Angiogensis & Cancer

Today ( for C period, tomorrow for G period), we reviewed the cancer reading.  After working in groups to compare the answers to the questions, we watched the TED talk below.  "TED is a nonprofit dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading"  to learn more about TED click here. 

Click here to search through their library of talks.  Imagine how well informed you could be if you spent 20 minutes less per day on Facebook or playing Angry Birds, and instead watched / listened to a TED talk!

Cancer & The Cell Cycle

Today we started to learn about Cancer & the Cell Cycle.  Students worked in co-operatively in groups to come up with answers to questions about Cancer.   Students complied a list of questions (see below) as a class. 

Many of these questions will be answered in the reading you do over the weekend, and the questions you answer.  The remaining unanswered questions will be addressed next week.

Questions we have:
1. What is the difference between a sign and a symptom?
2. Is cancer genetic?
3. What happens to your cells when you have cancer?
4. How do the number of deaths from cancer compare to other diseases?
5. How makes a cell sick?
6. How does cancer spread?
7. How quickly can cancer grow?
8. Can your emotional health impact your battle with cancer?
9. When do you call it cancer and when do you call it a tumor?
10. Are all types of cancer treatable or curable?
11. Which type of cancer causes the most deaths in the U.S.?
12. Which type of cancer is the most deadly?
13. What is the chance that a person gets cancer?
14. What does chemo involve?
15. Are all types of cancer malignant?

Cancer Info

Today (or tomorrow) students have a choice on how they would like to learn about Cancer.

Option A:
Go to The A-Z List of Cancers and choose a cancer to research. You should create a public service announcement or flyer on one type of cancer. You have been emailed a template that contains all of the information you need. You may either create your flyer on the computer or by hand.

Option B:
There are two readings and discussion questions. The first reading is general information on cancer and the second reading is a case study that asks you to put yourself in the shoes of someone who is having genetic testing for breast cancer.

History of Cancer

Click the image below to link to a timeline on cancer.

Types of Cancer Flyers

Today in class students started to work flyers about different types of cancer. The guidelines are posted below and I will put up a sample later today.

G Block: yours is due on Wednesday Nov. 11

D & F blocks: yours is due on Thursday Nov. 12

Go to: www.cancer.org

Under “learn about cancer” click choose a topic. No students in the same class may have the same topic.

Here are the guidelines:

1 page

2-3 figures/pictures

Name of your type of cancer:

Causes/treatments

Signs/symptoms

Diagnosis

Stages

2-3 key stats

A footer or use footnotes to cite your sources. Print the flyer on the colored sheet of paper you were given in class. You most certainly may embellish your flyer with markers/crayons/colored pencils. You will share this with the class the day it is due.

NOTE: The majority of students in F and G blocks did not remember to bring their computer to class, so they picked their cancer topics and spent the remainder of class reading and answering questions from the "What is Cancer?" packet. If you are in F or G block, please make sure you bring your computer to class on Tuesday.