Presenting the Prezi's!

Your presentations in class have been very informative and well executed. You should all be proud of your work!

Copy of Human Bio II on Prezi

Leukemia on Prezi

MRSA on Prezi

Copy of Meningcocal Meningitis on Prezi

Project Launch- Elephantiasis Disease on Prezi

Type I Diabetes on Prezi

Alzheimer's Disease on Prezi

Huntington's Disease on Prezi

Evaluations of Presentations - Rubrics galore!

Hello All,


In your group folders you have both your group and individual rubrics that will be used to evaluate your presentations. On your group rubric you have a section labeled "other" where your group can decide on an additional criteria you would like to be evaluated on. Some of you still need to decide on this. Have fun with this criteria of your choice.

Group Presentation Overall Evaluation and Blog embed link emailed to Ms. Wolfe: (10 points total)

Components	Approaching 1pt	Meets 2 pts	Exceeds 3pts
Content	All criteria are addressed. Lacking depth of explanation. Essential questions are   only partially answered.	All criteria are addressed. Sufficient depth of explanation. Essential questions are answered.	All criteria are covered and go into in depth explanations, with organized examples to fully answer the Essential Questions and beyond.
Presentation	Ideas may not be focused or developed. Main points/criteria are difficult to identify. Presentations by individuals are disorganized. Prezi presentation does not fully utilize the softwares unique properties.	Ideas are clearly organized, developed, and supported. The introduction gets the attention of the audience. Main points are clear and organized effectively.  Prezi presentation properties used effectively with, zoom in’s and out, rotations, and transitions well thought out and implemented.	Ideas are clearly organized, developed, and supported. The introduction gets the attention of the audience. Main points are clear and organized effectively. Transistions between presenters are smooth and well rehersed. Note cards, and outlines are used for reference only.  Prezi presentation properties used to the fullest extent and transitions between criteria sections are well linked and fluid.
Visuals	Are present for each section but poor quality (illegible, inconsistent, , etc.). Image sources are not cited.	Well-designed and attractive images that simplify or summarize key ideas. Each image is cited with in the presentation.	Well-designed and attractive images that simplify or summarize key ideas. Each image is cited with in the presentation. Original images are used.
Other Criteria Chosen by Group to be evaluated on:
Blog link Emailed		PASS OR FAIL If embed link is not emailed then group presentation points are void.

Individual Evaluation: 15 points

Name: _______________________

Role in Group: _____________________

Sections of Criteria to Cover:  1)____________________________2)________________________

Components	Approaching  3	Meets  4-5	Exceeds 6
Content	Both criteria are presented but not well organized or accurate.	Both criteria are presented in a well-organized fashion and accurate information is presented.  Presenter shows understanding of the material.	Both criteria are met, are well organized and accurate. Explanation goes beyond the criteria requirements. Presenter shows high level of understanding of the material.
Presentation	Presenter is minimally prepared. Has a hard time focusing on topic, uses note cards or outline to hide behind. Reads exclusively from note cards or outline.	Presenter is well prepared. Has speaking points well planned and uses note cards or outline minimally.	Presenter is well prepared, speaks clearly, and is concise with points. Uses note cards of outline as a quick reference only.  Makes smooth transitions between topics and other presenters.
Visuals	Visuals for criteria sections are included but may be lacking in quality.	Visuals for criteria sections are included and of high quality. Visuals add to the understanding of the topic.	Visuals help solidify the presenter’s points and are linked clearly with transitions to other topics.

Introducing your judges!

Dr. RAD

Retrieved from: wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod

Richard Albistegui-DuBois (known to his students as Dr. RAD) was born in Topeka, Kansas. A strange obsession with cephalopods led him to earn a bachelor's degree in marine biology from UC Santa Cruz in 1996. However, by that point his interests had shifted to human brain imaging, so he moved to Los Angeles, earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2004. 

