Binghamton High School, Binghamton, NY

Mrs. B.Derr & Mr. H.Fisher

(derrb@bcsd.stier.org) (fisherh@bcsdgw.stier.org)

Unprotected sexual intercourse may place you and your friends at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Despite previous efforts, sexually transmitted diseases are still prevalent in high school students. Responsible sexual behavior among students of Binghamton High School is imperative to decreasing the incidence of STDs.

Your job is to increase awareness among the students of B.H.S.

You will work in teams of three or four to create a health related STD pamphlet. The purpose of your pamphlet is to aid your peers in understanding the health risks associated with sexually transmitted diseases. In order to accomplish this task you will become a public policy analyst to develop and analyze ways to prevent unprotected sexual intercourse. Your pamphlet will be distributed to your classmates and also made available to students of Binghamton High School.

You and your group will develop a health related pamphlet using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher or Adobe PageMaker. Your finished pamphlet must include statistics, diagrams, the side effects to STDs and resources where Binghamton High students can go for help. To help in your research your topic you will follow the steps outline for you as a public policy analyst. When you click on the hyperlink a worksheet is provided.

1. Define the problem

2. Gather evidence

3. Identify causes

4. Evaluate current policy

5. Create 3 new policies/solutions

6. Choose the best policy

Select one of the sexually transmitted diseases listed below:

1. Carefully read the information for preliminary knowledge and summarize the information.

2. After you are finished, locate and summarize a current periodical article from the B.H.S.

Library subscription database.

3. Create a PowerPoint presentation on your topic for your classmates.

4. Before creating a PowerPoint presentation, you should create a storyboard or outline of

your presentation.

5. You should have a minimum of 10 slides for your PowerPoint:

· Title slide

· Introduction slide

· Works cited slide (at least 2 sources)

· 6 informational slides

· Summary slide

6. Your information should be logically arranged and your slides should not appear to be cluttered.

You final product should include the following:

1. A copy of your PowerPoint slides (printed as handouts)

2. Storyboard

3. Your notes/note cards.

POSSIBLE TOPICS:

Ø Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)

o CDC Fact Sheet

o Women’s Health Information

o Family Doctor

Ø Chlamydia

o Centers for Disease Control Chlamydia NY 2003

o CDC Fact Sheet

o myDNA

Ø Genital Herpes (Herpes Simplex Virus HSV)

o CDC Fact Sheet

Ø Gonorrhea

o CDC Fact Sheet

Ø HIV/AIDS

o CDC Fact Sheet

Ø Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV)

o Centers for Disease Control Fact Sheet

Ø Syphilis

o Centers for Disease Control Fact Sheet

Ø Trichomoniasis

o CDC Fact Sheet

Here are several websites intended to further your research of sexually transmitted diseases:

1. NYS Health Department Student Quiz

2. Gonorrhea Rates (age 15-19 in NYS)

3. Gonorrhea Rates per 100,000 population

4. Broome County Sexually Transmitted Diseases

5. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Online Journals

Your final grade for this project will be based on the following 3 rubrics.

You may earn a total of 32 points for this project.

1. Power Point Presentation

	Unsatisfactory 1	Satisfactory 2	Good 3	Excellent 4
Organization	Audience cannot understand presentation because there is no sequence of information.	Audience has difficulty following presentation because student jumps around.	Student presents information in logical sequence which audience can follow.	Student presents information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow.	____
Content Knowledge	Student does not have grasp of information; student cannot answer questions about subject.	Student is uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions.	Student is at ease with content, but fails to elaborate.	Student demonstrates full knowledge (more than required)with explanations and elaboration.	____
Visuals	Student used no visuals.	Student occasional used visuals that rarely support text and presentation.	Visuals related to text and presentation.	Student used visuals to reinforce screen text and presentation.	____
Mechanics	Student's presentation had four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors.	Presentation had three misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Presentation has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.	____
				Total----> ___/16	____

2. PPA Worksheets

	Unsatisfactory 1	Satisfactory 2	Good 3	Excellent 4
Worksheets	More than half of the worksheets are incomplete.	Most of the worksheets are complete.	All of the worksheets are complete but there is unrelated or missing information.	All of the worksheets are complete and the information is comprehensive and related to the topic.
				Total----> ____/4

3. STD Pamphlet

	Unsatisfactory 1	Satisfactory 2	Good 3	Excellent 4
Pamphlet Content	Information is incomplete & erroneous.	Information is complete and contains some incorrect information.	Information is incomplete but contains correct information.	Information is complete, comprehensive & related to the topic.
Graphics	No graphics present.	1 or 2 graphics present, but not clear or relevant.	3 graphics present, but not clear or relevant.	4+ clear, relevant graphics Use of photos, diagrams & clipart.
Format	Very difficult to read and not visually pleasing.	Difficult to read and not visually pleasing.	Somewhat easy to read and somewhat visually pleasing.	Visually pleasing, easy to read.
				Total _____/12

New York State STANDARDS:

Science Standard 4

Students will: understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Key Idea 5

Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life.

Performance Indicator

• describe the factors that help promote good health and growth in humans

• explain disease as a failure of homeostasis

Computer Technology Standard 5

Students will: apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.

Key Idea

Computers, as tools for design, modeling, information processing, communication, and system control, have greatly increased human productivity and knowledge.

ELA Standard 1

Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas, discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information.

You have now completed this Web Quest, and you are a professional in the field of STD research, you understand how human activities are contributing to the transmission of STD’s. You have developed an original public policy to deal with this particular problem, and you are ready to continue thinking critically on other important scientific issues that affect our society.