gr 11 disease heap

Name: ______________________________________ Date: ____________ Health: ________ Grade 11 Disease HEAP – To Save a Life (TSAL) Essential Question: How can we reduce the number of people who suffer from ____, and how can we help the people who are suffering from ____? Create a Prevention and Support Center for your disease topic OR Create a Public Service Announcement about your topic 1. Research: (as a team—do in the team’s Google Doc) Work with your team to find information th at helps you define the disease and form ideas about how to prevent this disease and how to help people already suffering from this disease. 2. Sources: Websites Accessed Log (individual) 3. Create a Plan f or your Center of y our PSA for your assigned disease or disease category. 4. Create a Google Doc Presentation with your team members to present you r disease to the class. If you made a movie, upload it as a link to your Presentation. 5. Final Project—a v ideo or Google Doc presentation (To be safe, you should have a movie or presentation in Google Docs and on a memory stick, or in at least one other place so you are sure to have it to present.) Answer the essential question in relation to your disease topic. Your presentation should definitely include the following as “background” information: Definition of the disease or issue, and signs, and symptoms of the disease or diseases related to your topic Historical perspective and statistical information about the disease(s) and/or issue Treatment, prognosis, and prevention information about the disease(s) involved Your project should definitely do the following: Educate the audience about the disease (be thorough and use current information) Convince the audience that those at-risk should care and make changes in their lives to reduce their risks You are advocating for saving lives and improving public health! The final project should… • Be a slide presentation or a video. • Be creative with graphics . • Have internal citations or numbered foo tnotes with a full bibliography i n MLA format. Any source with “np” or “nd” will not be accepted. • Include a minimum of SIX current and valid sources (internet, newspaper, magazine, brochure, expert interviews). Due Dates: Day in computer lab: ____________________ __ (Team Contract Due) Research due (online) and Websites accessed log (on paper) due: ________________ Plan Complete (online): _______________________ Second day in computer lab: ______________________ Final Product and Presentation (Rubrics and Validity and Rational Worksheet due too): _______________ Unit Test:

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