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Diseases Causes and
Prevention Essential Question: Diseases, what can you live with, what
can’t you live with and how can you avoid them? Make sure that you complete
all of the paperwork that is required such as the contract, the planning
paperwork and any other notes or drafts of your project. Mathematical/Logical (Number Smart): Choose a disease to
learn about. Find the statistics of
that disease. How many people are
afflicted with it? Where in the world
is it a problem? What pathogen causes
the disease? How can you protect your self from it? Can it be cured or can you live with it?
How would it be treated? Present your findings in a chart (either on a poster
or through a power point presentation) to the class in a 3-5 minute
discussion of your disease. Linguistic (Word Smart): Read a book about a disease. You may read either a novel or a
non-fiction book however the book needs to be cleared by me. When you are done reading present what you
learned either by writing a report or creating poetry or a fiction story of
your own that reflects the information that was in your book. If you would
like to write using a different genre, see me and we can discuss it. Interpersonal (People Smart): Interview a health
professional about a disease that is prevalent in the Intrapersonal (Self Smart): Find either a book, novel
or poetry about diseases. You could also read several children’s books and
reflect on each book. Read through and
reflect on each piece that you read.
If you read a book or novel please reflect after every chapter or
section. If you read a book of poems
reflect after each poem. These
reflections are a way of showing me what you have learned as well as how you
might feel if you had this disease.
Take the time to really think about what you are going to say before
you do your writing. Pick 3-5 of your
favorite reflections to share with the classs. Music: Is there research about the healing power of music? What does it say? What kinds of music are supposed to be
healing types of music? Where can you
get these types of music? What kinds
of diseases could music therapy be used on? Is music therapy a cure for
diseases? Create a poster or power point explaining this information, make
sure to include examples of healing music in your presentation. Naturalistic (Nature Smart): What is holistic
medicine? How effective are holistic methods of treatment for diseases? Choose a common disease that has holistic
methods for treatment. Find someone
who is well versed in holistic medicine and interview them about how
effective these methods are. What are
these methods? What types of diseases
are likely to be treated with holistic medicine? Is there any research on how effective these
methods of treatment are? How were
they tested? Create some sort of presentation to present to the class in a 5
minute presentation. Make sure to have
some sort of visual aide for the class to look at while you discuss holistic
medicine. Spatial (Art Smart): Create a 30 public service announcement for a
disease (either radio or video). Tell
people how it is caught, how it is treated and what they can do to avoid it. Make
sure they know what they should do if they believe that they have this disease.
I am looking for clear information about your disease not for a perfect video
or radio announcement. Make sure that
you have accurate facts to give to the public. Present this class with your Bodily Kinesthetic (Body Smart): Choose a disease and
build a model of it. Show us where it
affects the body and how. Explain your model to the class in a 5 minute
presentation.
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