You and a partner will create a slide presentation using google docs and present your topic to the class.
Your multimedia presentation (powerpoint / poster) along with an oral presentation
should include the following points.
- What is the name of the disorder and what is the history behind the disorder? Who discovered it or/and who have done research on the disease?
- How is the disorder diagnosed? How does a person receive the disorder? Is it sex-linked? Is it a mutation? Is it due to heredity?
- You will need to find out all of the signs and symptoms of the given disorder and share these with the class.
- What types of treatment there are for the disorder?
- Include a suggested list of readings and/or Internet sources that may be of interest to the class.
- You are encouraged to share any other information that you feel is relevant that you feel is important for others to know about the genetic disorder
List of Disorders to choose from.....
- Achondroplasia (Dwarfism)
- Albinism
- Adrenal hyperplasia
- Autism/ Asperger syndrome
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Familial Dysautonomia
- Gardner syndrome (intestinal polyposis)
- Gaucher’s Disease
- Hemophilia
- Huntington’s Disease
- Jacobsen Syndrome
- Klinefelters Syndrome
- Klippel-Feil Syndrome
- Leukodystrophy
- Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS)
- Marfan Syndrome
- Moebius Syndrome
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Progeria
- Proteus Syndrome
- Retinoblastoma
- Rett’s Syndrome
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Tourette Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Genetic_Disorders/
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/
http://biology.about.com/science/biology/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/Frames/genetic-testing-f.html
A rubric will be handed to you in class.
