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Names ____________________________
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Cancer Project
Goal:
Research a specific type of cancer and apply the information you have learned to determine the
appropriate mechanism of inheritance and how the cancer affects the cell cycle.
Key facts from the WHO Cancer Webpage:
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Cancers figure among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with approximately 14
million new cases and 8.2 million cancer related deaths in 2012.
The number of new cases is expected to rise by about 70% over the next 2 decades.
Among men, the 5 most common sites of cancer diagnosed in 2012 were lung, prostate, colorectum,
stomach, and liver cancer.
Among women the 5 most common sites diagnosed were breast, colorectum, lung, cervix, and
stomach cancer.
Around one third of cancer deaths are due to the 5 leading behavioral and dietary risks: high body
mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activity, tobacco use, alcohol use.
Tobacco use is the most important risk factor for cancer causing around 20% of global cancer deaths
and around 70% of global lung cancer deaths.
Cancer causing viral infections such as HBV/HCV and HPV are responsible for up to 20% of cancer
deaths in low- and middle-income countries.
More than 60% of world’s total new annual cases occur in Africa, Asia and Central and South America.
These regions account for 70% of the world’s cancer deaths.
It is expected that annual cancer cases will rise from 14 million in 2012 to 22 within the next 2
decades.
Cancers to Choose From: See Attached list from cancer.gov
Your Job:
1. Choose a type of cancer to study.
2. Research your cancer to determine:
a. What happens in the body to allow the cancer that you chose to form.
b. What environmental factors may cause the cancer that you chose to begin to form or impact
its growth.
c. Whether the cancer that you chose can be inherited, if so explain how it is transmitted, and
how this causes the cancer to be more likely to form.
d. What the cancer does to the body as it grows.
e. How this particular cancer is treated currently, and how is this treatment different from the
way that other cancers are treated?
3. You will present your project to the class in one of the following formats:
a. Prezi
b. PowerPoint
c. Tri-Fold Poster
d. ask your teacher if you have a better idea for a presentation
Final Due Date: ____Tuesday, December 13____
Rubric for Grading
Criteria
0 points
Type of Cancer
The student
didn’t turn in
the project or
attempted to
explain
cancer in
general terms
without
picking a type
of cancer to
research
Methods used to
treat your cancer
specifically
How does cancer
chosen start in
the body?
List of
Environmental
Hazards that can
Lead to Cancer
Not
addressed
Not
addressed
Not
Addressed
1 Point
2 points
3 points
4 points
The student
clearly picked a
single type of
cancer to study.
Listed several methods
Listed several
currently used to treat
Listed methods, methods currently
cancer chosen, and
but methods were
used to treat
explain why they were
not specific to
specific type of
used and what they did
type of cancer
cancer but did not to the cancer and to the
chosen
describe what the
health of the person
methods actually who would be using the
did
methods
The written
The written explanation
explanation
includes three of the
includes one of
four important pieces
The written
the four important
information.
explanation
pieces
includes two of the
information.
four important
pieces
information.
The student has
highlighted the
specific
environmental
The student has
hazards that can
generated a list of lead to the cancer
environmental
that they have
hazards that can chosen specifically
lead to cancer,
but does not
If no clear
specify which lead connection can be
to their cancer
made to
chosen
environmental
hazards at this
time, the student
has indicated this
but does not cite a
source to support
this
The student has
highlighted the specific
environmental hazards
that can lead to the
cancer that they have
chosen and the student
explains how these
environmental hazards
impact the checkpoints
or genes that control
the cell cycle.
If no clear connection
can be made to
environmental hazards
at this time, the student
has indicated this and
cited a source to
support their statement.
This explanation
clearly includes:
The events of the
cell cycle, the
purpose of each
checkpoint, and
the potential
impact of
replication errors
on the cell cycle,
and a discussion
concerning how
changing genes
can induce cancer
in a cell.
