Health Fair Requirements
Health Fair Presentation Requirements
Options: Tri-Fold Board or Brochure, PowerPoint or Prezi Presentation, Written Report |
Your presentation must include:
- Disease name, your name, class meeting days, date of presentation
- Introduction – Why you chose this disease, interesting facts about the disease, statistics
- Description – What is this disease, affected body parts
- Signs/Symptoms – Signs: observable, objective. Symptoms: what you feel, subjective. Minimum of 5
- Causes/Transmission – Risk factors, communicable/non-communicable
- Treatment/Prevention – Of disease, of symptoms, reduction of risk factors, how not to get this disease
- History – Some suggestions: Draw a timeline, list important dates, look for when it was discovered, important breakthroughs
- Interesting facts – Celebrities suffering from disease/condition, different parts of country where disease/condition is more prominent, etc.
*Remember – This is the part of the project where you can show your creativity. Use pictures, graphs, charts, diagrams, etc. to explain your disease/condition.
Audience Questions:
When you are going around to the different presenters, you must think of 2 thoughtful audience questions. You will write down the following on your Audience Questions Sheet. This sheet will be collected at the end of class.
Requirements for Audience Questions Sheet:
Name and topic of presenter
Question # 1 about disease/condition
Answer that presenter gave about your question
Question # 2 about disease/condition
Answer that presenter gave about your question
Tri-Fold (Poster or Brochure)
BROCHURE
Your health brochure can be completed in one of two ways:
- Using a computer program, such as Microsoft Publisher
- By hand, using heavy-duty construction paper
Layout:
Your health brochure should include a cover, 4 sections of information, and the back. Each section should have both written information, pictures, photos or clip art that correspond to the text. See the attached document for details on how to arranged the brochure.
POSTER
You may choose to leave an informative poster with the students after you have presented information about the disease/condition/disorder you choose. A poster is a wonderful choice, since it can be hung in the hallway for the students to review as they walk to class.
Layout:
Your informative poster must adhere to the following guidelines:
- Be presented on a larger size poster board (greater than 8x11 printed paper) or a tri-fold poster board.
- Name of the disease/condition/disorder researched must be highly visible
- Name of student and class period must be written in bottom right corner of poster
- Include the written information outlined in the research organizer
- Include pictures, photos or clip art that correspond to the text
- Information should either be typed and pasted onto poster or extremely neatly written in pen on poster
- Pencil marks should not be visible
PowerPoint or Prezi
Your PowerPoint presentation should be used as a tool to guide you through your presentation to the 8th grade health classes. You must also provide a printed copy of the slides for the teacher.
Layout:
Your slideshow must include at least 10 slides, but not exceed 15 slides. Slides must include both written information and pictures, photos or clipart that corresponds to the text.
Use the attached guide to help you layout your slides.
Written Report
You may choose to leave a 2-3 page typed report with the students after you present your information to them. Your report must include all of the information outlined on your notes pages.
Layout:
Your report must adhere to the following guidelines:
- 2-3 pages in length (excluding cover page and bibliography)
- Typed in Microsoft Word
- Formatted with Arial font in size 12
- Double-spaced
Note: All reports must be written using the words of the student. Plagiarism is a serious offense and is very easy for a teacher to catch.
See the attached document for details on what should be included on each page.