Shelby's Cancer Blog

5 Things Learned:

1. About the different types of treatments for cancer. I only knew about radiation and chemotherapy.
2. I learned about the meiosis structure and the transformation of reproductive cells.
3. I really didn't even know exactly what cancer was! I learned it's when an abnormal cell duplicates at a rapid pace and creates tumors.
4. I learned all about different types of cancers. My cancer was leukemia, which I had no idea what it affected, or even was. But I learned it's when your bone marrow stops producing red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. This can cause extremely serious issues including it being more easy to internally or externally bleed and get infections.
5. What haploids (half) and diploids (times 2) are.

Unanswered questions:

1. If you could do both Radiation and Chemotherapy

2. Can plants get cancers?

I liked the group activity! I think it's always fun to work together without a teacher sometimes to find things out on our own... I also enjoy those kinds of activities rather than taking note after note after note. I feel I absorb the information better.

I didn't so much enjoy not doing as many experiments with cancer! I actually enjoy getting in there and doing labs. I love the visuals, and I would have really liked that.