Human Body Research Project

Here is a copy of the guidelines if you are working on a disease or disorder. Remember that you have to state your resources (books, websites, etc), there must be research involved (if you have a relative who suffers from a disease, like cancer, they can help you will examples from their experiences but may no know all the treatments, discoveries, etc), and all projects have a written component (you can't just show videos or pictures on the SMARTboard).

Diseases & Disorders of the

 Human Body

1. Choose a disease or disorder that affects a system, organ, part or structure of the body.

2. Use the guidelines below to help you research information about your disease/disorder. Remember that these are suggestions, include any information that you think is important.

Guidelines: 

              Who discovered your disease?

              How did it get its name?

              What type of people does it affect (race, gender, age)

              What system of the body does it affect?

              Causes or risk factors.

              Describe the symptoms.

              What does the disease do to the body?

              Can it be prevented?

              Is it treatable/curable?

              Why did you choose to research this?

              What are your reactions to your research?

Presentation Methods:

            SMARTboard presentation

           

            Newscast/ Video

            Model/Diorama

            Comic book / Storyboard

           

Examples of diseases/disorders

            Diabetes               Stroke

            Asthma                  Downs Syndrome

            Lou Gehrig’s Disease

            Epilepsy               

Folktale

Here is our outline of writing your First Nations folktale. Remember to stay true to the format and remember your target audience.

A folk tale is a traditional story that has been passed down orally from generation to generation. Traditional First Nation folktales often are told to explain a natural event, an animal characteristic, a belief, a theme or a message.
When writing your folktale you need to included all the elements of narrative writing:
Characters: -can include North American animals, spirits, tribes

-have many traits such as being greedy, sneaky, helpful, etc.

-include dialogue
Setting: - North American setting

Plot: -should contain three conflicts or problems for your characters to solve, can be a quest to solve, characters trying to trick each other...etc
Lesson/Creation: -what will your folktale explain to you readers?

To Do

1. Outline your story on your story map.

2. Fill out the character map to better understand your main character.

3. Write your narrative. Should be approximately 3 pages, single spaced

4. Conference with Mr. Kitchen often

Editing and Revising checklist

 Did you begin your story with “Long ago” or a similar phrase?

 Does your story teach a lesson or tell how something came to be?

 Is the lesson/creation clear?

 Is your setting described briefly?

 Have you described your characters through their appearance, actions and speech?

 Have you used dialogue?

 Was the conflict/plot solved?

 Did you use proper paragraphs and varied sentences?

Patterning and Algebra

I know this has been on the minds of many of my parents.  "What in the world is my child learning in math?  I haven't seen homework from them in weeks!"
Don't worry, we still work on math in school but math has changed from when you and I went to school.  Instead of "drill and kill" or "around the world", which really only meant memorizing your basic facts, we are now understanding and explaining how math works and is inter-related.  In the past two weeks we have been part of a brand new focus group that is working on increasing the student's understanding of multiplying through algebra and patterning.  It is truly amazing to see what they are doing and they will soon be coming home with some demonstrations for you.  In the meantime, here are some patterns that they are finding rules to.  Have them tell you what the composite rule is and how they know it is correct.