Human Genetic Traits and Disorder Blog (or PowerPoint)
Due Monday, March 14th, 2011
You are the new genetic counselors at a hospital. You are responsible for educating the public and
patients on genetic disorders. You will find important information about your job and a specific genetic
disorder and then create a website to educate the public about this genetic disease.
You need to answer the following questions in your website:
Genetic Counselor
1. What is a Genetic Counselor—Qualifications, Education, Job details
Medical Information
2. How does a person inherit this genetic disorder? Is it dominant or recessive? Is it genetic or chromosomal?
3. If this disease is genetic--what are the possible genotypes of the parents? If the disease is a chromosomal
abnormality, describe the abnormality.
4. How prevalent is the disease in the population (include statistics)?
5. What are the chances of a person with this disease passing the disease to their offspring (include possible
scenarios)?
6. How is the disease diagnosed?
7. What are the physical symptoms of the disease?
8. What is the life expectancy of someone with the disease?
9. How can the disease be treated?
Personal Information
10. What is everyday life like? What is the quality of life?
11. What limitations does the person have?
12. What are some organizations that can help a family cope with a child's disorder (web links)
13. How possible is it that a cure will be found?
Helpful websites:
Genetic Disorders Library
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd/
NY Online Access to Health
http://www.noah-health.org/en/genetic/
NIH Office of Rare Diseases
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/html/resources/info_cntr.html
Genetic and Rare Conditions Site
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/
Potential Genetic Disorders
Sickle-Cell Disease
Hemophilia
Albinism
Phenylketonuria
Cystic Fibrosis
Tay Sachs Disease
Colorblindness-Max H.
Adrenoleukodystrophy (Lorenzo's Oil)
Hereditary Deafness
Coffin-Lowry Syndrome
Achondroplasia (dwarfism)
Fragile X Syndrome
Huntington's Disease
Marfan Syndrome (Alton Giant)
Trisomy 13 (Edward's Syndrome)
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Rett Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
Progeria (premature aging)
Xeroderma pigmentosum
Gaucher Disease
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
**Remember all information and pictures must be cited. Any direct quotes must have a citation
after it, otherwise a list of citations can be used for the entire project (this means to paraphrase
as much as possible!!!) All pictures must include a citation next to it.
CATEGORY
Content
Accuracy (x15)
_______/60 pts
Layout (x5)
_______/20 pts
Copyright (x5)
_______/20 pts
Spelling and
Grammar (x5)
_______/20 pts
Interest (x10)
______/40 pts
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3
2
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All information
provided by the
student on the Web
site is accurate and
all the requirements
of the assignment
have been met.
Almost all the
information provided
by the student on the
Web site is accurate
and all requirements
of the assignment
have been met.
Almost all of the
information provided
by the student on the
Web site is accurate
and almost all of the
requirements have
been met.
There are several
inaccuracies in the
content provided by
the students OR
many of the
requirements were
not met.
The Web site has an
exceptionally
attractive and usable
layout. It is easy to
locate all important
elements. White
space, graphic
elements and/or
alignment are used
effectively to
organize material.
The Web pages
have an attractive
and usable layout. It
is easy to locate all
important elements.
The Web pages
have a usable layout,
but may appear busy
or boring. It is easy
to locate most of the
important elements.
The Web pages are
cluttered looking or
confusing. It is often
difficult to locate
important elements.
Fair use guidelines
are followed with
clear, easy-to-locate
and accurate
citations for all
borrowed material.
No material is
included from Web
sites that state that
permission is
required unless
permission has been
obtained.
Fair use guidelines
are followed with
clear, easy-to-locate
and accurate
citations for almost
all borrowed
material. No material
is included from Web
sites that state that
permission is
required unless
permission has been
obtained.
Fair use guidelines
are followed with
clear, easy-to-locate
and accurate
citations for most
borrowed material.
No material is
included from Web
sites that state that
permission is
required unless
permission has been
obtained.
Borrowed materials
are not properly
documented OR
material was
borrowed without
permission from a
site that requires
permission
There are no errors
in spelling,
punctuation or
grammar in the final
draft of the Web site.
There are 1-3 errors
in spelling,
punctuation or
grammar in the final
draft of the Web site.
There are 4-5 errors
in spelling,
punctuation or
grammar in the final
draft of the Web site.
There are more than
5 errors in spelling,
punctuation or
grammar in the final
draft of the Web site.
The author has
made an exceptional
attempt to make the
content of this Web
site interesting to the
people for whom it is
intended.
The author has tried
to make the content
of this Web site
interesting to the
people for whom it is
intended.
The author has put
lots of information in
the Web site but
there is little
evidence that the
person tried to
present the
information in an
interesting way.
The author has
provided only the
minimum amount of
information and has
not transformed the
information to make
it more interesting to
the audience (e.g.,
has only provided a
list of links to the
content of others).
Total: __________/160 points