BIOL 107: Presentation Assignment (100 points)
Directions for the assignment
1. Topic approval: You may select any disease or disorder that you feel is significant to you. Perhaps a member of your family is struggling with that disorder. Perhaps the disease runs in your family. Perhaps you just find it interesting. You may also use the list on page 2 to help guide you in your selection. Once you have made a selection, please let your instructor know so that you can get your topic approved. Due date: 21 February 2019
• Grading: submitted on time – 6 points
2. Preliminary research and outline: Begin reading about and taking notes on your topic. Create a one-page typed summary of your findings covering at least 4 of the 6 content areas. Also include an outline of proposed slides. Include at least four sources with appropriate citations in APA format with the summary. Your references must be from valid and reliable sources. If you are unsure of your source, check with your instructor. The text book from class and the professor’s notes, or unreliable sources such as Wikipedia, do NOT count as valid sources. Please do not include them as one of your four (minimum) references. You may consult them for direction during the early stages of your research, but they should only be used as pointers that encourage further investigation into other resources. Also develop an outline that shows the content you intend to include on each slide. Due date: TBA
• Submitted on time – 4 points
• Summary and outline includes at least four valid, reliable (SPOT) resources – 8 points
• Information is included on at least 4 of the content areas (see #3) – 12 points
3. Developing your presentation: Preliminary draft presentations will be emailed no later than TBA to give your instructor time to review and comment before you create your final draft. Please place: “BIOL107 PRESENTATION ROUGH DRAFT” in the subject line of your email. The final draft will be due (TBA). Presentations will be the last week of class before finals week. There should be 5 content slides that include the content areas below.
Your presentation should flow in a logical manner. Be sure to include a title slide and a references slide. The wording of the presentation should be clear and concise with correct punctuation and spelling; bullets should be used rather than full sentences. Proper medical/anatomical terminology should be used wherever possible. Slides should include graphics and/or pictures with detailed information in the notes section. Presentations will be submitted to Blackboard. You must include the discussion concepts below that are in bold (#1-4) and at least one of the discussion concepts (#5 or #6) not in bold:
1. normal anatomy & physiology of the selected organ/organ system;
2. cause of the selected disease/disorder including transmission (for genetic disorders, discuss dominance and X-linkage, as appropriate);
3. how major organs and organ systems are affected by the selected disease/disorder;
4. available prevention and/or methods of treatment;
5. potential geographical and/or ethnic and/or cultural aspects of the selected disease/disorder;
6. how the fight against this disease differs in developed and underdeveloped countries.
• Grading criteria: See accompanying grade sheet and rubric.
4. In-class presentation: You will give your presentation to the class on 29 November 2018.
ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS:
• Minimum of 7 slides in appropriate font (1 title slide including your name and name of disorder/disease; at least 5 content slides covering at least 5 of the concept areas including images, as appropriate; 1 references slide).
• APA style format and documentation for “in-text” (on-slide) citations and a References page.
• Minimum of 4 peer-reviewed secondary sources.
• Utilize library databases to locate appropriate sources.
• Submissions made more than 8 hours after the deadline lose 10%/additional hour late. Submissions made more than 18 hours after the deadline earn 0 points.
• You must give your presentation at the time assigned; failure to do so will result in an 10 point deduction.
• Failure to stay for remaining presentations after you have presented will result in a 5 point deduction.
• NOTE: Failure to include on-slide (“in-text”) or end reference citations will result in a score of 0 points for the entire project!
GRADING:
• This assignment will account for 10% of the total course grade.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
1. Addison’s disease
2. Amoebic dysentery
3. Anaphylaxis
4. Asthma
5. Atherosclerosis
6. Babesiosis
7. Botulism
8. Breast cancer
9. Cardiac arrest
10. Cataracts
11. Celiac disease
12. Chaga’s disease
13. Concussion
14. COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
15. Crohn’s disease
16. Cushing’s syndrome
17. Cystic Fibrosis
18. Diabetes mellitus
19. Diphtheria
20. Emphysema
21. Filariasis
22. Glaucoma
23. Gonorrhea
24. Heart burn & GERD
25. Hemophilia
26. Hepatitis
27. HIV/AIDS
28. Hyperparathyroidism
29. Hypertension
30. Hypothyroidism
31. Inguinal hernia
32. Iron deficiency anemia
33. Lyme disease
34. Malaria
35. Myasthenia gravis
36. Osteoporosis
37. Ovarian cancer
38. Pertussis
39. Pituitary tumor
40. Pneumonia
41. Prostate cancer
42. River blindness
43. Sickle cell anemia
44. Spina bifida
45. Spinal cord transection
46. Stroke & TIA
47. Syphilis
48. Tay-Sachs disease
49. Tetanus
50. Tuberculosis
51. Urinary tract infection
52. Varicose veins
53. Zika virus
