Directions: You will research one of the genetic disorder or diseases listed below:
 
 

Alkaptonuria	Phenylkaptonuria
Huntington's Disease	Cystic fibrosis
Tay-Sachs Disease	Sickle Cell Anemia
Thalassemia (Cooley's anemia)	Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Achondroplasia dwarfism	Hemophilia
Albinism	Color Blindness
Down's syndrome	Klinefelter's syndrome
Turner's syndrome	Edward's syndrome
Patau's syndrome	Recklinghausen's disease
Diabetes mellitus	Encephalocele
Ichthyosis congenita	Werner's syndrome

 

Information you must gather on your disease should include the following:

1. How the human genetic disorder occurs (how inheritance is
    involved - if it is, is the trait dominant or recessive, etc.)
 

2. How common the disorder is.
 

3. What group(s) of people are primarily affected by the disease
 

4. What the effects of the disease are
 

5. Any other information you can find
 

The Paper

You will need to turn in one one-page professional paper on the research you completed on your disease.

The Presentation

You will need to give a five-minute presentation on your disorder in front of the class.  Presentations must:

1. Be interesting and creative

2. Be easy to follow and understand

3. Give good accurate information

4. Include a minimum of two easy-to-see visuals