The Impossible Question

Have you ever found yourself in a debate about feminism? Have you ever felt that there was no solution to the questions you both were asking? Well in our skit my partners GR , BA and I asked a question that we didn't find a "fair" answer to. Our guiding question was "should women use their femininity to gain success or power?" This question was based off of our two female characters Nora (played by GR) who at one point in her story came close to seducing money out of her close friend and Josephine Baker (played by me, TN) who is a historical dancer from the 1920's flapper era. We thought this question would be great with the contrast of the shy and timid Nora against the bold and confident Josephine Baker. This action project was really enjoyable for me since I seek a future career in theater/writing. We had the privilege of going to the Goodman Theater where we got feedback and notes for our work. It was really fun for me to write for Josephine Baker however, one of my proudest moments in the script is the ending monologue that I wrote for Nora. I feel that it really sums up the point we were trying to get across with this video.





Our Script

Athlete's Foot Begone

What's itchy, uncomfortable, and resides between your toes? Foot Fungus! Well maybe not YOUR toes but, if you are suffering from a burn in-between your tootsies, I have three solutions for you!

In this AP I will be discussing different treatments for Athlete's foot. Before we get into it I will tell you about this unit in my STEAM class Cure. This unit we discussed treatments vs cures, drugs vs medicaments, and the lock and key system that some medicaments use. Lost? Well let me explain, when something painful happens like a headache, pain receptors are fired and it makes your body produce a chemical called Arachidonic Acid and enzymes in your body convert that chemical into different chemicals that produces inflammation. Painkillers like Ibuprofen block the enzymes so that the chemicals can't get into the active sites. Whew, that was a lot right? Try taking a test on it! 

 All in all I really enjoyed this action project because of the art element that was incorporated into it. I really enjoy lettering and like to use it in action projects whenever I can. I would say this is one of my favorite action projects that I've done in STEAM. One of the elements that I'm most proud of is the images that went into my slides.

Resective Surgery Investigation

Hello and welcome to the first AP of the STEAM course Cure. In this class, we investigated cures to the diseases that we discovered in the last course. We learned about Cells, Mitosis, Miosis, and different math concepts. This AP was very fun to do, I decided to look into a surgery that is in a field I'm interested in Neurology. The surgery we will be investigating in this AP is Resective Surgery. This is a very interesting surgery let's dive deeper.