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Disease Communication

Pick one situation. 1. You are an epidemiologist trying to reduce the spread of a disease. Your objective is to share knowledge about one disease. It is important to do a literature review of your disease and share it with the public. 2. Your objective is to teach about your disease. You need to show people that your disease is important to learn about and how to prevent it. You need to make people aware of past outbreaks and epidemics associated with your disease.

Rubric Code: YX8CCWA

By MartinJukes

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Subject: English

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 6-8

Disease
	Beginning 1.5 pts	Developing 2.5 pts	Proficient 3.7 pts	Advanced 4 pts
FORM: 15 % What is the disease?	Beginning Disease is not defined by bacterial, viral, or other causes, and missing many important details	Developing Somewhat defines disease by bacterial, viral, or other causes, along with one or two important details	Proficient Clearly defines disease by bacterial, viral, or other causes with several important details	Advanced Clearly defines disease by bacterial,viral,or other causes with important details explained
CHANGE: 15 % What have humans done to control the spread of the disease.	Beginning No explanation of preventions or incorrect explanations	Developing Lists preventions with minimal explaination	Proficient explanation of the preventions (attempts of)as related to the disease	Advanced Clearly discusses the (attempts of) preventions related to specific disease. Is there/or was there a counterargument to allowing this disease to spread? Can YOU think of a reason?
OUTBREAKS: 25 % When has this disease had a negative impact on humans? What was the effect of this impact?	Beginning Outbreaks given out of order and the information is incorrect. Statement written.	Developing Student creates a graphic that shows dates of outbreaks and number of people affected. Statements of data shown written.	Proficient Student creates a graphic that shows dates of outbreak and how many people were affected and cause of outbreak. Information includes at least 5 different times in history when this disease has caused a significant problem. Statement of data shown written correctly.	Advanced Student creates a graphic that shows dates, number of people affected, location of outbreak, and other pertinent information in sequential order of outbreaks (timeline, prezi,etc). Display of information appeals to the eye and is accurate and includes several events. Student writes a statement that correlates with the data presented in the graphic and shows understanding of the outbreaks.
FUNCTION: 15 % How does it work? Who is more likely to be infected?	Beginning No explanation of the disease's symptoms, how it spreads, who is at risk (geographical, demographical), very little information and detail	Developing Some explanation of the disease's symptoms, how it spreads, who is at risk (geographical, demographical), but lacking sufficient information	Proficient Explains the disease's symptoms, how it spreads, who is at risk (geographical, demographical)Includes some statistical information about the spread of the diseaes	Advanced Explains the disease's symptoms, how it spreads, who is at risk (geographical, demographical). Includes statistical information by using maps/charts
Source Cited Page 20 % Where did I get my Information? Were the sources credible?(.edu, .org, .gov	Beginning Cite 2 different sources and all sources are credible. Put information in my own words--no evidence "copy and paste" throughout presentation. More than three pictures of disease(d) person.	Developing Cite 3 different sources and all sources are credible. Put information in my own words--no evidence "copy and paste" throughout presentation. More than three pictures of disease(d) person.	Proficient Cite 4 different sources and all sources are credible. Put information in my own words--no evidence "copy and paste" throughout presentation. Limit of only three pictures of disease (d) person.	Advanced Cite 5 different sources and all sources are credible. Put information in my own words--no evidence of "copy and paste" throughout presentation. Limit of only three pictures of disease (d) person.
Enter Title 10 % Presentation	Beginning Group did not know their material	Developing Only one group member was able to talk about the material presented with confidence	Proficient All group members participated in presentation and all knew the material	Advanced The slides were easily understood by the audience and all group members participated in the presentation

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