The Human Disease Project
Cardinal Newman School
Grade 7 Honors Life Science
You have recently graduated from college and have just landed your first fulltime job! Thanks
to your extensive science background, you have been hired as a Youth Educator by the
Columbia Health Organization (CHO). Your position requires you to research diseases that affect
members of the community and present your work to students at Cardinal Newman School.
Task
Your supervisor at the Columbia Health Organization, Mrs. Bramhall, has just given you your
first assignment:
On Monday, December 9, you will visit the seventh grade Life Science classroom at Cardinal
Newman School and speak to the students about a disease that affects the human body.
Your supervisor must approve of the disease that you choose and she has high expectations for
you:
• Your presentation should be informative
• You should present your material in a manner that 13 and 14 year olds can understand
• Your presentation should be interesting and hold the attention of your 7th grade audience
• You must have a strong visual presentation.
Process
Mrs. Bramhall is providing you with two options for presenting the information on the human
disease. Though you must orally present what you have researched, you are also required to
leave informative material behind for the students to review later. The two options are: a trifold brochure or a PPT presentation.
Both options must include the following information about your disease:
• A basic description of the disease
• A brief history of the disease
• Age group/gender/cultural group most affected by this disease
• The symptoms of the disease
• How the body is affected by the disease
• Cures or treatments for the disease
• What causes the disease (how can a person get it)
• How a person's daily life is affected by the disease
• Number of Americans affected by the disease
• Work Cited Page with at least three different sources. (Wikipedia may not be one of these
three main sources.)
Tri-fold Brochure
Your health brochure can be completed in one of two ways:
• Using a computer program, such as Microsoft Publisher
• By hand, using heavy-duty construction paper or oak tag—written work should be typed and
pasted neatly to the paper.
Layout:
Your health brochure should include a cover, 4 sections of information, and the back. Each
section should have both written information, pictures, photos or clip art that correspond to the
text. The brochure must be arranged as follows:
Section 1
~Brief history of disease
~Image related to the topic.
Inside
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 parts
of a particular body system)
Section 3
~How does the disease affect
a person’s daily life
~Prevention of the disease
~image related to the
information
~image of body system
affected
Section 4
~Basic description of
the disease
~Cause of the disease
~Age group, gender,
cultural group most affected
by disease
~image that relates to the
information
Outside
Back
~MLA Works Cited Page with
at least three different
sources.
Cover
~Name of disease
~Student first and last name
~Date
~Block
~Pictures, photos, or
clip art
PowerPoint
Your PowerPoint presentation should be used as a tool to guide you through
your presentation to the 7th grade science class.
Layout:
Your slideshow must include at least 10 slides, but not exceed 15 slides.
Slides must include both written information and pictures, photos or clipart that
corresponds to the text.
Use the guide below to help you layout your slides:
Slide
Slide
Slide
Slide
Slide
Slide
Slide
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Title Name of disease; image; Student’s full name; Date; Block
Information Basic description of disease; image
Information Cause of disease; Image
Information Age group, gender, cultural group most affected by disease; Image
Information Brief history of disease; image
Information Symptoms of disease; image
Information How the disease affects the body-name the particular body system and how
the body system is affected; image of the body system
Slide 8 Information How the disease affects a person's daily life; image
Slide 9 Information Cures or treatments; Prevention of the disease; image
Slide 10 Resources MLA Works Cited Page with at least three different sources.
Here are some resources to get you started:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/
http://www.kidinfo.com/health/human_body.html
http://www.accuterm.com/life-sciences.html
HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS DISEASE PROJECT PAMPHLET RUBRIC
Name:
Disease:
Criteria
Cover: name of disease,
illustration, student first and last
name, date, block
At least 5 total images –and
captions used where necessary
All 6 panels are completed; and
space used effectively.
Section 1: Brief history of
disease; Image related to the
topic
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 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
Section 4: Basic description of
the disease; Cause of the
disease; Age group, gender,
cultural group most affected by
disease; image that relates to the
information
Back: Works Cited Page: MLA
format, at least three sources
used and cited correctly
Grammar, spelling, punctuation,
neatness, effort
ORAL PRESENTATION:
3-5 minutes in length
Explain information effectively
and thoroughly
Make eye contact with your
audience and demonstrate
confidence
Be able to answer questions well
and to explain sources used
TOTAL POINTS:
Possible Points
5
5
10
10
20
20
20
5
5
20
120
Points Earned
HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS DISEASE PROJECT PPT RUBRIC
Name:
Criteria
Title slide: name of disease,
image, student first and last
name, date, block
At least 10 total slides and no
more than 15
Slide 2: Basic description of
disease; Image
Slide 3: Cause of disease;
Image
Slide 4: Age group, gender,
cultural group most affected
by disease; Image
Slide 5: Brief history of
disease; image
Slide 6: Symptoms of disease;
image
Slide 7: How the disease
affects the body-name the
particular body system and
how that body system is
affected; image of the body
system
Slide 8: How the disease
affects a person's daily life;
image
Slide 9: Cures or treatments;
Prevention of the disease;
image
Slide 10: MLA Works Cited
Page with at least three
different sources.
Grammar, spelling,
punctuation, neatness, effort
ORAL PRESENTATION:
3-5 minutes in length
Explain information effectively
and thoroughly
Make eye contact with your
audience and demonstrate
confidence
Be able to answer questions well
and to explain sources used
TOTAL POINTS:
Disease:
Possible Points
5
5
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
20
120
Points Earned
SOME DISEASES
Here is a list of diseases to start you off. There are many others that you may want to suggest
as alternatives.
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• Tongue/cheek cancer
• Ulcers
• Appendicitis
• Hepatitis
• Colon cancer
• Acid reflux
• Cirrhosis
• Crohn’s disease
• Pancreatic cancer
• Gall stones
EXCRETORY SYSTEM
• Excema
• Skin cancer
• Kidney stones
• Nephritis
• Bladder stones
• Bladder cancer
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
• Leukemia
• Anemia
• Hypertension
• Atherosclerosis/Arteriosclerosis
• Aneurysm
• Hodgkin's disease
NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Meningitis
• Stroke
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson’s
• Alzheimer’s
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
• Sinusitis
• Throat cancer
• Bronchitis
• Asthma
• Emphysema
• Lung cancer
• Influenza
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
• Goiter
• Addison’s disease
• Diabetes
• Hypoglycemia
• Cushing’s disease
IMMUNE SYSTEM
• HIV/AIDS
• Lyme disease
• Fibromyalgia / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Mononucleosis
Works Cited
Foglia. "Explore Biology | Biology Teaching & Learning Resources." Health Pamphlet Project.
N.p., 2004. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.
"Home | Shelly's Science Spot | Hackensack Middle School | Hackensack, NJ." The Human
Disease Project. Hackensack, 17 Oct. 2011. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.