Task
•Your challenge will be to study one body system and justify why you think your system should win the “BEST SYSTEM Award”•Explain why the Human Body could not survive without your system. You must convince your audience that your body system is the most deserving of this award.•Your team will make a presentation to be done during a Gallery Walk.•NOW THAT YOU'VE READ YOUR TASK, GO TO THE PROCESS PAGE
Process
STEP 1
•Research the important information about your body system (use the links provided or find others). Use the guiding questions to organize your information.
STEP 2
•Create a presentation with the main parts of the system, the connection to other systems and diseases related to the system.
Extra Credit: Create a working model of the system or part of the system and explain it during your presentation.
Evaluation
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Content (5 points)
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All major parts are included + some minor ones. Excellent description of functions of system. |
All major parts are included. Correct description of functions of system |
Most major parts are included, but missing several important ones. Mainly correct description, but several mistakes or omissions. |
Lacking several major organs/parts Incomplete description of function of system. |
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Connection to other body systems (4 points)
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Close Interaction with other body systems is explained with examples. |
Describes connection to other systems but do not give examples. |
Describes connection to other systems but the information is not very clear. |
Do not explain connection to other systems. |
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Diseases: What causes & how you prevent? (4 points) |
Excellent description of 2 diseases, symptoms and causes provided |
Describes 1 disease, symptoms and causes provided . |
Disease is described but symptoms and cause is not provided. |
None included |
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Presentation is very unorganized and difficult to follow. |
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Team Work and use of time (4 points)
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All members of the team participated and used time wisely all the time. |
All members of the team participated and used time wisely most of the time. |
Some members of the team participated and worked well. |
Most members of the team did not use the given time wisely. |
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Creativity/Diagrams (5 points) |
The parts of the system are presented as drawings or illustrations. The presentation is colorful and neatly done. |
Most parts of the system are presented as drawings or illustrations. The presentation is colorful and neatly done. |
Many parts of the system are missing in the diagrams. The presentation is not colorful and neatly done. |
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Persuasiveness (convince audience that their system is the most important in the body) (3 points) |
Highly convincing! |
Convincing |
Somewhat convincing |
Not very convincing! |
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