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The Human Disease Project: Performance Task General Biology 2

The student has been assigned a project by their supervisor at the hospital to research and present on a human disease for students at their former high school. They must create an informative tri-fold brochure and oral presentation on the disease that includes its history, symptoms, affected groups, treatments, causes, and impact on daily life. The brochure should have labeled sections for this information and cited sources.

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The Human Disease Project: Performance Task General Biology 2

The student has been assigned a project by their supervisor at the hospital to research and present on a human disease for students at their former high school. They must create an informative tri-fold brochure and oral presentation on the disease that includes its history, symptoms, affected groups, treatments, causes, and impact on daily life. The brochure should have labeled sections for this information and cited sources.

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The Human Disease Project

Performance Task
General Biology 2
Task
• You have recently graduated from SHS and
have just landed on your summer part-time job!
Thanks to your extensive science background,
you have been hired as a Youth Educator by
San Juan de Dios Hospital. Your position
requires you to research diseases that affect
members of the community and present your
work to students at SJDEFI- College.
Task
Your supervisor at the hospital has just given you
your first assignment:
• You will visit the SHS classes and speak to the students
about a disease that affects the human body.
• Your presentation should be informative
• You should present your material in a manner that 16 to
18 year olds can understand
• Your presentation should be interesting and hold the
attention of your audience
• You must have a strong visual presentation.
Process

• The supervisor is asking you to present the


information on the human disease orally AND you
are also required to leave informative material
behind for the students to review later. Thus you
have to prepare a tri-fold brochure.
It must include the following information
about your disease:

1. A basic description of the disease


2. A brief history of the disease
3. Age group/gender/cultural group most affected by the disease
4. The symptoms of the disease
5. How the body is affected by the disease
6. Cures or treatments for the disease
7. What causes the disease (how can a person get it?)
8. How a person's daily life is affected by the disease
9. Number of people affected by the disease
10. Work Cited Page with at least three different sources.
Process
Section 1 Section 2 Section 3
Brief history of Symptoms of the How does the
disease disease disease affect a
Image related to How the disease person’s daily life
the topic. affects the body (what Prevention of the
body system does it disease
affect-be specific as to Image related to
how it attacks organs or the information
parts of a particular body
system)
image of body system
affected
Process
Section 4 Back Cover
Basic description of Cited Page with at Name of disease
the disease least three different Group #
Cause of the sources. Leader & Members
disease Year & Section
Age group, gender, Teacher
Cultural group most Pictures, photos, or
affected by disease clip art
Image that relates
to the information
Rubrics
Criteria Possible Points Points Earned
Cover: name of disease, illustration, student first and last name, year level
and section, teacher 5
At least 5 total images –and captions used where necessary 5
All 6 panels are completed; and space used effectively. 10
Section 1: Brief history of disease; Image related to the topic 10
Section 2: Symptoms of the disease; How the disease affects the body
(what body system does it affect-be specific as to how it attacks organs or 10
parts of a particular body system); image of body system affected
Section 3: How does the disease affect a person’s daily life; Prevention of
the disease; image related to the information 10
Section 4: Basic description of
the disease; Cause of the disease; Age group, gender, 10
cultural group most affected by disease; image that relates to the
information
Back: Works Cited Page: APA format, at least three sources used and cited 5
correctly
Grammar, spelling, punctuation, neatness, effort 5
TOTAL POINTS: 70
Reminders…
• Use vellum (???) paper or any paper
(short) that is thicker than ordinary copy
paper.
• Deadline for submission: April 12, 2019
• Submitted to the class president and
compiled in a clear short plastic envelope.

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