Cystectomy: A Bladder Surgery

The First unit of our new Sophomore class, Cure, we explored the ups and downs of surgery throughout history. This unit was very detailed and exciting for me, the diversity of subjects learned in this unit was something magnificent enough to catch anybody's eye. From the Hippocratic dialogue to cell division, this unit was jam-packed with info that would further our knowledge in surgery and the cure of people. My peers and I also had a unique visit to the International Museum of Surgical Science to study the history of surgeries and the sometimes strange evolution behind it. Along with the trip, we started our journies into researching some specific types surgeries. This would become the final product, my research action project, bladder cystectomy. I hope you find this surgery just as interesting I did, and I would be delighted if you enjoyed this action project as well. Thank you.

Observer 1

In the first an only Action project of our Elective term class, Rocket Science, we did a series of activities along with some educational field experiences. When starting the class, we were determined to learn about the physics concepts of rockets, historic events/figures, and what rocket science in the field looks like. Our class traveled on several field experiences such as the Adler Planetarium and the MSI. I enjoyed how involved and connected the class was; from the first mini-mission everything was being connected to our final action project: the launch of our rockets. This action project was about making our space launch real. From explaining the naming behind our rockets to how much it costs to graphing the parabolic height of the flight. Today, you will learn about the launch of my rocket: Observer 1. I hope you enjoy.


 

Luke Skywalker and Malcolm X: Their Journey

The last action project for our Stories class we focused on explaining the stories and journeys behind fictional and real heroes. I decided to pick some very important heroes with one being a knight that needs to save a princess and gets involved in intergalactic warfare and a civil rights activist and leader that has had conflict filled history. I chose Luke Skywalker and Malcolm X's journeys to show what each journey looks like as heroes.

Luke Skywalker and Malcolm X are without a doubt very different people with very different views and stories but in a way can be looked in the same light. Luke goes on a journey of self discovery and fights for people who are being oppressed by the Empire. In a way Malcolm X did the same; Malcolm X wanted people to fight against an oppressing force. This is the main thing that makes these two people some similar and makes them like many heroes. Heroes typically fight against something that is unjust and is for other people. I hope you can recognize the similarities between not just Malcolm and Luke but all heroes in general. I also hope you enjoy reading about Luke and Malcolm's journeys as heroes.   




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Natural Gas Is In The Past

In this unit of Fuel class we focused on creating a slideshow that compares the use of nonrenewable resources for two countries. I decided to focus on methane which is a natural gas. During this unit we focused on several math concepts that would help us make a graph to show the difference between the U.S. and Denmark's natural gas consumption. My presentation shows the U.S. and Denmark's natural gas consumption, from predicting rates, graphing rates, and comparing rates of consumption between Denmark and the U.S.    

I Am Malala

This final project comes from  the book we read over the summer, I Am Malala. Our final project is a slide presentation to make to explain who Malala is and what she has done for people's lives. The presentation helped us go over this amazing person and helped us grasp how different people want equality. Though it was pretty difficult to recall specific events in the book it was quite fun to see other people's reaction to what Malala has done. I also enjoyed making a list of songs that are about struggle and getting through just as Malala Yousafzai has done so beautifully already.

The Climate of Sydney, Australia

In the third unit of our H2O class we made a slide presentation that shows the climate of different cities in the world and their predicted climate. Throughout the unit we learned about different types of clouds that form and the type of climates that they form in. We also learned what it means to deal with the affects of the climate change, like how certain places deal with long term effects and others are irreversible. I enjoyed doing this unit because it helped me get a good understanding of what major effects climate change can have on certain areas and how it can change the way we live and how much it can crush the ecosystem if we don't solve this problem.