Inheriting Cancer
Inheriting Cancer
& The Cell Cycle
Not
Addressed
Not
Addressed
The student has a
The student has a
written explanation for written explanation
how cancers, or the
for how cancers,
tendency to get cancer, or the tendency to
can be inherited.
get cancer, can be
Student also indicates inherited. Student
The student has a The student has a
in their explanation
also indicates in
general written
general written
what the risk of
their explanation
explanation for
explanation for
inheriting the cancer of
what the risk of
how cancers, or
how cancers, or
choice/risk of inheriting
inheriting the
the tendency to
the tendency to
an increased chance of
cancer of
get cancer, can get cancer, can be
getting the cancer of
choice/risk of
be inherited, but inherited. Student
choice is.
inheriting an
does not apply
includes brief
increased chance
the information to
explanation
Student includes the
of getting the
the cancer that
indicating the risk
gene suspected to be cancer of choice is.
they have chosen
of inheriting the
influencing the
to research.
cancer of choice.
tendency to get their
Student includes
chosen cancer, but
the gene
Student does not
does not include its
suspected to be
include the gene
inheritance pattern.
influencing the
suspected to be
tendency to get
influencing the
If no clear connection
their chosen
tendency to get
can be made to genetic
cancer, and its
their chosen
inheritance at this time, inheritance pattern.
cancer or its
the student has
inheritance pattern indicated this and but
If no clear
did not cite any sources connection can be
to support their
made to genetic
statement.
inheritance at this
time, the student
has indicated this
and cited a source
to support their
statement.
The student has a
The student has a
written explanation written explanation for
for how inheriting
how inheriting a
The student has a
a tendency to get tendency to get cancer
written explanation
The student has a cancer can make can make cancer more
for how inheriting a
brief written
cancer more likely likely to form (explain
tendency to get
explanation for
to form (explain
this on the molecular
cancer can make
how inheriting a
this on the
level of genes and
cancer more likely
tendency to get
molecular level of
checkpoints).
to form (explain
cancer can make
genes and
this on the
cancer more likely
checkpoints).
The explanation is
molecular level of
to form in general
missing the discussion
genes and
terms.
The explanation is
of any malformed or
checkpoints).
missing the
missing proteins that
discussion on any
may impact the
The explanation
malformed or
checkpoints, and/or the
includes a
missing proteins
genes associated with
discussion of any
that impact the
those proteins.
malformed/missing
checkpoints, and
proteins that may
the genes
impact the
associated with
checkpoints, and
those proteins
the genes
associated with
those proteins.
What does
cancer do to a
body
Not
addressed
Lists symptoms
only without
explanation for
how those
symptoms might
arise
Not
addressed
Indicates the
likelihood of
metastasis of this
cancer, and what
will happen to the
cancer and the
body in the event
of metastasis,
including the most
likely organs to be
affected by this
event
Not
addressed
Indicates that
there are new
treatments and
may describe
them in general
terms (ex: there is
Indicates at least
a new
1-2 new
chemotherapy),
treatments and
but does not
describes what
indicate precisely
makes them up
what the new
and how they
treatments are or
specifically impact
do to the
the cancer while
body/cancer
reducing the
impact on the
Says that the
body.
cancer is reduced
and the body is
not harmed as
much by the new
treatment (in that
general form)
Indicates that
metastasis could
happen
Metastasis
New methods for
treating a cancer
There are either
parenthetical
citations within
the presentation
or a works cited
page.
Citations
Lists symptoms
and indicates who
the cancer
physically
changed the body
and caused those
symptoms to
occur for at least 2
symptoms.
Nothing is
cited
There are properly
used parenthetical
citations and a
properly formatted
If both are
works cited page.
present, there are
All necessary
substantial
material (including
mistakes in
paraphrased
formatting on the
material) is cited
works cited page
properly,
or there are many
missing
parenthetical
citations.
Presentation:
Visual Aids
Not present
Presentation:
Legibility
Illegible on
more than
one slide
make sense with
don’t make sense the content of the
with the content of presentation and
the presentation
is visually
appealing
illegible on only
one slide, or print
is difficult to read
from a distance,
but still legible
student read
some information
off of the
PowerPoint, but
not all
Presentation:
Speaking
student read
off of the
PowerPoint
for the whole
presentation
Presentation:
Eye Contact
student
occasionally
student never
looked at the
looked at the
audience, but not
audience
for most of the
presentation
legible from a
distance, all print
is easy to read
student didn’t read
off of the
PowerPoint, (note
cards are
acceptable) and
included
information that
could not be found
on just the
PowerPoint alone
student looked at
the audience for
most of the
presentation
Total Points Received: ______________________________________ /35
Works Cited
"Cancer." WHO. N.p., Feb. 2015. Web. 20 Aug. 2015.
"Cancer Types." National Cancer Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.