Project IBSL for STEM club Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna. Using Resources by STEM Alliance repository. “Skin cancer into the research microscope of students”.

1. Science Fair Project
By Your Name
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2. Project
Skin cancer into the research microscope of students
STEM Club Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna
Argyri Panagiota , Mathematician

3. Why I chose this area of science
Do you the investigation of this particular aspect of science is
interesting ?
Need for improving the relationship between the education community and the R&I system
Reference : Science Education & Biomedical Challenges
Xplore Health: Skin cancer exposed
http://www.stemalliance.eu/resources
https://www.xplorehealth.eu/en/students/skin-cancer-exposed

4. The problem or
challenge
Please explain the
question or problem that
you will investigate

5. Introduction
A. What is cancer?
What did you know for cancer?
Can you find recourses for explain cancer to your
school mates?
Look the video :
Video for cancer
How does cancer spread through the body? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun
B. Diagnostic Methods
C. Treatments

6. Your hypotheses

7. Why are there so many different types of treatment for cancer?
How do our bodies prevent cell abnormalities from being inherited
by daughter cells? What happens when these safety mechanisms
fail?
Are tumours always cancerous?
What characteristics do cancerous cells have?
Which of the following cultures contains cancerous cells? Why?

8. Research
Explain all of the research you will do about this
issue/challenge.
What was the goal of your research? Be sure to explain how
you will found it and anyone who may have helped you!

9. Diagnosis: the case of skin cancer
1. On the AECC page, you will find plenty of information on the tests used to diagnose cancer. The text describes
different stages in the diagnosis process. In your initial work groups, create a diagram of the different
methods and stages. You may also find it useful to refer to the web page of the National Cancer Institute.
2. With the help of the video entitled Skin cancer: early detection saves lives, design an outline for a poster
aimed at raising public awareness regarding the importance of detecting this type of cancer early. The poster
should be aimed at those most at risk from this type of cancer as a result of their skin type. Note: you’ll
continue to work on this poster later on in activity C of point 4.
3. How can early detection save lives? Combine this information with what you learnt about cancer in section A.

10. My testing
method
Each scientist uses different
methods of experimentation
What methods did you use in your
experiment?

11. Interactive Tools for Experiments
 Playing the Xplore Health The Unusual Suspects game
 You can carry out this test in the following Xplore Health virtual laboratory
 Watch this video of a European research project entitled SKINSPECTOR that is investigating a
new diagnostic method. Describe what the method consists of, and at which stage of the
diagnosis it will be used.

12. Research Questions
 Which of the methods for diagnosing cancer do you think you use when diagnosing
skin cancer? Give reasons for your answer.
 Once a doctor identifies a suspicious mole, another test needs to be done and the
cells have to be analysed in the laboratory in order to proceed with the diagnosis.
 Describe what the method consists of, and at which stage of the diagnosis it will be
used. What advantages does it offer?

13.  Cancer research concentrates on several different areas: the epidemiology of the
disease, risk factors, the identification of associated genes and new treatments, etc. In
your initial work groups, describe the research focus of studies published in specialised
journals:. See in this reference some interesting articles published by the journal Nature
on the genetic basis of cancer.
• Look separately for other articles in the press regarding cancer research and then explain
in a group to your classmates what these studies consist of.
• In the video entitled Looking for genes in the lab, you’ll meet the doctors and scientists
who are researching the genetics of melanoma and listen to the personal story of a
woman with a family history of the disease. In groups, answer the following questions:

14. Research Questions
 What is the purpose of looking for genes related to cancer?
 What are the steps which need to be taken to study the presence of these genes in
certain people who are suspected of having them as a result of family history?
 Would you take a genetic test for the disease? Who should have access to the
data? Should other companies have access to the data?

15. Conclusion
What is the conclusion of your experiment? Did the results
support your hypothesis or predicted outcome? How will your
findings help the area of science you’ve researched?

16. This is the most
important take away that
everyone has to
remember.

17. Treatments for cancer

18. Conclusion
Play with the multimedia tools provided below. You will find explanations about different
drugs, some of which act against cancer. Prepare some slides using screenshots of the
animations and explain the mechanisms of action of the different drugs. You can distribute the
work by giving each member of the group a slide to produce which can then be shared with the
other members.
Become a doctor and give each patient the best treatment! game.
Help me to cure Nadia’s cancer! game.

19. What will I do next?
What will you do with your findings
next? How will you further your
research/findings?

20. Share my opinion as citizen science
Do you think it’s important to always inform the patient? Why? What rights do you think
patients should have on these cells? Is current legislation the same as 60 years ago?

21. If you ask you to take a role of scientist on research of cancer , what will you investigate?
Write a catalogue of questions for asking an researcher on cancer