citations list of sources that helped me put this action project together.

"Citations list" IF 2018

A Sonnet for Petruchio

In this first unit of the new sophomore class, Drama,  we read an absolutely fascinating play written by Shakespeare himself: The Taming of the Shrew. We started this unit with little understanding of what exactly this class was going to deliver, an I believe we were all pleasantly surprised. The Taming of the Shrew is a play about a woman who likes to speak her mind getting pushed into a marriage that will "tame" her. We wanted to peer into the past, in order to observe a woman's place in this play and in Shakespeare's time period. I thought this play was pretty magnificent in all its intricacies. For the action project, we created a sonnet about the characters of the play, I chose Petruchio, a rich man who only wants money. If you haven't, I definitely recommend reading the play. I hope you enjoy.

Covered in greed and sate from head to toe.

A knack for pulling thorns, much negligence
You couldn’t see that thorns mask elegance
When greed spoiled your heart a long time ago.

Only corrupt men have no consequence
Long ago, You found the world favored the bold
The plan worked, benefiting plus twofold
Badly treating women, this consonance.

The king of all cruel, The king of hurting

Kate’s thoughts and ideas now on blacklist
“It shall be moon, or star, or what I list,”
We fie your shrewdness, it's disconcerting.

You will humor alone six feet below;
Bones covered in jewels, liquor, and knavish know.