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"Bad Blood"

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A doctor tells an individual you have “Bad Blood” and he would treat you for it for free? Throw in the fact that this individual has never had medical care before. Sounds like a great plan. This is want six hundred low-income African Americans in Tuskegee, Alabama said yes to. Unknowing that all most two hundred of them didn’t have the disease and the four hundred that did would never be cured and most likely would die from the disease called syphilis. This is the marketing the government used to get individuals to come to the Tuskegee Study. Syphilis is a sexual transmitted disease that slowly eats away at an individuals’ body and mind. Within 10 days to 3 months of being exposed to syphilis, an individual will notice lymph nodes near their groin are enlarged. The first sign of syphilis are small painless sores called “chancre”. Within 2 to 10 weeks after the first sore appears, an individual may experience Skin rash, sores in the mouth, fever, swollen glands, weight loss, ...
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Serve Others, Spark young minds

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  Of the four hours I had to complete for this class, I completed an hour in Rankin Science center. I helped local elementary students experience feature of animals such as fur, bones, and scales. It brought me back to good memories from the many field trip I took to science centers in the triad area and when my love of science began. This picture below is from this day. I love the Achie project because my partner and I got to make a book to inform kids about Achie and how he was discovering. Even though a few people will read our book, I was so happy with the quality of the book it looks so professional. The rest of my service hours were spent at a Wellness Summit in the student union. I was there from 9am -1pm on a Saturday where I signed in with my appcard. I learned about climate change, the effects of pornography, and healthy eating habits. I also spent two hours cleaning up the street that sigma kappa adopted near campus. It looked so much better after w...
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The value of science

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It is important for people to know and understand science. Science is in everything was do and everything me see. Everywhere we look we see Biology and Chemistry. For example, it’s important to know the chemistry be hide the things we eat to know where or not it is okay for us to eat. It is important to teach people about science because you never know who could the next doctor and maybe even cure cancer. In this decade, it is important to use social media to reach more people. We need to use twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.   I think most people think that science is boring. I think they would find it amazing if they showed chemical reactions or other things. I think we need to begin teaching people as young as possible about how important science is.   For the Archie project my partner and I thought it would be a good idea to make a children’s book. I believe that most individuals` passion began as child when someone or something sparks an interest in their young ...
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Dr. Steve Hageman

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We (Rachel Lanier and Maddie Goodwin) were assigned Dr. Steve Hageman, a member of the Department if Geological and Environmental Science here at Appalachian State University. The paper that we were assigned by Dr. Hageman as well as the other two authors, Noel P. James and Yvonne Bone, was about Cool- Water Carbonate Production from Epizoic Bryozoans on Ephemeral Substrates. We did our best to break down the information within the paper in order for students like us to understand what was being studied by asking Dr. Hageman a couple questions about his research as well a a couple personal questions.      We asked Dr. Hageman if he were to have to explain the context of his paper to a group of students, what would he say. Although trying to break it down for us, the topic was still slightly confusing and hard for a student to understand without a decently strong scientific background. What he said was the study had to do with the natural production of limestone, and how...
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Bad Data, and Good Data turned Bad

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  http://www.examiningtuskegee.com/Images/chart_4.gif This data shows the age of the men that visited the doctor the first time in the Tuskegee experiment. This graph is interesting because you can see the almost 400 subjects that were in this experiment and their ages at the beginning of this disease. Although the data is good the graph is hard to read and see how many men were each age. http://www.examiningtuskegee.com/Images/chart_9.gif This shows the deaths of the individuals without syphilis the “control group” in the Tuskegee experiment over the 40 years that the experiment was conducted. This graph is not helpful because mostly these control individuals pass away from natural problems not syphilis.
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Science and I

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When I think of science, I mostly think about third grade. In third grade, one of our many lessons was on clouds. My little third self was so amazed that the white puffy things in the sky had names. Names such as Cumulus, Cirrus, and Stratus. I found myself looking up at the sky naming all the clouds and predicting what weather they were going to bring. In the years after third grade I found myself in many different science courses such as anatomy, chemical, health, biology, and earth and environment. I found a fascination with anatomy mostly because during this class my uncle was diagnosed with cancer. I was puzzled with how cancer happened so I spent my extra time researching this life changing disease.   After this course and my experience, I decided to pursue a career in the medical field. I have learned over the years that science is everywhere and the possibilities are endless. I am looking forward to growing and learning more about science in this class and throughou...
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