Hi I’m a gene in Ellen’s body. I was caused by the deletion of two nucleotides, because of this Ellen’s body cant make the amino acid phenylalanine. Ellen was diagnosed when she was 3 weeks old, her disease is called Cystic Fibrosis. It’s made Ellen’s life a lot harder due to some of the conditions that come with it such as, Nose growths, salty sweat, trouble breathing, trouble digesting food, gallstones, sinus problems, enlarged heart and frequent lung infections. Since Cystic Fibrosis is genetic it means both of Ellen’s parents are carriers of the Cystic Fibrosis gene but don’t have the disease, giving their children a 25% chance of getting Cystic Fibrosis.
Some questions I had to research for this project were…
- What is Cystic Fibrosis?
- What causes Cystic Fibrosis?
- What are some symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis?
- Is Cystic Fibrosis genetic?
Some digital tools I used were…
- Different websites like Wikipedia and Cystic Fibrosis Canada.
- I also used my Edublog to share my work.
My process…
- looked up the answers to my questions about Cystic Fibrosis.
- I mostly used Wikipedia but checked all my facts with different websites.
- I cited my sources.
Sources…
- http://www.cysticfibrosis.ca/about-cf/what-is-cystic-fibrosis
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis
- http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cystic-fibrosis/basics/definition/con-20013731
What went well and what could have I have done better..
- I found it really easy to find information because all the websites I went to said the same thing, there were no contradictions.
- I found the writing portion the most difficult because I wanted to make sure all of my information was included but I also wanted it to make sense.
- in the future I will spend more time putting my presentation together.