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You will be doing a project on a particular genetic disorder that you will choose
from a list. You must research information, prepare and deliver a webpage
about your particular disorder.
Your webpage needs to be a persuasive site convincing others to donate money for your
disease foundation. You need to raise a certain amount of money for your charity. You can determine the amount of money you would like to raise. There is a list of questions to use as a guideline to follow for your research. They are to be used as a way to determine what is significant and what is not.
A family tree showing four generations will be due on the day your webpage is due. Include a key and a written explanation of your family tree. We will have time in class to work on this part.
You
will choose a genetic disorder to become an expert on. Address the following
questions in your research:
- What is your disease and what are the symptoms?
- Are there any names by which it is commonly known?
- How is your disease passed on genetically?
- What is the mode of inheritance?
- Determine whether your disorder is an autosomal dominant trait, an autosomal recessive
trait, an X-linked recessive trait, a chromosomal error, or a multifactorial trait (polygenetic disorder).
- Chromosomal errors may take several types: a missing X chromosome, an extra chromosome,
or part of a chromosome missing. A multifactorial disorder is one which is caused
by several genes or by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
- Whom can your disease affect?
- How does it affect the victim?
- What is it like to have the disorder?
- How would you describe the disorder to someone else?
- What is the disorder like externally, internally, biochemically, psychologically,
etc.?
- What problems are associated with the disorder?
- Is the disorder physically limiting?
- Is it life-threatening?
- Is it invariably fatal? I
- s it more common in certain groups of people, such as a particular ethnic or religious
group or a particular sex?
- Are there any cures or treatments for your disease?
- Can anything be done for the disorder?
- Can the basic defect be treated?
- Can the symptoms or results of the disorder be treated?
- Is there a cure for the disorder?
- Is there any gene therapy for the disorder?
- What tests can be done to detect your disease?
- Can the disorder be detected before the symptoms appear? If so, how?
- Is there any way to detect a carrier of the disorder? If so, how?
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