While in graduate school, Dr. RAD discovered a passion for teaching, which he pursued (teaching anatomy and physiology classes at Mt. St. Mary's College) while simultaneously completing postdoctoral work. Finally, in 2006, he accepted a full-time position as a professor of anatomy and physiology at Palomar College in San Marcos.

He estimates that, at his current average southward migration speed, he should reach the South Pole in about the year 2300.

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Parag Chowdhury, PhD


Parag grew up in Little Rock, AR where he attended the historic Little Rock Central High School.  During his 11th grade year he became very interested in epilepsy and he began working in a pharmacology lab.  For his work on epilepsy, he received several awards from the US Navy and the American Chemical Society.  Following high school, he attended a small liberal arts school called Hendrix College where he majored in Philosophy and began studying Cell Biology and the Neurosciences.  Following college, he worked in a neuroscience lab where he studied visual image formation and auditory processing in the brain.  He soon entered into a doctoral program in Physiology and Biophysics at the University of AR for Medical Science.  He completed his doctoral work in 2004. It focused on visualizing changes in cellular architecture of migrating cancer cells.  As a researcher, his primary expertise is in cellular trafficking utilizing confocal real time imaging (i.e. watching cells crawl around on dishes with big microscopes).  After a brief detour to Austin, Texas he moved to San Diego to do a post-doctoral appointment at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in Structural Biology.  His projects there involved visualization of synaptic vesicle components by cryo-electron microscopy, studying the sub-cellular architecture of brain cells (neurons); bigger microscopes to look at smaller things.

Parag has a deep love of Nature and social/environmental justice issues.  He and his wife Julia love watching documentaries and spending weekends dragging their cameras out to the beach or to one of California's epic Parks.

In today’s world, we are increasingly surrounded by the language of Biology.  From the human genome project to stem cells: we are faced with questions that impact not only our self identity but our identity as a species. “What is life; how has life evolved on this planet and how do we study this process?” To address these questions, in fact, to participate in the dialogue, we must be conversant in the language of Biology. As a teacher at High Tech High I hope to impart this biological grammar and literacy to my students so that they can make informed decisions and choices as citizens, and have a say in our collective future.

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Monique Mahlum, MD

I am 31 years old and a native of North County San Diego.  Graduated from Torrey Pines High School and then went to J)... This is classic for Tuberculosis and I admitted a woman with this exact constellation of symptoms a few months ago!  And of course, you do get to save lives using your understanding of the human body and disease. Pretty awesome.   

UC Berkeley for my undergraduate degree in Art Practice. That’s right, I was an art major, as in oil painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking.  I always knew I wanted to go to medical school and did my pre-medical classes during my time at Berkeley.  You CAN go to medical school with a degree other than biology or chemistry and in fact I think it puts you at an advantage, making you a well-rounded human and setting you apart from the thousands of applicants per year.  In any case, it was a great choice for me.  I graduated, came back to San Diego and got a job as a clinical research assistant in BioEthics for a psychiatrist at UCSD for the next three years.  I then went to medical school at UC Davis and fell in love with internal medicine.  Like the show House, we get to play detective to think about all the possible diagnoses when a patient presents to the hospital with vague, interesting, and sometimes life-threatening symptoms.  So I am now a second year resident in Internal Medicine at UCSD.  Additionally, I am a mother of an amazing and energetic 2-year-old boy named Rune and the wife to a lovely man named Dan.  I work hard and I work many many hours but I love my job.  I couldn’t have asked for a better career.  I can’t tell you how cool it is when a patient comes in to the hospital with the exact symptoms and signs on exam that you read about in the textbook!  For example, weight loss, fevers, night sweats, travel to Mexico and hemoptysis (google it, it’s a medical term

I am looking forward to seeing all your presentations.  I encourage everyone to think about medicine as a career. If you have any questions about life in medical school or as a resident, I am here to help! 

Group Check-in and Project Adjustments

Hello class, 


This week we had two in class work days. One, on Wednesday, where you learned about how to create a Prezi presentation, created accounts, and loaded your info onto the Prezi. The other on Friday for group work on Prezi. Next week we may have some time at the end of class to  work on Prezi's on our class computers but it will be limited. Some groups may need to schedule time to work on their Prezi's outside of class to catch up if their group members had not completed their outlines on time. 


