1. For more information, contact:
Dawn Berkeley via email: dawn.berkeley@pgcps.orgTwitter: @thebuzzwithberk web site: http://bit.ly/thebuzzwithberk
Tic Tac Toe Choice Board
Chromosomal Abnormalities and Genetic Disorders
Directions: Pairing up with your _______ o’clock partner, please select 3 activities in a tic-tac-toe design. You are done once
you have completed the activities in a row–horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. For each activity completed, please see
your instructor for a stamp. There are rubrics provided at each station for your reference.
My partner and I choose activities # _________, # ________, # ________,
Why did you select these activities? In other words, why do you think these activities make an appropriate choice for you?
Do you have ideas for alternate activities you’d like to do instead? Talk them over with your teacher.
Analytic Intelligence Interactive Intelligence Introspective Intelligence
1. Logic Smart 2. Body Smart 3. Wonder Smart
Technology:www.lucidchart.com Technology:http://www.toolsforeducators.com Technology:www.voicethread.com
/boardgames/
Product: A comparison chart between Product: You and your child are
two different genetic diseases. The chart Product: Construct a small scale board game separated by distance. Write a virtual
should also include images and about the different genetic conditions that letter/podcast to your child about the
similarities between the two. Print the exist. The game should include directions genetic condition that you have. The
comparison chart to share. Images and rules for winning. podcast/letter should contain images,
should be retrieved using Discovery and relevant information about the
Education Media services. condition. Provide the link for sharing.
4. Music Smart 5. People Smart 6. Picture Smart
Technology: Music composing software Technology:https://tinyletter.com or MS Technology:http://flockdraw.com
or an online program such as Publisher or can be drawn free hand and scanned
www.ujam.com.
Product: A one-page newsletter with one Product:Full body diagram of a person
Product: An original song or rap to articles about 1 chromosomal abnormality. with the chromosomal abnormality,
educate the public on individuals with With your partner, collaborate and complete with labels. Labels should
genetic disorders. The file should be communicate how school, work, games, toys address areas of bodily impact as a
saved so it can be played for the class. or other ways of life might be impacted for a result of the abnormality. Ex: Down’s
The lyrics of the song should be typed person having this genetic condition. syndrome results in oblique eye
into PowerPoint to project to the Newsletter should be at least one page in fissures/almond shaped eyes. The
class/distribute. length and should include between 2 - 3 portrait should be printed in color and
images. Images can include clip art, original neatly mounted on construction paper.
art, or images retrieved using Discovery
Media. Also provide the product link for
sharing.
4. Music Smart 8. Word Smart 9. Self Smart
Technology:http://sketchup.google.com Technology:http://weebly.com Technology:http://penzu.com/
/intl/en/ www.wix.com or www.sites.google.com
Product: Four personal diary pages
Product:Design a 2 – 3 bedroom house Product: Website advertising the facts about that reflect a young person’s thoughts
for a family with a child suffering from your selected genetic condition. The site with the condition. Print the product
fibrodysplasia. After conducting research should include images and relevant to share with the class and provide the
on the condition, be sure to consider any information that shows who, what, when, product link for sharing.
physical aspects the house would need to why, and how. Images can include clip art,
include to accommodate the individual’s original art, or images retrieved using
disability. Also provide the product info Discovery Media. Also provide the product
for sharing. link for sharing.

2. For more information, contact:
Dawn Berkeley via email: dawn.berkeley@pgcps.orgTwitter: @thebuzzwithberk web site: http://bit.ly/thebuzzwithberk
Newspaper : Chromosomal Abnormalities - Newsletter
Teacher Name: Mrs. BERKELEY
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Layout - Headlines All articles have headlines All articles have Most articles have Articles are missing
& Captions that capture the reader's headlines that headlines that bylines OR many
attention and accurately accurately describe the accurately describe articles do not have
describe the content. All content. All articles the content. All adequate headlines OR
articles have a byline. All have a byline. All articles have a many graphics do not
graphics have captions that graphics have captions. byline. Most have captions.
adequately describe the graphics have
people and action in the captions.
graphic.
Knowledge Gained All students in the group can All students in the Most students in Several students in the
accurately answer all group can accurately the group can group appear to have
questions related to a) answer most questions accurately answer little knowledge about
stories in the newspaper and related to a) stories in most questions the facts and the
b) technical processes used the newspaper and b) related to a) stories technical processes
to create the newspaper. technical processes in the newspaper used for the
used to create the and b) technical newspaper.
newspaper. processes used to
create the
newspaper.
Spelling and No spelling or grammar No more than a couple No more than 3 Several spelling or
Proofreading errors remain after one or of spelling or grammar spelling or grammar grammar errors remain
more people (in addition to errors remain after one errors remain after in the final copy of the
the typist) read and correct or more people (in one or more people newspaper.
the newspaper. addition to the typist) (in addition to the
read and correct the typist) read and
newspaper. correct the
newspaper.
Graphics Graphics are in focus, are Graphics are in focus 80-100% of the More than 20% of the
well-cropped and are clearly and are clearly related graphics are clearly graphics are not clearly
related to the articles they to the articles they related to the related to the articles
accompany. accompany. articles they OR no graphics were
accompany. used.
Articles - Interest The articles contain facts, The articles contain The article contains The article does not
figures, and/or word choices facts, figures, and/or some facts or contain facts or figures
that make the articles word choices that make figures but is that might make it
exceptionally interesting to the articles interesting marginally interesting to read.
readers. to readers. interesting to read.
Date Created: Feb 17, 2012 03:22 am (UTC)