Day+43+-+47+-+Genetic+Diseases+Project

Genetic Disease Project You have been assigned the following topic: Antasia - Color Blindness Ahmad - Cystic Fibrosis Renata - Hemophilia Brian - Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) Ar'Rellya - Huntington's Disease Nyasia - Progeria Latavia - Phenylketonuria (PKU) Jimmy - Sickle Cell Anemia

__Research Paper -__ Write a research paper about your assigned genetic disorder. The paper must be a minimum of 3 pages and a maximum of 5 pages (this DOES NOT include the title page and works cited page). Papers should have 1 inch margins, 12 point font and be double spaced. It is not necessary to include page numbers, but if you would like to, you can. You may include images, but they do not count in your 3 pages (so ... if you use a picture that takes up 1/2 page, you need to type an extra 1/2 page!!)
 * Your project consists of 2 parts: A research paper and a PowerPoint presentation (which you will present to the class) You will submit both parts to ME in one e-mail (wleas@vcs.k12.nc.us) by the end of the day Wednesday, March 30th. You also need to have your PowerPoint on a flash drive (or e-mail it to yourself) so that you can access it on the classroom desktop for your presentation.**

What to include in your paper: 1. Title page: your name, name of disorder, date paper is due AND 1 paragraph summary of your paper. This summary is what you will read/present to the class about your disorder. It should hit all major parts of your paper!

2. Body of the paper should include the following: a. Describe how the disorder is passed on, or how it originates. b. Describe how the disorder affects the human body. c. What types of symptoms does the disorder cause? d. What is the life expectancy for someone with this disorder? e. What is the current treatment of this disorder? f. What group/groups of people are most affected by this disorder? g. How common is this disorder? How many people does it affect in NC? The US? The world? h. What is life like for someone with this disorder?

3. Works Cited Page: you need to include ALL sources that you use for your research! Please do not put www.google.com or www.yahoo.com, etc. as sources – these did not give you your information, they are search engines that you used to get to information sites – WRITE DOWN THE WEBSITES THAT YOU VISIT! Use the following format for your sources: a. Books Author. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Ex. Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Pocket, 1993. b. Magazines Author. “Title.”Magazine Date of Publication: Volume. Ex. Di Rado, Alicia. "Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern Society Using the World of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar. 1995: A3. c. Websites Author. “Title.” Date you looked at website. . Ex. Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." 8 Oct. 1997 . Citations should be put in alphabetical order by author. If you are missing any part of a citation, skip it, but make every effort to find it! If you need help – ASK! There are some citation generators on the internet, such as http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/ - you are permitted to use these.
 * It is OK to use quotes from your sources, however, you MUST put them in quotation marks and you must put the source in parentheses following the quote in the body of the paper!

__PowerPoint Presentation__ Create a PowerPoint Presentation to teach the class about your disorder. You should have one slide addressing each of the following: a. Describe how the disorder is passed on, or how it originates. b. Describe how the disorder affects the human body. c. What types of symptoms does the disorder cause? d. What is the life expectancy for someone with this disorder? e. What is the current treatment of this disorder? f. What group/groups of people are most affected by this disorder? g. How common is this disorder? How many people does it affect in NC? The US? The world? h. What is life like for someone with this disorder? This information should be in less detail than your research paper and should include images and other things to make it interesting. When you present your disease to the class, you should know the information well enough that you don't have to read from the PowerPoint slides!!