Eating Disorder PSA Requirements – Grade 8
Team members(groups of 2 or 3)___________________________________________________
Public Health is the practice of protecting and improving the health of people in a community. The Grade 8 Eating Disorder
PSA seeks to promote public health through education. Student teams will serve as advocates for this health issue and will
educate the ISM community about it by creating a public service announcement (PSA) in the form of a display.
Project Requirements:
 One power point per group (include all the information about all three eating disorders stated below)
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PLUS a poster OR a brochure per group( include all the information stated below but focus on ONE disorder- the teacher
should decide which one)
Accurate information about Anorexia Nervosa OR Bulimia Nervosa OR Binge Eating (teacher to decide which one you
do) include:
Signs that someone is developing an eating disorder
Short term health consequences
long term health consequences
Treatments
Advice about how you can help a friend who you think is developing a disorder
Advice about healthy eating habits
Advice about how to control a healthy body weight
Information Technology (IT) – Each display must utilize IT in the creation of the display area. This could be in the form of
making brochures, Excel tables/graphs, Power Point presentations, etc.
Visual Aids – The display should be visually appealing and make use of appropriate graphics, photos, models, and/or charts to
inform the audience.
Bibliography (MLA format)
Students will have three full class periods to work on this project.
Eating Disorder PSA Grading Rubric (Wellness Grade 8)
Exemplary
A
Accurate
Information
(Power point)
21 points
Poster/brochure
14 points
PowerPoint
10 points
Research /
Teamwork
Bibliography
MLA Format
5 points
A-
The project includes all the
project requirements. The
project gives the audience a
clear sense of the main idea.
Information is accurate,
current and comes mainly
from excellent sources.
The poster reflects an
exceptional degree of student
creativity.
All items of importance on the
poster are clearly visible and
can be read from at least 1
meter away.
The fonts are easy-to-read and
point size varies appropriately
for headings and text. The
background and colors
enhance the readability of text.
All slides are numbered, and
there is a logical sequence to
the presentation
Bibliography indicates you
accurately researched a variety
of information from four or
more resources, recorded and
interpreted significant facts,
meaningful graphics and
evaluated alternative points of
view.
Correct MLA format.
B+
Proficient
B
B-
C+
Developing
C
C-
D+
Emerging
D
POINTS &Comments
D-
Meets most of the project
requirements.
Includes persuasive information
from reliable sources.
Meets very few of the project
requirements.
One or two of the graphics used
on the poster reflect student
creativity in their poster.
Almost all items of importance
on the poster are clearly visible
and can be read from at least 1
meter away.
The graphics are made by the
student, but are based on the
designs or ideas of others.
Several items of importance on the
poster are clearly visible and can be
read from at least 1 meter away.
No graphics made by the
student are included.
Sometimes the fonts are easy-toread, but in a few places the use
of fonts, paragraphs, color or
busy background detracts and
does not enhance readability.
The slides include titles and text
for each slide and are in
sequential order.
Overall readability is difficult with
lengthy paragraphs, too many
different fonts, dark or busy
background, overuse of bold.
Not in a logical sequence and has
incomplete information.
The layout is cluttered,
confusing, and does not use
spacing, headings and
subheadings to enhance the
readability.
Bibliography indicates you
recorded relevant information
from multiple sources of
information, evaluated and
synthesized relevant information.
A few errors in the MLA
formatting.
Bibliography indicates you
misinterpreted statements, graphics
and questions and failed to identify
relevant arguments.
Many errors in the MLA formatting.
Bibliography indicates you
didn’t recorded information
from four or less resources,
did not find graphics and
ignored alternative points of
view.
Some of the information may not
seem to fit. Sources used appear
unreliable.
Information is incomplete,
out of date and/or incorrect.
Sequencing of ideas is
unclear.
Labels are too small to view
OR no important items were
labeled.
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Total points ________/50