Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Ms.Danielle Donovan-----Science Department-----Genetic Disease Pamphlet



Library Resources
Facts.com Today's Science
Gale Health Reference Center
Health and Wellness Resource Center
Gale Cengage Learning Databases
Student Resource Center
Gale Virtual Reference Collection (Referencee eBook System)

Living Environment
Genetic Disease Pamphlet: This project is worth a total of 50 points. (Neatness counts).

Please choose one of the following diseases:

Sickle Cell Anemia
Hemophilia
Down’s Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis
Huntington’s Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Tourette’s Syndrome
Kleinfelter’s Syndrome
Achondroplasia
Turner’s Sydrome
Famial Hypertrophic -Cardiomyopathy
Cleft Lip & Palate
Spina Bifida
PKU (Phenylketonuria)
Marfan’s Syndrome
Muscular Dystrophy
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Tay Sach’s
Patau’s Syndrome (Trisomy 13)
Edward’s Syndrome (Trisomy 18)
Prader- Willi Syndrome
Cri-du-chat Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
Porphyria
Angelman Syndrome



Use Microsoft Publisher to Create your Pamphlet
1. Start Publisher. In the New Publication task pane, under New from a design, click Publications for Print, and then click Brochures.
2. In the Preview Gallery on the right, click the design that you want.
3. In the Brochure Options task pane, for Page size, click 3-panel or 4-panel.
4. Click a placeholder text block, and then type the text that you want.
5. Right-click a placeholder picture, point to Change Picture, and then click the type of picture that you want to use.
Note If you right-click a picture and you don't see Change Picture on the menu, click the picture. You should see gray handles around the picture. Right-click it again and point to Change Picture.
6. If you want to change the color scheme click Color Schemes in the Brochure Options task pane.
7. If you want to change the font scheme, click Font Schemes in the Brochure Options task pane.
***** Remember to save your work!!!!!!!*****




What needs to be addressed in your pamphlet:


Name of Disease: (2)



Description and Cause of the Disease: (8)



Signs and Symptoms of the Disease: (8)



Prognosis: (5)



Treatment and/or Cures: (8)



Websites, organizations, and hotline numbers for further information: (4)



Miscellaneous information (history, statistics, interesting facts, future possibilities): (5)



Include pictures, graphs, and diagrams: (5)



Neatness (5)