Cancer Assignment

You and your lab group will research one of the types of cancer listed below and give a PowerPoint
presentation to the class based on your findings. Use the key areas as a guide for the type of information
I will be looking for in your group presentation. Only one lab group may report on any one cancer so
selection of topics is on a first-come basis.

Presentations will take place in class on Monday, March 30 and are to be approximately 10 minutes in
length with comments/questions to follow. Originality and creativity will be rewarded. The only written
material that your lab group will need to turn in is a typed bibliography/works cited. Please keep in mind
that this assignment is worth fifty points.

Chose a cancer and sign up

1. Colon Cancer
2. Breast Cancer **If there is
another type
3. Prostate Cancer
of cancer you
4. Lung Cancer are interested
5. Melanoma in
6. Ovarian Cancer researching
and writing
7. Bladder Cancer
about that is
8. Thyroid Cancer not listed,
9. Pancreatic Cancer please let me
know.**
10. Cervical Cancer
With the above cancer topics, here are some key areas to address. You are by no means limited to these
areas:

• Statistics/Incidence
• Risk Factors
• Screening/Testing Methods
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Side Effects/Complications of Treatment
• New Discoveries
• Prevention
 PowerPoint Presentation Rubric

Category 4 3 2 1
Introduction Fully captures Captures the Few audience Audience is not
the attention of attention of the members seem captured.
the audience. audience. Topic is interested. No topic focus.
Topic has a mostly focused. Topic focus is
clear focus. vague.
Organization Presents Presents findings Information The presentation is
findings and and conclusions and graphics disorganized.
conclusions in with some degree are placed
an organized of organization. haphazardly on
manner. the page.
Content - Covers topic Includes essential Includes some Includes little essential
Accuracy completely and information. Most essential information. Content is
in depth. All of the content is information. typically confusing or
content accurate but there The content is contains more than one
throughout is one piece of generally factual error.
presentation is information that accurate, but
accurate. There might be one piece of
are no factual inaccurate. information is
errors. clearly flawed
or inaccurate.
Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation includes
includes 10 includes 8 - 9 includes 6 - 7 less than 6 slides.
slides. slides. slides. Information on slides
Information on Information on Information on contains many sentences
slides is kept slides contains slides contains and group cannot
short and group many sentences many expand on facts.
can expand on and group has sentences and
facts during some difficulty group has
presentation. expanding facts. difficulty
expanding
facts.
 All graphics
All graphics are A few graphics are are attractive Several graphics are
Visuals attractive and not attractive but all but a few do unattractive AND
support the support the content not seem to detract from the content
topic of the of the presentation. support the of the presentation.
presentation. Font formats have content of the Font formats makes it
Font formats been planned to presentation. difficult to read the
have been enhance readability. Font formats material.
carefully have been
planned to planned to
enhance complement
readability. topic, but may
be a little
difficult to
read.
Spelling and Presentation has Presentation has 1– Presentation Presentation has more
Grammar no misspellings 2 misspellings, but has 1-2 than 2 grammatical
or grammatical no grammatical grammatical and/or spelling errors.
errors. error. errors, but not
misspellings.
Group Oral Group Group presented Group had Group was unable to
Presentation presented the the material but many complete presentation
Skills material with could have been difficulties before the class.
confidence, more confident. presenting Great difficulty
enthusiasm, Adequate material. communicating ideas.
proper voice preparation and Some difficulty Poor voice projection.
projection, delivery. communicating Little preparation or
good eye ideas, due to incomplete work.
contact, voice
appropriate projection, lack
language, and of preparation,
clear delivery. or incomplete
work.

Total points for Presentation: ___/28

 Research Rubric

Category 4 3 2 1
Statistics/Incidence Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
and research is depth and topic
in depth detales
Risk Factors Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
and research is depth and topic
in depth detales
Screening/Test Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
Methods 100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
and research is depth and topic
in depth detales
Diagnosis Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
and research is depth and topic
in depth detales
Treatment Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
and research is depth and topic
in depth detales
Side Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
Effects/Complications 100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
of Treatment and research is depth and topic
in depth detales
New Discoveries Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
 and research is depth and topic
in depth detales
Prevention Information is Information is Information Iresarch was not
100% correct mostly present is lacking adequetely done on this
and research is depth and topic
in depth detales

Total Points for Research: ____/32