Genetic+Disorders+Project

NCSCOS Goals and Objectives: 3.03 Interpret and predict patterns of inheritance 4.04 Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease: Genetics Honors Biology

Assignment: Students working in small groups will research an assigned genetic disorder. Students will compile their information and use it to create a public service announcement about their disorder. Students will write a script for their PSA being as creative as they would like. Students will videotape their PSA and may edit the video using their macbooks and I-Movie PSAs will be shown to the class.

Technology: Flip videocameras, Macbooks, I-Movie software, LCD Projector.

In the past I have had students research a disease and write a paper which they would present to class. The cameras and laptops made the videotaped PSAs possible

Samples of Student Work:

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