SR GCE Portfolio

For the second unit of our STEAM course, Cure, we learned about medications and treatments. We took a look at how medication and drugs are different and how they alter the body in different ways. An interesting way we learned this was by completing a lab using miracle berries. To give us a better understanding of how a drug changes our bodies, we consumed a miracle berry. This type of drug basically cancels out our sour receptors and reveals the sweetness of the food item that is originally sour. This helped us have a better understanding of how a medicament works. A medicament works by targeting certain receptors to cancel out pain or nerve activity. For this action project, we had to choose a symptom to learn about and research a medication that is prescribed, an over the counter medication, and another type of treatment that is easily accessible. I chose a common symptom, which is a cough. By demonstrating our research, we had to produce what we learned into a medication box. I deci...

For this our Humanities class, Drama we have been learning we read and looked at a play called A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. We learned about the history behind Ibsen, and how his play writes was a big influence on society. He took a lot of what he saw in society and implemented them into his creations. We learned about the different gender issues that continue on from the early 19th century to now. By reading A   Doll's House we were able to gain a better understanding of gender roles, and how women were treated. For our action project, we had a write two original scenes that include Nora from A Doll's House, a historical woman from The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, and another character that characterizes the student who is playing that character. While doing this we were given a guiding question, "Should men and women have different roles in society?" as a group we decided to focus on the question, "Are women able to be independent on their own?" I...