WebQuest

By: Theresa Hardaway

Walton High School

WMB#-2

What do you really know about having a healthy heart?

Introduction - Health is generally defined as the condition of being sound in body, mind and spirit. Therefore you are free of physical disease and pain. Currently in the United States there is a wide spread social problem affecting many people currently living in America; many are suffering from poor health. This epidemic of poor health issues has affected most every ethnicity within the United States. Therefore you will read, write, and learn about new techniques in which you can help yourself and ultimately others to improve on health issues

Task- You will write a one page typed report on realistic thoughts and ideas of you and your peers about what good health looks like. Your report will include one bar graph on necessary food intake for a healthy body and one bar graph on cardio vascular exercise necessary for a healthy heart. You will also give at least a three minute oral presentation on your report. To help you organize your thoughts, complete the six Public Policy worksheets.

Process: Your report must contain 50% of its information from factual material that you have researched from magazine articles, the internet, and the newspaper. Additionally you may use educational forms or media that you will be able to show proof of your research. (examples: taped video or televised news story)

The PPA Worksheets:

1. Identifying the Problem, and Worksheet #1

2. Gathering Evidence, and Worksheet # 2

3. Identify Causes of the problem, and Worksheet # 3

4. Evaluate the Policy, and Worksheet #4

5. Develop a solution to the Problem, Worksheet #5

6. Selecting the Best Solution, and Worksheet #6

Resources

http://www.health-heart.org/

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_noSW.html

http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles

http://www.batesstudent.com/jan20/forum2.htm

http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/shr2004/index.html

EVALUATION

You will be evaluated based on the following rubric:

Task	Excellent	Satisfactory	Minimal Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
Worksheets	All PPA worksheets are completed and are completely clear and legible	Some PPA worksheets are completed and somewhat clear and legible	Few PPA worksheets are completed and there is little clarity or legibility	No PPA worksheets are completed and they are unclear and illegible.

Research	Subject Knowledge Student exhibits knowledge of subject matter	Subject Knowledge Student exhibits knowledge of subject matter	Subject Knowledge Student demonstrates a little knowledge of subject matter	Subject Knowledge Student does not know subject matter
Presentations Written & Oral	Accurate and meets all criteria No written and verbal errors	Accurate and meets most criteria with very few written and verbal errors	Accurate and meets some criteria with little to no written and verbal errors	Does not meet criteria and has many written and verbal errors

This Web Quest addresses the following English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards:

E1c: Read and comprehend informational materials.

E2a: Produce a report of information.

E3c: Prepare and deliver an individual presentation

M1: Knowledgeable of basic arithmetic

M7: Use mathematical language

Conclusion: You have completed your 1 page typed report that includes your research on components necessary for a healthy heart. You have orally presented your report to a group of your peers for at least three minutes. You now have a better knowledge of health issues and necessary policies pertaining to this social problem in America. You have also demonstrated an ability to develop your own original public policy solutions. You will now present your research as an expert to your peers.