Biology Research Project

Topics of choice: The curriculum of the province specifically asks for research in the area of organ donation, artificial body parts, life sustaining technology, and disease identification and treatment. In order to ensure that all these topics are covered in the presentation, some groups may be assigned a topic.

Importance of the Organ Donor Card Artificial Hip
Replacement
Red Cross and
Blood Donation
Heart Replacement History and Present State
Breast Cancer
Identification and Treatment
Pace Makers Prostate Cancer Identification and Treatment Prosthetics
Kidney Failure, Organ Donation,
and Dialysis
Cardio Vascular Disease Identification, Treatment, and Causes CVP -
Central Venus Line and the Respirator
Identification of Lupus, Treatment, and Causes
Macular Degeneration, Cause and Treatment Arthritis Identification, Treatment, and Causes Osteoporosis Identification, Treatment, and Causes Liver Failure, Organ
Donation, and Causes
Alzheimer's Disease Identification and Treatment Asthma Identification, Causes and Treatment PPN - Food and Nutrients Line Crohn's Disease, Identification, Treatment and Causes
Cornea
Donation
Diabetes Identification and Treatment Multiple Sclerosis
Identification and Treatment
Lung Organ Donation


General Marking Scheme for the Presentation on
a Biological
Topic Related to Modern Medicine

1. What are the Causes?
           0                                 1                                    2                                    3
   not covered              mentioned                    covered                   no questions
                                                                                                                      remain
2. What are the symptoms, how is it identified?
           0                                 1                                    2                                    3
   not covered             mentioned                     covered                   no questions
                                                                                                                      remain
3. How is the problem cured?
           0                                 1                                    2                                    3
   not covered             mentioned                     covered                    no questions
                                                                                                                      remain
4. Preparation
           0                                 1                                    2                                    3
 Was not ready           Unorganized                  stumbled               well rehearsed/
    to present                                                                                            confident
5. Presentation
           0                                 1                                    2                                    3
No presentation     read off a sheet                average                 approach was
        given                  sheet of paper                  audible                 unique/original
                                  not audible at all          no risks taken       students engaged
6. Time Allotment
           0                                 1                                    2                                    3
No presentation      ran over/under           ran over/under           presentation was
        given                  by better than            by better than              between 3 - 5
                                       2 minutes                    1 minute                          minutes 
 

Alternate marking schemes for topics that do not fit the first three topics as outlined above..

 
Importance of a Organ Donor Card
  1. History of Organ Donor Cards
  2. Importance of Organ Donation/Statistics
  3. Organs that are Donated
Artificial Hip Replacement
  1. History of hip replacement
  2. Where and how they are manufactured.
  3. Surgical detail, success rate, and recovery.
Red Cross and Blood Donation
  1. History of the Red Cross
  2. Importance of blood donation
  3. Present facts about the Red Cross
Pace Makers
  1. History of the pace maker
  2. Where and how they are manufactured.
  3. Surgical detail, success rate, and recovery.
CVP & PPN
  1. History of this form of life support.
  2. How it works.
  3. Who uses it and extreme situations.
Prosthetics
  1. History of prosthetics
  2. Where and how they are manufactured.
  3. Variety of prosthetics and life altering affect.