majid reflection

12/18/07

Expedition Reflection

1.How was your experience completing BCS’s first expedition on cancer?
My experience on this cancer expedition was that I found it boring. What we did on this expediton was that we went to the library to read books on cancer and learn about it’s hisory, it’s effects on the human body,it’s cures,and it’s impact on society. We did this so we can know more information on cancer and can be able to inform people about it’s deadly effect.

2.Overall what did you learn in you different subjects about cancer’s role in science,medicine,histoy,society,and peoples personal lives?
In this cancer expedition what I learned about cancer was that it can happen to everyone it doesn’t matter if your young or old. You can even be born with it but it’s very rare for that to happen. Cancer is when some of your cells became confused about its command and starts multiplying in a extremely fast rate.Cancer are tumors that grow and trys to effect other parts of your body.There is no actual cure for cancer but there is a few treatments like radiation treatment witch the doctors uses a laser to try to strink or neutralize.Also another treatment is that you can get cancer surgecaly removed when your cancer is still small.

3.If you were to continue this expedition what ideas would you like to puruse for prodjects,essential questions, and/ or community service or fundraising ideas?
If I were to continue this expedition the ideas I would like to pursue for a prodject would be how does cancer effect animals or what can cause cancer and are their certain foods you can eat to stop cancer or lower the risk for it.

4.Would you describe this expedition as a valuable learning experience?why or why not?
I think this is a valuable learning experience because it helps give you info you might be able to use about cancer. For example know you know how cancer works and know the signs that tells you that you have cancer so you can get it removed before it becomes life threatening.