Respiratory Health Problems

Introduction

The Respiratory Health Problems WebQuest was specially designed to help you learn better about different types of respiratory health issues!

Task

You and the team will discover information to complete a worksheet related to different health issues of the respiratory system as: asthma, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis and the common cold.

Process

To complete your information on Asthma, click on the link below. It will take you to a website where you can find ALL of your information:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/asthma_basics/what/asthma.html#

To find your information on Pneumonia, click on this link:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/pneumonia.html

This is the link that will help you learn all about Cystic Fibrosis:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/heart/cystic_fibrosis.html

The final health issue that you will be learning about is the common cold. For the answers to your questions, click this link:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/colds.html

Evaluation

You have been handed a worksheet that includes the following questions about the different health issues:

1) what is the definition of this health issue?

2) what causes the health issue to occur?

3) what are 3 signs/symptoms of the health issue?

4) how is this issue treated? What medications or life changes help?

5) list one interesting fact that you found about this health issue!

When you have completed answering the questions about the health issues, there is a final page of your packet that asks questions about the assignment. Please answer these questions to help me create even better lessons for you :)

Conclusion

At the end of this exercise students should have a better grasp of human anatomy. Also, they would be able to describe a few types of respiratory problems and back up their statements using the information in the webquest. Hopefully, this webquest will help students better take care of personal health.

Credits

The awesome website that you've been using to collect all of your information was:

www.kidshealth.org :)

Teacher Page

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Respect for other student	All statements, body language, and responses were respectful and were in appropriate language.	Statements and responses were respectful and used appropriate language, but once or twice body language was not.	Most statements and responses were respectful and in appropriate language, but there was one sarcastic remark	Statements, responses and/or body language were consistently not respectful.
Information	All information presented in this debate was clear, accurate and thorough.	Most information presented in this debate was clear, accurate and thorough.	Most information presented in the debate was clear and accurate, but was not usually thorough	Information had some major inaccuracies OR was usually not clear.
Rebuttal	All counter-arguments were accurate, relevant and strong.	Most counter-arguments were accurate, relevant, and strong.	Most counter-arguments were accurate and relevant, but several were weak.	Counter-arguments were not accurate and/or relevant
Use of Facts/Statistics	Every major point was well supported with several relevant facts, statistics and/or examples	Every major point was adequately supported with relevant facts, statistics and/or examples.	Every major point was supported with facts, statistics and/or examples, but the relevance of some was questionable.	Every point was not supported.
Organization	All arguments were clearly tied to an idea (premise) and organized in a tight, logical fashion.	Most arguments were clearly tied to an idea (premise) and organized in a tight, logical fashion.	All arguments were clearly tied to an idea (premise) but the organization was sometimes not clear or logical.	Arguments were not tied to an idea at all.
Understanding of Topic	The student clearly understood the topic indepth and presented their information forcefully and convincingly.	The student clearly understood the topic indepth and presented their information with ease.	The student seemed to understand the main points of the topic and presented those with ease.	The student did not show an adequate understanding of the topic.
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You will be evaluated based on this rubric!