Genetic diseases project
Overview
Create an attention-grabbing website intended to provide patients and their families with information about one of the genetic disorders listed below. Assume that most of the patients of your audience are adults with a typical high school science background. The website should be creative as well as informative. You want people to actually navigate through it and read the information. Be sure to include accurate, up-to-date information and graphics that illustrate important ideas. You should reference at least four reputable sources.
Procedure
You will research the genetic disorder of your choice and use the following questions as a guide:
Website
After researching the disorder, make an informational website for newly diagnosed patients and their families to use as a reference. This website should be of professional quality. It must fully inform the reader of all issues pertaining to the genetic disorder. Use the questions above to guide your research. Your website will be graded based on accuracy, completeness, and creativity. Visual representations (pictures, graphs, etc.) should be incorporated into the website. Give credit for graphics you did not make.
Works Cited
You will need to include a works cited section/page in your website that identifies all sources used to make the website. At least four sources are required for this project. More than four is acceptable, and encouraged! (It's okay to list websites, list author, title, date, etc.)
List of Genetic Diseases
Angleman Syndrome, Burkitt’s Lymphoma, Cat Eye Syndrome, Cri-du-chat (Cat’s Cry Syndrome), Cystic Fibrosis, DiGeorge Syndrome, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Edwards Syndrome, Fabry Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Jacobson Syndrome, Marfan Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, Patau Syndrome or Trisomy 13, PKU, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Rentinitis pigementosa, Rett Syndrome
Create an attention-grabbing website intended to provide patients and their families with information about one of the genetic disorders listed below. Assume that most of the patients of your audience are adults with a typical high school science background. The website should be creative as well as informative. You want people to actually navigate through it and read the information. Be sure to include accurate, up-to-date information and graphics that illustrate important ideas. You should reference at least four reputable sources.
Procedure
You will research the genetic disorder of your choice and use the following questions as a guide:
- What other names are there for this disorder?
- What causes the disorder? (mutation, nondisjunction)
- What gene or chromosome is affected by this disorder? (X, Y, #21)
- Are there prenatal tests for this disorder?
- What are the symptoms?
- What population is affected? Can anyone be a candidate for the disorder? (gender, race, age, nationality)
- How is it inherited? (Is it sex-linked, recessive, and/or dominant?) Find or make Punnett squares, a pedigree, or a karyogram to explain the inheritance.
- What kind of medical assistance will the affected person need? What is the long-term outlook for the affected person?
- Are there any treatments and/or cures?
- Could this disorder have been prevented?
- Can this individual have children in the future? Will those children be affected?
- What is the current status of research on this disorder? Is there a cure coming soon?
Website
After researching the disorder, make an informational website for newly diagnosed patients and their families to use as a reference. This website should be of professional quality. It must fully inform the reader of all issues pertaining to the genetic disorder. Use the questions above to guide your research. Your website will be graded based on accuracy, completeness, and creativity. Visual representations (pictures, graphs, etc.) should be incorporated into the website. Give credit for graphics you did not make.
Works Cited
You will need to include a works cited section/page in your website that identifies all sources used to make the website. At least four sources are required for this project. More than four is acceptable, and encouraged! (It's okay to list websites, list author, title, date, etc.)
List of Genetic Diseases
Angleman Syndrome, Burkitt’s Lymphoma, Cat Eye Syndrome, Cri-du-chat (Cat’s Cry Syndrome), Cystic Fibrosis, DiGeorge Syndrome, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Edwards Syndrome, Fabry Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Jacobson Syndrome, Marfan Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis, Patau Syndrome or Trisomy 13, PKU, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Rentinitis pigementosa, Rett Syndrome
Grading
Grading is out of 50 points based on the rubric pictured.
Grading is out of 50 points based on the rubric pictured.