students are discussing/learning about...
*different types of heart disease.
*ways to treat heart and circulatory problems.
*ways to prevent heart disease.
*the different types of diabetes.
*ways to prevent and treat diabetes.
*the different types of arthritis.
*treatment for arthritis.
VOCABULARY: arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, pacemaker, diabetes, insulin, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.
STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON THEIR INFECTIOUS PROJECT (COMMUNICABLE DISEASE)
Each student has a different communicable disease. Paper must be typed and include research in all of the following areas:
*Which pathogen causes the disease (5 pts)
*Signs and symptoms (10 pts)
*Life cycle (10 pts)
*Prevention (10 pts)
*Treatment (10 pts)
*Cause (10 pts)
*History (10 pts)
*How it's diagnosed (10 pts)
**Assignment must include visual material (ex., pictures) (5 pts)
***Reflective Paper must include... (20 pts)
1) Contagious Period of the disease
2) Is there a vaccine for this disease?
3) Analyze your risk for contracting the disease based on these factors: age, behavior, culture, environment, genetics, and pathogen exposure.
DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 31ST (TYPED)!!!
