Comic Cells

This project was my last grade 8 PLP project and we had to make a comic booksm about cells and diseases or about photosynthesis. I chose to make mine about a disease called the plague. 

Before we could make that, we had to make a wanted poster for a disease or a bacteria that existed in the 1400-1600. I chose to do the bubonic plague. On my wanted poster I put a photo of the disease, what it does to the cells, and what symptoms you get if you have it. 

 

Curricular Competencies 

Scientific communication: communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems using scientific language, representations, and digital technologies. 

 I showed this competency of scientific communication by using the app Comic Life 3 and Sketches Pro to create my comic book and Sketches Pro to do all my drawings. Within my comic I utilized scientific language to demonstrate my understanding of cells and diseases. For example, I wrote about the white blood cells attacking the bacteria. 

Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate a sustained curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest.

For this curricular competency, I sustained curiosity about the scientific topic of the bubonic plague. First, I had to research the virus: for example, what it does to the cell and how it is transmitted to people. I then made a poster to explain briefly what the bubonic plague is, and then I started to make the comic. I was assigned ten scientific words and had to find out what they meant so I knew what context to put them in. I then created a draft of 12 panels and then made a good copy of 18 panels. 

For this curricular competency, I sustained curiosity about the scientific topic of the bubonic plague. First, I had to research the virus: for example, what it does to the cell and how it is transmitted to people. I then made a poster to explain briefly what the bubonic plague is, and then I started to make the comic. I was assigned ten scientific words and had to find out what they meant so I knew what context to put them in. I then created a draft of 12 panels and then made a good copy of 18 panels.

Evaluating: Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence  

My comics characters show the symptoms of the disease and what the outcome of the sickness is. For example, my character gets swollen glands, coughing, sneezing, weakness, chills and fever which are symptoms of the plague. In my comic a doctor uses a microscope to examine a sample taken from a sick patient. The doctor finds out that it’s the plague. 

End of project mind map⬇️

Driving Question: How do cells and diseases interact?

 My comic answers the driving question because it shows how cells and diseases interact. The way cells and diseases interact is the diseases try to take over the cells in your body. They fight and eventually one side wins. The body fights with immune cells and the pathogens release toxins to make the immune cells think they’re not wanted. The immune cells move away from the pathogens and the pathogen win against the body’s cells.

FINAL COMIC