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Genetic Disorder Project

You are creating a poster, presentation or imovie on a randomly selected genetic disorder. Please present your information as if I have no idea about this genetic disorder. Please be sure to answer all questions in order to ensure enough information about the genetic disorder that you have chosen.

Rubric Code: TX4B228

By tkoenck

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Subject: Biology

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Genetic Disorder
	Poor 0 1 pts	Fair 1 2 pts	Good 2 3 pts	Excellent 3 4 pts
Description	Poor 0 Definition of the genetic disorder is given. No use of scientific terminology in order to further explain the disorder.	Fair 1 Basic description/definition of genetic disorder. Scientific terminology is used but rarely explained.	Good 2 Description of genetic disorder given using scientific terminology that is not explained fully or in simple terms.	Excellent 3 Full description of genetic disorder. Detailed information written in simple terms in which an audience could understand. Explanation of any scientific terminology.
Symptoms	Poor 0 No list of symptoms.	Fair 1 Some symptoms are listed with few descriptions.	Good 2 Most symptoms are listed as well as descriptions of some.	Excellent 3 All symptoms and their descriptions are given.
Genetic Cause How is the disorder inherited.	Poor 0 No mention of inheritance.	Fair 1 Mentions inheritance with one sentence.	Good 2 Explains specific type of inheritance (dominant, recessive, chromosomal deletion, sex-linked, etc.)	Excellent 3 Explains specific type of inheritance as well as explains in detail what this type of inheritance includes.
Treatment	Poor 0 No mention of treatments.	Fair 1 Lists 1 treatment.	Good 2 Lists two or three treatments options. No details on the treatment are given.	Excellent 3 Explains two or three treatment options in detail (why and how it helps).
Support Group/Resource Information	Poor 0 Does not explain support group information.	Fair 1 Lists supports groups OR resources for more information.	Good 2 Lists support groups AND resources.	Excellent 3 Lists support groups and resources. Gives a brief description or explains the importance of the groups/resources.
Neatness/ Grammar	Poor 0 Not organized, difficult to find information, no graphics included. Many grammatical errors.	Fair 1 Includes some graphics, information is brief. Some grammatical errors.	Good 2 Neat, could use more graphics/colors. Somewhat organized. Few grammatical errors	Excellent 3 Very organized and easy to find information. Graphics included and neatly constructed. No grammatical errors.
Other Information (risk factors, prevention, genetic testing, impact on families, how detected)	Poor 0 No extra information.	Fair 1 One topic listed but not explained.	Good 2 One to two topics listed and explained.	Excellent 3 Two topics listed and explained.

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Biology

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