Introduction
Welcome Doctors, to the emergency room! Due to a power shortage in the hospital, our research data on various diseases and disorders from two major body systems have all been mixed up! We urgently need your help to unscramble the data and put them back in order.
Follow the procedures of this webquest to find the answers!
Task
As our trusted Doctors, we require you to complete the following tasks in order to unscramble our research data and correctly identify the diseases and disorders for the 2 Body Systems
1. Work in pairs to research the following diseases and disorders
- Heart Attack
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Hay Fever
- Athersclerosis
- Hypertension
- Emphysema
- Asthma
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Transplants
2. For each disease research
- What body system it belongs to, circulatory system or respiratory system
- A short description of the disease/disorder
- The causes
- The symptoms
- Treatment
- An interesting fact about the disorder/disease
** For Transplants
- Identify types of transplants for the 2 Body systems (Circulatory and Respiratory systems)
- Suggest reasons for transplants
- Discuss ethical and moral considerations
3. Compile all your notes into your notebook to discuss with the other doctors
Process
Once in your teams, research using the links below to complete the tasks 1 and 2
- http://www.livescience.com/22486-circulatory-system.html
- http://www.livescience.com/22616-respiratory-system.html
- http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/respiratory/disease…
- http://www.md-health.com/Circulatory-System-Diseases.html
- http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/ap/foxhumphys/student/olc/res-reading2.html
- http://www.transplant.org.au/Facts---Stats.html
- http://www.donatelife.gov.au/discover/about-transplantation
- http://www.nursingcenter.com/lnc/journalarticle?article_id=835990
For task 3 in your notebooks write the information under the following headings
- Name of disease/disorder including short description of the disease/disorder
- Part of body system its related to
- Causes
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Interesting Fact
** For Transplants, use subheadings from previous page
Conclusion
By the end of this webquest, you will now have a better understanding of the diseases and disorders that are related to the two major body systems, circulatory and respiratory systems.
