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Congratulations! You have been hired by an advertising agency to develop and present an informational poster about one of the 11 human body systems. You may work with a partner, or you may prefer to work alone.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:

Your project MUST be:

• Organized

• Colorful

• Creative

• Professional

• Please minimize the amount of empty white space on your poster.

• Poster size should be 22” x 28”

• Please include your name and period # on the back.

• Be creative! Use pictures, magazine clippings, art, etc.

• Listing of sources used on the back. (Go to for help)

• USE AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT SOURCES.

• Your speech should be 3-5 minutes long and discuss #’s 1-8 below.

• This is the information you MUST include on your poster:

1. Title of organ system (Clear and easy to read)

2. Main functions (have a bulleted list, NOT a paragraph)

3. Diagram of the organs and structures labeled with their name and specific function

4. 3 pictures relating to this organ system WITH CAPTIONS explaining the picture.

5. Individual assignment which will be given to you tomorrow

6. 1 common disease that affects this organ system (name and explain the disease and ways to prevent if possible)

7. 5 interesting facts about this organ system.

8. 2 examples of how this organ system works with other organ systems.

TAKE NOTES BELOW:

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|List ALL main functions of organ system (in a bulleted list below): |

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|Organs or structures directly involved in organ system and their function. (You will create a diagram of these and label them): |

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|Find 3 pictures relating to this system. Be sure they are the correct size: big enough to see detail, small enough to fit on your |

|project. Be sure they are in color. DON’T FORGET YOUR CAPTIONS!!! |

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|1 common disease: _________________________________________________ |

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|Description: |

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|Ways to prevent: |

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|5 Interesting & TRUE fact(s) about your system: (KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SOURCES!) |

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|2 examples of how this organ system works with other organ systems. |

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1. INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Research ONLY YOUR individual assignment according to your specific organ system (SEE LIST). Answers should be grammatically correct and easy to understand.

Individual Assignments for Organ Systems

✓ Endocrine: Using an outline of the human body, label the glands/organs involved in the production of insulin and how it responds when you eat a meal.

✓ Excretory/Urinary: Draw a nephron and describe what the it is and how it is important to waste removal.

✓ Nervous: Create a diagram showing the three regions of the brain and their functions.

✓ Respiratory: Where does oxygen go when it enters your body? Draw a diagram that traces its path through the respiratory system. Draw a diagram that shows what happens between the capillaries and the alveoli?

✓ Digestive: Create a flow chart outlining the path that food takes through your body as you eat it starting with the mouth. Through what organs/structures does it go before it leaves the body?

✓ Immune: Create a diagram showing the three lines of defense against disease.

✓ Integumentary: Draw, label and describe the three layers of the skin.

✓ Circulatory: Create a diagram that show the direction that blood flows through the heart and the body.

✓ Muscular: Draw a diagram showing how the biceps and triceps muscles work together to bend and straighten the arm.

✓ Skeletal: Draw and label a cross-section of a long bone.

TURN THIS RUBRIC IN TO MR. DUNCAN BEFORE YOU PRESENT.

Presenter Name(s): _____________________ Date: _______ Period:___

Body System Project Rubric

| |9-10 points |7-8 points |5-6 points |0-4 points | |

| |No spelling errors, |There are 1 or 2 grammatical, |There are no more than 3 |There are several grammatical, | |

|Grammar, |capitalization punctuation |spelling errors. |grammatical spelling or |spelling or capitalization errors | |

|Spelling |correct throughout. | |capitalization errors. |present. | |

|Mechanics | | | | | |

|5 Facts |Lists 5 interesting facts |Lists 5 facts; some may be common |Missing one or two facts. |Missing three or more facts. | |

| |that aren’t commonly known.|knowledge. | | | |

| |All organs/structures of |Most organs/structures of system |Components of system missing |Many Components of system missing. | |

|Function & Structures |system provided, Excellent |provided. Good description of |serious flaws in description |Shows little understanding of how | |

| |description of system |function some misunderstanding |of function. |system works. | |

| |function. | | | | |

|Relationship to other body |Excellent description and |Good description of how system |Only describes relationship to|Description of how system relates | |

|systems |information on how system |relates to 2 others but some |1 other system and/or displays|to other body systems very unclear | |

| |relates to 2 other systems.|misunderstanding present. |lack of understanding. |or missing. | |

|Associated Medical |Excellent description of |Good description of associated |Example of associated disease |Associated disease/prevention | |

|Problems |associated disease and |disease/prevention; some is |provided but lacks possible |missing and/or insufficient | |

| |prevention. |misunderstanding present. |prevention methods. |descriptions. | |

| |Contains 3 high quality |Contains 3 graphics & captions that |Graphics are missing captions |Graphics and captions are missing. | |

|Graphics & Captions |graphics with appropriate |illustrate system but some lack in |and/or do not successfully | | |

| |captions that illustrate |quality. |illustrate the system. | | |

| |the system. | | | | |

| |Heading |All requirements but one completely |Two requirements not |More than two requirements not | |

| |Size 22”x28” |satisfied. |satisfactorily met. |satisfactorily met. | |

|Misc. Poster Requirements |Min. empty space | | | | |

| |name/per on back | | | | |

| |3 Sources cited | | | | |

|Individual Assignment |Excellent work! All |All components are present and of |All but one components |Missing several components of the | |

| |components are present and |good quality. |present. Quality may be |individual assignment. | |

| |of high quality. | |substandard. | | |

| |Excellent poise, elocution,|Solid speech, few observable areas of|Some distracting components of|Unprepared. Reads speech. | |

|Speech |pacing, eye contact, body |improvement. Almost completely |the speech. Not memorized. |Serious/distracting public speaking| |

| |language. Speech memorized.|memorized. | |errors. | |

| | | | | |Total ___/90 |

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