I am available after class, at lunch, and during tutorial next week to answer any questions you may have or you can email me (ms.wolfeshumanbioii@gmail.com). 


The deadline for the draft Prezi presentations will be next Friday 4-6-11 (adjusted from original deadline of yesterday Fri 4-29). 


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Project Page Adjustments: 

For some reason the embedded project page in post 2 cannot be viewed on the school computers so I will just copy and paste it here.  I will also email you an updated project sheet and the evaluation rubrics for the group and individual presentation.

Understanding Physiology through Disease

Project Launch

“We understand physiology more deeply by understanding what happens when things go wrong.”

- Parag Chowdhury PhD-Physiology and Biophysics 

Objective: Students will be able to research a disease that affects the human organism and prepare a presentation using Prezi online software that explores the disease from a molecular and cellular perspective, to how the disease affects the homeostasis of the entire organism.

Essential Questions - By completing these projects students will seek to answer the following questions:

1.    How disease affects the function of the human organism at the cellular and molecular level?

2.    How do these diseases affect the human organism’s ability to maintain homeostasis?

3.    How do medical doctors diagnose the disease in patients?

4.    What are the methods of helping cure, treat, or helping prevent the spread of these diseases?

5.    Where do we find sources of information on disease statistics?

Organization:

·         Groups of 4

·         10-15 minute presentation

·         Prepared using Prezi online software

·         Every person in the group must prepare and present an equal portion of the presentation

Criteria Checklist: Your presentation will include the following criteria with at least one visual for each category. Please divide tasks (2 each per group member and reference section) to research and present amongst group members for the individual evaluation component.

____- Overview/Description of the disease

____- How it is contracted or how it occurs in the human body (path of transmission or process of

          development)

____- Symptoms of the disease

____- How the disease affects the human organism on a cellular and molecular level (micro view)

____- How the disease affects the human organism’s ability to maintain homeostasis (macro view)

____- How the disease is diagnosed

____- What are past and/or present ways to cure, treat, or prevent the spread of the disease

____- What are past and/or present statistics for the occurrence of this disease within a human population

         (your Choice of population to evaluate)

____- Image sources sited throughout the presentation and contains a Reference Section

         (MLA format)

*** After the completion of the Prezi Presentation the student group will email their Prezi link and embedding code for the presentation to ms.wolfeshumanbioII@gmail.com  to be added to the class Blog.

*** The group that prepares the best presentation with the most thorough research will be judged and awarded honors for their presentation (plus a bit of extra credit).  Presentations will be evaluated by a panel of professionals that include two Professors of Physiology, and a Medical Doctor through the class blog.  

Time Line for Tasks and Break down of Points awarded:

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 45

Individual Points:

            Outline and references for individual criteria Task 2&3 combo -10pts

            Individual Evaluation of Presentation (See rubric)– 15pts

Group Points:

            Group Worksheet Task 1 – 5pts

            Email link for Draft of Prezi Task 4 – 5pts

            Group Presentation Evaluation and post to blog (See rubric) Task 5 – 10pts

Timeline Organization:                                                     Group and Individual Deadlines for Project

                                                                                                (Comments on Blog throughout project)

