Neurological Disorders
Neurological disorders are diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system. In other words,
the brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, nerve roots, autonomic nervous system,
neuromuscular junction, and muscles.
These disorders include epilepsy, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease and many others.
Mental disorders, on the other hand, are "psychiatric illnesses" or diseases which appear
primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling or behavior, producing either distress or
impairment of function.
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are affected by neurological disorders: For example,
50 million people have epilepsy; 62 million are affected by cerebrovascular disease; 326 million
people suffer from migraine; 24 million are affected by Alzheimer disease and other dementias
globally.
TASK
As a group of pairs, you will research one disorder or disease of the nervous system.
Use the resources found in the following link
http://zunal.com/process.php?w=134471
or any credible website to research about the following Nervous System Diseases:
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Multiple Sclerosis or ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease)
Parkinson's Disease
Stroke
Huntington's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
Epilepsy
Tremors by Drug Addiction
You will act as if you are a doctor (wear the lab gown) that is diagnosing the researched disease
for a patient
You will ask your patient questions and request medical tests needed to diagnose the disease
Use your findings to prepare a handout, which might be in any form (questionnaire, poster,
powerpoint…that the doctor has to use to describe this disease to his patient
Process:
Doctor’s strategy for the diagnosis of the disorder
Questions asked by the doctor or tests required and analysis of the result
Description of the disorder
Focus on anatomy and physiology of the brain and nervous system.
Images relating to the disorder
These could be MRI's of the brain or even photos of people, use images to enhance slides, not
clutter them
Symptoms
Describe what life is like for a person with the disorder
How a person develops this disorder
It might be genetic, the result of an injury, or possibly the factors are unknown;
Treatment options
Can it be cured, or can the symptoms be managed?
Additional Information
Add a few extra things related to the disorder, this could be slides of famous people
DO NOT ...
Copy and paste information directly from websites, summarize in your own words
Overload handouts with too much information. Break slides up if you need to include more than
5 pieces of information
Use terms or vocabulary you do not understand. You will be asked questions about your topic or
any information you post.
Include distracting transitions, backgrounds, or images that do not relate to the topic.
Rubrics:
Excellent (3)
Information:
Abundance of facts
that relate to the
disorder. Specific
information about
the brain, biology,
neurology and
anatomy is
included.
Information is
summarized, not
copy/pasted from
other sources
Symptoms of the
disorder are described
Cause of the disorder is
stated (genetic, brain
trauma,..)
Treatment options are
described, including
possible medications
long term health…
Relevant images are
included
Overall quality: title,
slide, background,
transition, logical
sequence….
Group Understanding:
can answer specific
questions about the
disorder
Total score out of 20
Good (2)
Needs Work (1)
Not Evident (0)
Reflection:
Learners: Your voice is very important. Your input will help shape the curriculum and
provide insights on how you and other students feel about the learning experiences.
1. I learned new skills and ways of thinking through this project unit of study.
2. I learned new content knowledge from this project that is useful for me in my life
experiences or / and career.
3. I felt challenged by this unit project.
4. The materials were interesting, important, and relevant to me.
5. The learning (content, activities, and skills) was interesting to me.
6. The methodology and different strategies used by teacher really helped me learn better
and think about the information.
7. This class had real world significance with real-life examples and activities. .
8. The project (rubrics) helped me learn more.
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