Cardiovascular Health and Lifestyle

Purpose: To create an informational medium that helps bring awareness to improving cardiovascular health or to raise awareness about cardiovascular conditions and disease. Method: You may choose one of the following, or create your own:

Create a Day
What to hand in: - An itinerary with a list of at least 4 activities and an explanation of how they are related to the theme (activities like they had in the cafeteria during mental health week driving with goggles, walking on a line, etc.) A poster that advertises the day.

Menu Plan
What to hand in: - Recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks for a person with a cardiovascular condition or disease. - Include an explanation of why you chose those recipes. - Reference the recipes if you take them from a site.

Exercise Plan
What to hand in: - A list of 6 exercises and steps for how to execute them safely. - Include an explanation for why you chose those exercises.

Report
What to hand in: A one page report on a cardiovascular condition or disease that describes it from a biological perspective, and how to prevent it and treat it. - Include references for where you got your information.

Comic
What to hand in: A comic strip that tells a story about or gives information about a heart or a blood vessel and some aspect of having, treating, preventing or explaining a condition. - Comic should have at least 8 sections where text is included.

Board Game
What to hand in: A board game that highlights the effects and/or reasons for cardiovascular conditions (e.g., you skipped your exercise today; lose a turn, you walked to school, go forward two spaces.)

*you may also do something else of your choosing as long as you discuss it with Mrs. Drivas first*

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Rubric
Knowledge of content (e.g., facts, terminology, definitions ) Level 1 demonstrates limited knowledge of content Level 2 demonstrates some knowledge of content Level 3 demonstrates considerable knowledge of content Level 4 demonstrates thorough knowledge of content

Expression and organization of ideas and information (e.g., clear expression, logical organization)

expresses and organizes ideas and information with limited effectiveness

expresses and organizes ideas and information with some effectiveness

expresses and organizes ideas and information with considerable effectiveness

expresses and organizes ideas and information with a high degree of effectiveness

Use of conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline in oral, visual, and/or written forms (e.g., symbols, formulae, scientific notation, SI units)

uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with limited effectiveness

uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with some effectiveness

uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with considerable effectiveness

uses conventions, vocabulary, and terminology of the discipline with a high degree of effectiveness