For this assignment, students will select a topic of their choice based on what they have learned in the course. Students will research that topic for its connection to human health. Students may pick any topic from the suggested list below or any other topic of their choice that is relevant to course content and outcomes. Students must get approval for their chosen topic from the instructor. Students are encouraged to start work on this assignment early in the session.
Requirements
Required Formats
- Narrated PowerPoint
- This link provides a tutorial on how to create a narrated PowerPoint:
Length
- 8-10 slides
Other Requirements
- Students must incorporate at least 2 scholarly resources in addition to textbook or lessons
Suggested Topics
- Pick any health supplements (for example, multi-vitamin multi-mineral) or other supplements and describe their effects on the human body and health.
- Describe how radio-isotopes are used for diagnosis or therapy.
- Pick any organelle and research on disorders/diseases that occur when that organelle malfunctions.
- Describe a disease or a disorder that occurs due to non-disjunction.
- Describe health conditions that affect metabolism.
- Describe how histology can be used as a diagnostic tool.
- Describe effects of radiation on skin health.
- Anatomical deformities/disorders of skeletal system/joints.
- Physiological disorders of the skeletal system.
Outcomes
CO 1: Evaluate the levels of structural and functional organization of body systems, their interconnections, and their contribution to overall homeostasis.
CO 2: Describe cells and tissues, their locations, and functions.
CO 3: Explain the basic properties of the integumentary system and its functions.
CO 4: Compare the various components of the skeletal system, as well as their structure, growth, functions and gender-based differences.
CO 5: Describe the various types of joints and articulations of the human body.
