We’ve recently had our first ever science project! Our project was called Small but Mighty and our driving question was:
“How can our knowledge of cell biology contribute to public health?”
We started out by testing things under a microscope and learning about the cell theory. This led into our first keystone. For this keystone we we swabbed an area and made a hypothesis. After this we put them in petri dishes for the bacteria to grow. We would then take them out every couple days. Obviously we had to wear safety stuff like goggles (which were very high fashion), gloves, and other things. Our final product was a field journal that documented the project.
Our second keystone was my favourite. After we learned about all of the different kind of cells like the T-cells or B-cells we made character cards for each one. I was a little nervous about his because we had to draw them and I am not an artist. But I will say that I am quite proud of my little characters. One strategy I used is that all of my characters are just basic shapes so it was easier to draw them. This was the keystone I enjoyed most out of the 3.
The third keystone was a health poster for kids. The idea was for the health posters to go into local elementary schools. I thought mine turned out pretty well. Once again I made mine pretty simple so I didn’t try to draw something I couldn’t do well. The biggest challenge of this poster was that we had to include a drawing that was drawn by one of the kids at the elementary school. I thought that it was a really cool idea but I know that for me and lots of other people it was hard finding places for the drawings in our posters. I’ve attached some links to my work and I hope you like them!
These are my characters:
Tabitha, Terrence, and Taylor the T-cells
