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Body Systems Tic-Tac-Toe Assignment:
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
100 Points
Background: You are a medical student at Tuffs Medical School and your assignment this week is to present to your fellow
medical students why a patient dies from:
 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
 Drowning
 The Bends
Task: Write a paragraph for ONE of the conditions above. In your paragraph, detail how you would explain to your fellow
students, why patients died from these medical conditions. Be sure that your paragraphs address the following factors in
your explanation to your peers:
What is the medical condition?
 How does one become affected by this medical condition?
 Scientifically, what happens in the lungs, blood, and cells that causes the patient to die?
 3 ways that the patient could have prevented his or her death
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Resources:
The Bends:
Bends Resource
Bends Resource
Bends Resource
Bends Resource
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Drowning:
Drowning Resource
Drowning Resource
Drowning Resource
Drowning Resource
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#2
#3
#4
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning:
CO Poisoning Resource #1
CO Poisoning Resource #2
CO Poisoning Resource # 3
CO Poisoning Resource #4
Note: You do NOT need to use all 4 resources from each topic if you don’t want. They are there to help you.
Write your main research question here:
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#1 Name of Source:_________________________________________________________________
Title of article or section: ___________________________________________________________
Paraphrase information from the text here. DO NOT PLAGARIZE! This means that you must read for understanding and then
rephrase ideas into your own words.
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Sometimes there is a particular statement from the text that is difficult to rephrase, or it is stated so well you want to quote it. If there
is a statement you would like to quote, you must use quotations marks around the entire sentence and copy it here:
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Cite the source using MLA format:
Print Resource: Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of magazine or newspaper. Day/Month/Year: Pages(s). Print.
Web page: Author of webpage. :”Title of Article.” Name of website. Version number. Name organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation as
Day/Month/Year. Web. Date of access as Day/Month/Year.
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As you research, you need to ask more specific questions to help find additional, detailed information. Write 2 focus questions about your
research topic here:
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Now, continue to research and look for the answers to these focus questions in the following sources you use.
#2 Name of Print or Web Source:_____________________________________________________
Paraphrase information from the text here. DO NOT PLAGARIZE! This means that you must read for understanding and then
rephrase ideas into your own words.
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If there is a statement you would like to quote, you must use quotations marks around the entire sentence and copy it here:
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Cite the second source using MLA format.
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#3 Name of Print or Web Source:_____________________________________________________
Paraphrase information from the text here.
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Cite the third source using MLA format.
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Research Conclusions: Reflect upon the information you gathered to write a conclusion statement, in a minimum of 8-10 sentences, that
summarizes the answers to each of your research questions.
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