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Group Project- PowerPoint Presentation of Lifestyle Diseases

Each member of group must participate in the following ways

1) Research

2) Create PowerPoint

3) Presentation to class

PowerPoint will be graded on the rubric on back of sheet. Please include a source sheet on last page of PowerPoint.

PowerPoint Presentation Outline/Guidelines

Each presentation is to be made using the following guidelines:


 * 1) Introduce yourself and your partners
 * 2) Name and define your topic (define in your own words)
 * 3) How would someone know if they suffer from this? (Signs and symptoms)
 * 4) Treatments – if any If no treatment, tell how the person manages their illness/disease on a daily basis with medication, diet, exercise, etc.
 * 5) 3 WOWs!
 * 6) Interesting facts that you learned (whether they are statistics or simply pieces of information you thought was interesting and want to share with the class)
 * 7) Bibleography- Use [|www.bibme.com]
 * 8) Questions and Answers
 * 9) You will field questions from the class
 * 10) Be prepared to give answers bases on your presentation

Each presentation is approximately 5 minutes in length. Notecards are allowed but probably not necessary, as you will have your powerpoint with you as a reference.

Websites that can be used for all topics: (some require a search)

http://www.cdc.gov/page.do - A link for diseases and conditions

http://www.nih.gov/ - National Institutes of Health

http://medlineplus.gov/ - Medline Plus, various health information

http://www.webmd.com/ - Web MD, health information on a variety of topics

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/health/k-12.html - Indiana Prevention Resource

Center at Indiana University

Substance abuse links for research:

http://www.nida.nih.gov/ - National Institute on Drug Abuse

http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/ Alcohol and Drug Information

http://www.acde.org/ - American Council for Drug Education

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/druginfo/alcohol.html - alcohol

Various Disease and Disorder Links

http://www.americanheart.org - American Heart Association

http://www.diabetes.org/ - American Diabetes Association

http://www.cancer.org - American Cancer Society

www.fitness.com - Fitness and Health Resources

http://www.anred.com/ - Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders