In my STEM class we interviewed our piers to find out what their STEM projects we're going to be about.
I interviewed Mikayla
Here's her project;

1. What are you doing your project on?

I am researching Colon Cancer.

2. What kind or research are you going to be doing?

I will research how it starts and the technology used to detect it.

3. Are you going to do an actual project or just a research paper?

I am going to do a research paper.

4. Is this a one year project or are you going to be working on this for the new few years?

I will work on this for the next few years because something new could break out.

5. What kind of medical help are you going to be researching?

I will look for how it is treated.

6. Are you going to find out what causes this disease?

Yes, I will.

In my biology class we had to do a power point about the different types of organelles in a cell.
Here's mine.

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STEM requires you to do a project at the end of every year.
It could be a project that you do over our high school career, or just for this year.

When i get older i want to do something in the criminology field, there fore i want to put that into my project along with the teachings of STEM.

I have multiple ideas however;
-To reseach how to tell when and how a person died
-To learn how you can tell what kind of bullet was shot, and when
-The different ways to evalutate evidence

Right now i don't have very much information, but if you know how i could get ahold of anyone that could be a mentor please let me know.

I will be updating as my project is coming along.



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A couple weeks ago in my math class we had a lady named Ms.Cooper come in and talk to us about tracking hurricanes and some systems that can tell us all about different hurricanes.
We did a project on this, i did mine on the hurricanes in Maryland. Here's what i found;

About 16 major hurricanes have hit Maryland, the names of the major ones are:
Jeanne (9-29-2004)
Hazel (10-15-1954)
Connie (8-13-1955)
Ivan (9-18-2004)

About 99 total hurricanes have hit Maryland, and about 97% of Maryland has been hit by a hurricane.

The center point of Maryland is 38.922 latitude, 76.59 longitude, and some cities in Maryland are Baltimore, Frederick, and Annapolis.

Because of technology I can understand the path of a hurricane, how strong they are, how long the last, and how far they can go. I am now more interested in hurricanes and want to find out more about them.





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Just about 2months ago my Uncle died of pancreas cancer, ever since I have been researching about cancer. It runs in my family, my grandparents died from it, all my aunts and uncles on my father's side have had it and survived because of the medicines. Well all except for my Uncle Freddie, he refused to go to the doctors until it was to late. I want to learn all i can about this so that maybe one day i could help save a life from this horrible disease.



So, i will continue to update with more information that i find.








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Another Math Problem.

As i said before there's a couple problems, here is the other one. Feel free to comment or correct my calculations.


Building codes require the minimum slope, or pitch, of a roof with asphalt shingles to be such that it rises at least 4 feet for every 12 feet of horizontal distance. A 72 foot wide apartment building has a 12 foot high roof. Does it meet the building code? Explain.

The problem is suggesting that 4/12 = 12/72, to find if this is true i am going to put x in for 12 to check the answer.

4/12 = x/72
12x=288
x=24


The building does not meet the code because 4/12 does not equal 12/72.
In order for the building to be up to code the roof would have to be 24 feet high.




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In my math class we are working on some problems that require allot of thinking. I"m going to post the problems and how my train of thought is going, i would appreciate any suggestions or comments.

Here's the first problem:


The top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 55.9 metters above ground. As of 1997 its top was leaning about 5.2 meters off-center. Approximate the slope of the tower.

The formula for slope is:
Y2-Y1
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X2-X1

My two points would be (0,0) and (5.2,55.9)



55.9-0
_____ = 10.75
5.2-0




10.75 is the slope of the tower.



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Hello, I'm Colleen. This blog is going to be used to show what I find and learn in math, science, and tecnology.

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