Disease/Disorder 3rd Quarter Project
You assigned disease/disorder is ___________________________________
The project is due on_____________________
You will create a power point presentation for your assigned disease/disorder. You must include the
following:
Slide #1: The name of your disease/disorder, your name, and the date.
Slide #2: The cause of your disease/disorder.
--Do scientists know anything about what gene it is located on?
Slide #3: The symptoms of your disease/disorder.
--What part of the body does it affect? How does it affect?
Slide #4: Information regarding whether your disease/disorder affects a certain group of people.
--Does it affect males more than females? Does it affect a certain ethnic group? How often does this disorder
occur?
Slide #5: The treatment that is used or is currently being researched for your disease/disorder.
Slide #6: Is there any prevention or genetic counseling that occurs with this disease or disorder?
Slide #7: Is there any prenatal testing that occurs to test for this disorder? Are there tests that are run after
birth? Are there tests that are run before conception?
--Are parents tested before they attempt to have a baby?
Slide #8: Interesting facts about your disease/disorder.
Slide #9: Graphics for your disease/disorder
--No disturbing pictures, please.
Slide #10: A bibliography listing the sources that you used for your information.
Two options for turning in your project:
1. Your power point should be placed on a zip drive and transferred to my computer BEFORE SCHOOL
STARTS ON THE MORNING OF THE DAY IT IS DUE. Please DO NOT expect to print, fix, or transfer files in
the 4 minutes before class begins on the day the assignment is due. I will NOT transfer files at that
point!!!!!
2. Your power point can be emailed to my school account.
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS rschwartz@lisle202.org. If you email it to me, I would recommend that you “CC”
yourself on the email so that you know the email goes through.
Computer failure and printer failure will still result in a late grade!! Plan ahead.
The following is the possible point values for each category.
Project Component
Name of disease/disorder
Cause (genes)
Symptoms
Certain group of people/how often
Treatment
Prevention and genetic counseling
Testing
Interesting facts
Graphics
Bibliography
Neatness/creativity/grammar/spelling
Use of in class work
days/participation/presentation
Earned Points
Possible Points
1
3
4
3
3
3
3
5
3
4
8
10
50
You can choose from the following diseases or disorders below. You can also look at the poster on the bulletin board
and choose something different. Go to this website for poster information:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/chooser.shtml
You need to let me know what you’re working on so that I can write it down and so that we have no duplicate
projects.
Phenylketonuria
Klinefelter Syndrome
Duchene Muscular Dystrophy
Hypothyroidism
Turner Syndrome
Hemophilia
Galactosemia
Williams Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Sickle Cell Disease
Angelman Syndrome
Albinism
Cystic Fibrosis
Tay-Sachs Disease
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Alzheimer’s Disorder
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Fragile X Syndrome
Huntington’s Disease
Achondroplasia
Niemann-Pick Disease
Cri-Du-Chat Syndrome
Brittle Bone Disease
Thalassemia
Down Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Werner Syndrome
Possible Resources:
http://www.noah-health.org/en/genetic/
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticdisorders.html
http://www.genome.gov/10001204
http://www.medicinenet.com/genetic_disease/article.htm
http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp094.cfm