Genetic+Disorders+Project

Inherited Genetic Disorders Pamphlet
 * Objective: ** Create a visually-appealing brochure that conveys information about the inheritance, symptoms, treatment, and prognosis of a particular genetic disorder.
 * Format: **tri-fold color pamphlet.
 * Process: **
 * 1. **Check out the list of [|genetic disorders] and choose a disorder. Sign-up with your teacher.
 * 2. **Research the disorder and find information on the following:
 * a. **What is the cause of the disorder, how is it inherited?
 * b. **What are the demographics of the disorder? Linked to a particular population? Chances of inheriting it?
 * c. **What are the symptoms of the disorder? How does the disorder progress? What is the long-term prognosis?
 * <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">d. **<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">What treatments exist now? What experimental treatments might become available?
 * <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">3. **<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Put together a 3-fold pamphlet that conveys the information you found to an audience of people from 12+. The pamphlet should contain __very little text__. Use images to convey the information. Be sure to cite your sources of information and obtain permission to use images (use [|Creative Commons] material from [|Flickr] for example)
 * <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">4. **<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Submit your pamphlet (PDF) to [|Turn-it-in] and print a copy to share with the class.

Sign up list: Jane zhou (Anemia)

<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> 1226069647Krystal Koh (Haemophilia) 1226131548 (Methemoglobinemia#beta-globin_type**)** Molly Thomas (Angelman Syndrome) Alex Huang (Down Syndrome) Michael Ren (Color Blindness) So Yeon Park (Alzheimer's disease) Angie Lee (Celiac Disease) Brendan Wu (Sickle Cell disease) Ji Eun Cha (Cri Du Chat) Emma Zhao (Cystic Fibrosis) SeoHyun Bae (Coagulopathy) Ryan Moore (Phenylketonuria) Steffon Lassman (Neurofibromatosis) Camille Cheng (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) Stephanie Zhan (Canavan Disease) Jeong Sun Lee (Tay-Sachs Disease) Peter Park (Turner Syndrome) Joon Young Lee (Klinefelter's Syndrome)