Student Video Contest

 

AP Biology Genetic Disease Projects

AP Biology Genetic Disease Projects

          For their third project, the AP Biology classes were asked to research a genetic disease. This was to include the spreadsheet they built to illustrate Hardy Weinberg Equation that show gene frequencies will remain almost constant if their FIVE requirements are met. Stable gene frequencies would mean that evolution would not occur. Their presentation involved the research they completed on the disease they chose to model.

           The final presentation must include the following sections/information: 

History of the Disease

         A description of when the disease was first identified and by whom.

Symptoms of the Disease

          A description and discussion of how the disease affects those who have the disease and also how it may affect their families.

Cause of the Disease

          A description and discussion of the known/hypothesized etiology of the disease. Be sure to be very specific in this section, if possible describe the exact “mutation” that is thought to produce the ineffective products that are at the root of the disease.

Treatments for the Disease

          A description of any procedures that may be used to alleviate/cure the affected individual’s symptoms.

Identification of the Disease

          A description of any protocols that may be used to determine carriers and/or individuals who might have the disease and the probabilities of their passing the disease to their offspring.

Bioethical Considerations

          A description and discussion of any ethical problems/considerations that may arise in relation to the disease.

The following students' Powerpoint presentations can be seen by clicking on the provided links, which will upload their Powerpoint/Google/Prezi Shows:

Charlotte C. - Paranoid Schizophrenia

Clara D. - Open-Angle Glaucoma

Andrew G. - Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease

Aiden H' - Huntington's Disease

Jordan H. - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Sunday L. - Anophthalmia

Anabel M. - Fragile X

Cassidy M. - Neural Tube Defects

Raphael M. - Cerebral Palsy

Anna N. - Werner Syndrome

Jack P. - Sickle Cell Anemia

Isabella P. - Cooley's Anemia

Ella S. - Bipolar Disorder

Szilvia S. - Von Rechlinghausen's Neurofibromatosis

Harry V. - Diabetes



James A. - Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate

Alexandra B. - Familial Mediterranean Fever

Joseph D. - Menkes Disease

Luke F. - Beta Thalassemia

Michael G. - Hemophilia

Christopher H. - Coloboma

Alisa K. - Fatal Familial Insomnia

Gabrielle L. - Schizophrenia

Brian L. - Cystic Fibrosis

Paul M. - Color Blindness

Caitlin M. - Alzheimer's Disease

Sofia R. - Down Syndrome

Finn S. - Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease

Grace S. - Asperger's Syndrome

Anton T. - Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva



Three students chose to create triptych posters to present their diseases:

Layla B. - Marfan's Disease

Alyssa L. - Von-Hippel Lindau Disease

Emily P. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

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Human Pathology/History of Science Projects

Students were given the choice of preparing a PowerPoint Presentation, a Web Site presentation,
an original 3-D model, a comic strip, a storyboard, or almost anything they could think of to do. 

They could choose to examine how a particular disease affects one of the human organ systems. You should describe how the disease stops the normal function of the system. Explain the cause of the disease, is it genetic or environmental. And finally describe how it is treated now and how future scientific advances may make treatment more efficient. or result in a possible cure. 

They could also opt to choose a scientist or group of scientists that made an important discovery and describe how they developed their hypothesis and proved their concept. You should explain how their approach differed from those of other workers at the time.

 C. Golimbu's Presentation examined Tourette's Syndrome

 S. Ozaltin's Presentation examined AIDS

O. Conniff's Presentation examined Arteriosclerosis

 B. Mandanas' Presentation examined Huntington's Chorea

 B. Samios' Podcast examined Alzheimer's Syndrome

G. McCormick's Presentation examined Diabetes

E. Wardell's Presentation examined Glaucoma

E. Conway's Presentation examined Epilepsy

 

E. Poulos' Presentaion examined Gigantism

A. Doukas' Presentation examined Heart Disease

K. Haggerty's Presentation examined Hypertension

I. Bouvard's Presentation examined Lactose Intolerance

J. Wagner's Presentation examined Vision Loss

K. Formato's Presentation examined Hearing Loss

M. Brinster's Presentation examined Multiple Sclerosis 

I. Beit's Presentation examined Parkinson's Disease

W. Murray's Presentation examined Morbid Obesity

A. Yaghoobi's Presentation examined Lupus

 

 

AP Biology Cell Energetics Projects

The students were asked to create a banner, cartoon, collage, diorama, model, storyboard, video reenactment that illustrates/makes sense of a complicated component/process/pathway of photosynthesis/respiration.

R. Muchenbach's Presentation comparing Anaerobic and Aerobic Respiration

S. Szabo's Website comparing Homolactic and Alcoholic Fermentation

C. DeMalgalhaes's Presentation on the C3 Photosynthesis Pathway

C. Cagliostro's Presentation comparing Cyclic vs. Noncyclic Photophosphorylation

J. Hoag's Website on the process of Oxidative Phosphorylation 

S. Ladas' Presentation on the Kreb's Cycle of Aerobic Respiration

J. Parzick's Presentation on the Evolution of Cellular Metabolic Pathways

H. Villanueva's Pesentation on Pigments and Photosystems

A. Goldbaum's Presentation on  the C4 Photosynthesis Pathway

P. Magaud's Presentation on Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Respiration

C. Hutchins' podcast on the CAM Photosynthesis Pathway 

A. Demetrios' podcast on Glycolysis

J. Haher's Presentation on Cyclic vs. Noncyclic Photophosphorylation

C. Mooney's Presentation on Electron Transport in the Mitochondrion

A. Lee's Website on Chemiosmosis.