Name:______
Due Date: week of 26 March - see specific student schedule
Big Question:How can we make humans healthier?
Useful Background Videos:
How does Medicine Work?
How does your body process medicine?
How vaccines work
Your assignment:
1) Choose one of the topics on the list that is a solution, prevention, or treatment.
2) Research the topic using the outline on the next page as a guide for the required information. Remember to use specific terms and words when searching for information.
3) Remember to save your sources as you research the topic then produce a complete MLA 8 bibliography for the last slide in the presentation.
4) Review the technical & formatting information to be certain your presentation has met each requirement.
5) Practice your presentation so you are able to say the words correctly.
To Discuss means you talk about a topic, include evidence to support your idea, provide at least one example, and show how the factor is linked.
Technical & Formatting information:
➢ You must produce a PowerPoint presentation – do not use any other document format.
➢ Do not upload .odp or .pages files because the classroom computer refuses to open the presentation. Google slides are acceptable but will also need to be uploaded to managabac after you present.
➢ Use science terms related to the topic
➢ All information must be written using your own words – no plagiarizing allowed.
➢ Presentations must not exceed 7 minutes
➢ All important information must be included on the slides
➢ The font size should be at least 24
➢ In text referencing: There should be in text referencing immediately after any statistical figure or quoted text.
➢ Bibliography must be included on the last slides:
○ Bibliography should be the last slide of the presentation
○ Use MLA formatting
Factors to choose from: society, economics (money), human health, environment, politics/laws, ethics, and culture
Interaction choices and examples : (choose one to develop and discuss)
Economics: Is there a cost of the solution? What is the cost, who specifically pays this cost and how does this cost affect those paying the cost? What might be the long term effects? What evidence supports this? Will insurance cover these costs? What is the cost to bring the treatment from research to actually being used? Who pays this cost?
Society: Is there a group of people whose beliefs or customs or way of life is helped or harmed by the solution? Who are they? How specifically are they harmed or helped? What might be the long term effects? What evidence supports this?
Environment: Is the environment harmed or helped by the solution? What specific part of the environment is harmed or helped and how is the environment harmed or helped? What evidence supports this? Are there resources that need to be mined in order to make the solution? How does this mining affect the environment? What might be the long term effects? What is the evidence?
Laws: Discuss the procedure that needs to be followed for the solution to be used as an actual treatment or medication. What costs and time are involved?
Human Health: discuss the side effects of the solution and what percent of the individuals are affected and how they are affected.
Ethics – discuss the use of the animals to test this specific solution or the ethics of the medical company in setting the cost of the medication.
Slide 1: Introduction to the solution
Identify when and where the solution was developed or researched
Describe what the solution is made of – what special compounds or materials
Slide 2: Describe how the solution will be used to treat, cure, study, prevent, or research – Only fill in one of the boxes
If the solution is used to treat or cure a disease or health problem then describe how the solution will be given to people/animalsIf the solution is used to prevent a health issue then describe how and when the solution will be given to people/animals
If the solution is research about a health issue then describe how the research will help develop treatments or cures for a health issue
Slide 3: Describe the effectiveness of the solution
How many people or animals were in the trial?Describe the results of the trial
Slide 4-5: One positive interaction with the treatment, prevention, research, or cure
What factor is this positive interaction linked to?Identify who or what will be positively affected by implementing this solution.
Describe the positive interaction from the treatment, prevention, research, or cure
Describe the evidence that support the description of the effects described above.
Slide 6-7: One negative interaction with the treatment, prevention, research, or cure
What factor is this negative interaction linked to?Identify who or what will be negatively affected by implementing this solution.
Describe the negative interaction from the treatment, prevention, research, or cure
Describe the evidence that support the description of the effects described above.
Slide 8: MLA 8 formatted Bibliography
Criterion D: Reflecting on the Impacts of Science
You will be awarded the level that best fits your work. E.g. if your work completely meets all descriptors of the 7/8 band you can be certain to reach the top level.
Level / Requirement Descriptors – The student is able:7-8 / The students is able to:
Describe the specific solution: name, who and when developed the cure/treatment/research, and composition of the solution, and any other important facts the audience should know.
Describe how this specific solution is used to cure/treatment/research
Describe the effectiveness of the cure/treatment/research.
Discuss one positive and one negative interactions of the use of the cure/treatment/research, which includes a description of the interaction, who or what is affected, and supportive evidence.
Show a direct link between the interactions and one of the following factors: society, economics (money), human health, environment, politics/laws, ethics, culture.
Consistently apply scientific language to effectively communicate their understanding of the topic
Document sources completely in a bibliography, more than one source is used
All facts are correctly cited
5-6 / The students is able to:
Describe the specific solution: name, who and when developed the cure/treatment/research, and composition of the solution, and any other important facts the audience should know.
Describe how this specific solution is used to cure/treatment/research
Outline the effectiveness of the cure/treatment/research.
Describe one positive and one negative interactions of the use of the cure/treatment/research, which includes a description of the interaction, who or what is affected, and supportive evidence.
Identify the factor the interaction is linked to: society, economics (money), human health, environment, politics/laws, ethics, culture.
Sometimes apply scientific language to communicate their understanding of the topic
Document sources completely in a bibliography, more than one source is used
All facts are cited
score 3-4 / The students is able to:
Outline the specific solution: name, who and when developed the cure/treatment/research, and composition of the solution, and any other important facts the audience should know.
Outline how this specific solution is used to cure/treatment/research
Outline the effectiveness of the cure/treatment/research.
Outline one positive and one negative interactions of the use of the cure/treatment/research, which includes a description of the interaction, who or what is affected, and supportive evidence.
Identify the factor the interaction is linked to: society, economics (money), human health, environment, politics/laws, ethics, culture.
Apply scientific language to communicate their understanding but does so with limited success
Document sources in a bibliography, at least 2 sources are used.
Some facts are cited
score 1-2 / The students is able to:
State the solution
State at least one interaction of using the solution
Apply scientific language to communicate understanding but does so with limited success
Document sources with limited success