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Will You Fail Johnny's Heart?, Katie Cole
Will You Fail Johnny's Heart?, Katie Cole
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Within the game, the player with be placed in situations that they will have to make a decision that will affect their risk of developing heart failure. Through this game, I hope to help educate the population about what they can do to improve their health.
The Life Story Of Josh Mathews, Ethan Mckinney
The Life Story Of Josh Mathews, Ethan Mckinney
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
This story is about the hard times in Josh Matthews' life. When he was 5 years old he lost his mother in his life and it took him down a horrible road. All he did was eat and eat and eat until he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Now josh has to gain control back of his life so he doesn't get more overweight and possibly die. Travel throw the scenarios to see if josh makes it or if he doesn't???
Heart Attack: Jaxon's Story, Kendal Marker
Heart Attack: Jaxon's Story, Kendal Marker
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Storyboard on Heart Attacks: Jaxon's Stor
Highway To Lung Cancer, Angelika Gomez
Highway To Lung Cancer, Angelika Gomez
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
I'll be doing a Choose Your Own Adventure: Where it is an interactive story where the participants make health decisions that ultimately affect their health, quality of life, and mortality. My project will be on lung cancer, a cancer that occurs in the lungs and is mostly caused by smoking. Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women. Some symptoms can be a cough, chest pain, wheezing, and weight loss. Some risk factors are people who smoke, people who have family history of lung cancer, and people who are exposed to radon and are in …
The Choice Is Yours: Skin Cancer, Kaitlyn Huff
The Choice Is Yours: Skin Cancer, Kaitlyn Huff
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
In the U.S. more than two people die of skin cancer every hour. Skin cancer is a disease where the cells in the skin grow out-of-control and it is caused by DNA damage. The mutations in skin cells from damaged DNA eventually lead to the rapid multiplication of skin cells, forming tumors that can be cancerous. A story has been created that has many possible outcomes, as determined by the reader who has the ability to make personal health decisions that will ultimately put the main character at greater or lesser risk of skin cancer. The interplay between risk factors …
We Have A Bone To Pick, Madalyn Foster
We Have A Bone To Pick, Madalyn Foster
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Join the adventure of life to find out if you know what contributes to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is diagnosed in 5.1% of men over 65 and in 24.5% of women over 65. Osteoporosis occurs when there has been an excess amount of bone loss or when the body does not make enough bone. Due to this, the bones become brittle and break easily. Factors that increase risk of diagnosis are sex, older age, family history, and diet. Furthermore, lifestyles that can affect the probability of the disease include a sedentary lifestyle, excessive alcohol consumption, and tobacco use. The most commonly affected …
Flourishing Through Contemplative Practices, Morgan Armiger, Tyler Roebuck, Anna Sotelo, Katelyn Weber
Flourishing Through Contemplative Practices, Morgan Armiger, Tyler Roebuck, Anna Sotelo, Katelyn Weber
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Our project involves outlining walking, running, and biking routes inside and around Farmville that people can use to not only get more active physically but mentally as well. How this might work is that people can pick up a brochure at the gym, along with possibly a bike, and then choose a route and a contemplative prompt to think about while going along that route. Additionally, we plan to mark good places to stop along the routes to read or just to take a break and continue contemplating the prompt. We will also encourage people to try to do this …
Alzheimer's, Jameka Elliott
Alzheimer's, Jameka Elliott
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic disease that affects the way a person remembers and thinks. Alzheimer's attacks the brain cells by declining and eventually killing them. There is currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease, but there are medications that may slow down the rate of decline or temporarily improve symptoms. Alzheimer's disease attacks in stages so as the stage increases so do the decline rate and eventually the patient will reach the last stage which results in death. At least 8 million Americans age 65 or older are currently living with Alzheimer's Disease. Risk factors include age, family history, gender, …
Can You Outsmart Brain Cancer?, Kayla Bailey
Can You Outsmart Brain Cancer?, Kayla Bailey
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
This interactive storyboard is designed to help people understand how decisions can impact their health. There is a personal touch in this presentation because the individual will choose if the health of the main character prevails. Brain cancer is the main disease in the story. Brain cancer tumors are masses of abnormal cells that have grown out of control. In the United States, there are currently an estimated 488,600 Americans living with brain cancer. Around 61,430 Americans will be diagnosed with brain cancer in 2020. Brain cancer has several risk factors such as radiation exposure, family history of cancer, and …
Will You Contract Liver Disease?, Macy Franchebois
Will You Contract Liver Disease?, Macy Franchebois
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
The liver is an important organ in the human body. It aids in digestion, stores energy, and helps to rid the body of toxins. Liver disease is characterized by any type of damage to the liver that prevents it from functioning normally. This disease can be a result of viruses, drugs or other toxins, cancer, and genetic predisposition. In 2018, more than 4.5 million adults in the United States of America had liver disease. A person who displays swelling in the abdomen or legs, yellowing of the skin or eyes, fatigue, bruises easily, or color changes in the urine and …
Steven's Sugar, Haley Bendall
Steven's Sugar, Haley Bendall
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Go on a journey where you will make critical health- related decisions for Steven to help prevent him from the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which the body does not use insulin well and cannot keep blood glucose at a normal level. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention gathered that 34.2 million Americans, just over 1 in 10, have diabetes and of those, 90- 95% have type 2 diabetes. As you participate in Steven’s journey you will encounter decisions that will impact his diabetes risk related to diet and exercise while also …
How Your Decisions Can Effect Your Life, Ethan Lewter
How Your Decisions Can Effect Your Life, Ethan Lewter
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
In this activity the user will be picking which pathway Andy Bernard will be taking from his childhood to his senior years of life. In these pathways there will be decision that are about tobacco products and how they can be risk factors for developing chronic lung diseases. Each pathway is unique, there are good as well as bad pathways for the user to go through to see what happens when each decision is made.
The Great Stroke, Danielle Walton
The Great Stroke, Danielle Walton
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
During this game I will be talking about a women who will experience having a stroke. A Stroke is when your blood vessels that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain. Having a stroke can have many effects on your body such as: not being able to talk, losing movement in body, and can cause diabetes.
An Examination Of Risk Factors Of Cancer, Nathaniel Teague
An Examination Of Risk Factors Of Cancer, Nathaniel Teague
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
My goal for this research project is to examine risk factors pertaining to the likelihood of developing cancer, to examine weather or not cancer is a largely genetic or lifestyle disease, and to come up a number of clearly defined recommendations and takeaway points that a general audience could apply.
Learn How Lifestyle Choices Can Have An Impact On Your Life If You Are Living With Chronic Asthma., Camryn Conklin
Learn How Lifestyle Choices Can Have An Impact On Your Life If You Are Living With Chronic Asthma., Camryn Conklin
Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry
Play this fun game to see how the choices you make throughout your life can impact your future health.