Body System & Diseases
Task: Create a presentation with an overview of one of the body systems, a disease, and a career related to the system or disease.
*Create a presentation with an overview of one of the body systems, disease, and career related to the system (share the project on the first day so the teacher can see your progress)
*Make the slides interesting using background, color, and pictures
*Use a minimum of 20 font size so the presentation can easily be read
*Be creative and use different tools to post your information on the slides
*Include the following for the body system:
- Major functions
- 3 Main parts
- A Trivia fact about the system
- A Diagram of the system
*Include the following for the disease:
- Cause
- What Happens
- Signs/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Statistics
- Prognosis
- Prevention
- Nervous system
- Respiratory system
- Immune system
- Digestive system
- Urinary system
- Skeletal system
- Muscular system
- Integumentary system
- Endocrine system
- Cardiovascular system
Research
Books
There are books within the library to assist with this assignment. Mrs. Stump, Mrs. Miller, and Mr. Turgyan are happy to help you locate these books.
Gale Ebooks:
You can access the following ebooks by logging into your student WebGrades page:
Medicine:
The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets
Science
Biology
The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Directions for Access:
Log into WebGrades Account
Go to the "Links" page
Select "Gale Databases" (Next to Kids InfoBits)
Select the "Gale Ebooks" from the list of Gale Databases
Search for your topic in the search bar at the top of the page, or select a specific book from the list
If you select the book, use the search bar on the right side of the page to locate your topic in the book
Databases
Search for your body system or disease
Select the Reference section for information or the Images section for pictures
Websites
Students wanting to use a website should be checking to ensure the website is reliable. Wikipedia will not be accepted as a source. Below are some examples of reliable websites.
MLA Website Example
The top example is an actual website, while the bottom example tells you what information is in each spot.
