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Genetic Disorder Project (Roddy)

You are creating a poster, presentation or imovie on a rgenetic disorder of your choice. Please present your information as if I have no idea about this genetic disorder. Please be sure to answer all questions in the project description and look at the rubric in order to ensure enough information about the genetic disorder that you have chosen.

Rubric Code: XX52X29

By stephanie_roddy

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Subject: Biology

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Genetic Disorder
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 7 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Description	Poor Definition of the genetic disorder is given. No use of scientific terminology in order to further explain the disorder.	Fair Basic description/definition of genetic disorder. Scientific terminology is used but rarely explained.	Good Description of genetic disorder given using scientific terminology that is not explained fully or in simple terms.	Excellent Full description of genetic disorder. Detailed information written in simple terms in which an audience could understand. Explanation of any scientific terminology.
Symptoms	Poor No list of symptoms.	Fair Some symptoms are listed with few descriptions.	Good Most symptoms are listed as well as descriptions of some.	Excellent All symptoms and their descriptions are given.
Genetic Cause How is the disorder inherited.	Poor No mention of inheritance.	Fair Mentions inheritance with one sentence.	Good Explains specific type of inheritance (dominant, recessive, chromosomal deletion, sex-linked, etc.)	Excellent Explains specific type of inheritance as well as explains in detail what this type of inheritance includes.
Treatment/Research	Poor No mention of treatments/research.	Fair Lists 1 treatment or research project.	Good Lists two or three treatments options/research projects. No details on the treatment or research are given.	Excellent Explains two or three treatment options in detail (why and how it helps). Explains in depth what the purpose of the research projects is.
Quality of Life/Support	Poor Does not describe quality of life for the patient.	Fair Lists 1 impact on the quality of life/support resources.	Good Lists several impacts on the quality of life/support resources.	Excellent Gives a detailed description of the quality of life for a patient with the disorder. Mentions several support resources and how they can be used.
Neatness/ Grammar	Poor Not organized, difficult to find information. Many grammatical errors. (1 pt)	Fair Information is brief. Some grammatical errors. (2 pts)	Good Somewhat organized. Few grammatical errors. (3 pts)	Excellent Very organized and easy to find information. No grammatical errors. (4 pts)
Visuals/Workmanship	Poor No visuals. Shoddy workmanship. (1 pt)	Fair One or two visuals or visuals simply cut and pasted. Workmanship could be better. (2pts)	Good Three or four visuals. Some effort put into the workmanship. (3pts)	Excellent Multiple visuals that show evidence of student modification. Project is neat and well put together. Professional looking and sounding. (4 pts)

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