Planning
Develop your information-seeking strategies.
Now it is time to explore the six diseases being considered for funding. Open and save a copy of the Notes Sheet your teacher has selected for the project.
- Disease Notes Sheet (team researches all six diseases) or
- Communicable Disease Notes Sheet and Noncommunicable Disease Notes Sheet (team divides diseases; each does three)
With your partner decide what jobs each of you will need to do in order to get the information to answer your questions. Use the following questions to plan these jobs. These are the same questions you will find on your Notes Sheet.
- Which diseases are communicable and which are noncommunicable?
- What are the signs and symptoms of each disease?
- What are the causes of each disease?
- What are other important facts and statistics about this disease?
- How is this disease prevented, treated or cured?
- Is a cure close to being found or is it far away?
- How does this disease affect our society?
- What are the arguments against funding for this disease and how would you counter those arguments?
Think about your task and with your partner decide on two additional questions that will help you collect information that could lead you to a decision on which diseases are most worthy of funding. Add these two questions to the Notes Sheet in the spaces provided.