Monday, April 18th LAUNCH DAY Introduction and launching project– - an example Prezi Presentation (i.e. Cancer) - Project Sheet and Group Worksheet with evaluation rubrics - Assign Task 1	Wednesday, April 20th Deadline -Task 1Due Group Worksheet Students pick group members, the disease to research, week they would like to present, and assign group roles and individual research/presentation objectives. Additionally the groups will decide on one additional criterion to be evaluated on    (5 pts -Group)
Thursday, April 21th Task 2-3 combo (now individual)  Research Day Class at the library in computer room. -          Intro to Class Blog for communication -          45 minutes to find resources	Tuesday, April 26th Deadline Task 2-3 combo Due Individual Outline and References for individual criteria (2 selected) See instructions and example on Blog: Email Outline with references by April 26th, 12 midnight ms.wolfeshumanbioII@gmail.com. (10 pts-Individual)
Wednesday April 27th Prezi Creation Day! Class at the library in computer room. -          Intro video to Prezi software Friday April 29th Additional day Prezi group work time.	Friday, May 6th Deadline: Prezi draft for Group Task 4 Due Prezi presentation rough draft due ·         Group should have all individual criteria on the prezi document and email the link to me. Email Prezi link to ms.wolfeshumanbioII@gmail.com (5pts -Group)
May 9nth – 27th Presentations – 2-3 per week -          Prezi’s posted to the blog -          Introduction of judges panel through blog before presentations start	May 9th-27th. Task 4 - Presentations Student groups present Prezi presentation to the class, Link to blog and embedding code will be emailed to ms.wolfeshumanbioII@gmail.com -          Group Presentation and email link for blog post (10 pts) -          Individual Evaluation of contribution (15 pts)
Week of May 30th Judges decisions come in and awards of honor presented

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Example Prezi - Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Hello Class,

Here is the example Prezi that I created. Take time in the next couple of days to discuss with your group how you would like to put together your prezi presentation.

You will have time on Wednesday this week to put all of your information together in one Prezi document.

Fatty Liver Disease on Prezi

Wrap-up of Research Day and Updates to Project Launch Page

Hi everyone,

Looks like you all got settled in to researching your criteria. Finding the information should be easy, picking just a couple of points to talk about may be difficult. I have already received a couple of outlines and given feed back. Remember, the point of these individual outlines is so you can be organized for putting together your group Prezi - presentations next Wednesday.

Here is the Updated Project Launch Page:


Project Launch

Welcome to the Human Bio II Blog!

Hello Class and Welcome to your Human Bio II Blog,

Today is research day for your individual criteria. I will be passing back your group folders. Some groups still need to complete the TASK 1 packet so that I can give you a grade. If you are still unsure about the 2 Individual criteria, Group Name, and,  Individual Roles in the group come and talk with me when we get started on the research.

TODAY we will be working on TASK 2&3 - Due Tues April 26th.
      - We are modifying the task from the project sheet description in 2 ways:
           1. Both are now an individual tasks (the reference page and the outline)  for your criteria only
           2. Both will be emailed to ms.wolfeshumanbioII@gmail.com by Tuesday, April 26th.           
          MARK THIS CHANGE ON YOUR PROJECT SHEETS
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Description:
TASK 2 & 3 combined: Create an outline for your 2 criteria and cite your references

Your Outline should include the following for each criteria: 

1. A header to introduce your criteria
2. 2-4 bullet points that you will discuss in the presentation 
3. 1  Image and where retrieved from
4. 2-3 Cited References - Only 1 .com per criteria allowed, MLA Format (see example below) 

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Example outline and references:

Name: Ms. Janda
Group Name: Super Teachers Anonymous
Group Disease to Research: Menengitis 

Criteria 1- Overview/Description of the disease:
Header -  Overview of Meningococcal Meningitis
Bullet Points  

• Caused by infectious bacteria Neisseria meningitidis 
• Can cause both blood poisoning (sepsis) and menengitis (inflammation of the meningis covering the brain and spinal cord) 
• Deadly if the infection is not treated quickly

 Image -

Retrieved from: http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/neisseria.html  

2-3 Cited References: Use MLA format (Use this citation generator for easy citation of websites and other references) 

"Menengitis ." Meningitis Questions & Answers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 03112011. Web. 20 Apr 2011. http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/about/faq.html#b.

"Meningitis - meningococcal." PubMed Health. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine , 09152010. Web. 20 Apr 2011. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001633/.

"Meningococcal disease." Wikipedia . Wikipedia , 04102011. Web. 20 Apr 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningococcal_disease>.