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engage students in learning a concept or skill using a digital tool/resource.
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Phase:
After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:
The teacher will return the Digestive Diseases and Disorders Table from the During Activity.
The teacher will explain to students that they will continue to work with their assigned partner. Each pair of students will be given a patient data card with symptoms and diagnostic tests. There are 6 patients, each with a different diagnosis. Some pairs of students may have the same patient assigned to them. The possible diagnoses are the diseases and disorders listed within the table. Students may refer back to the articles they used to gather information if necessary.
Students will be given time to determine the diagnosis for their assigned patients in pairs.
Student pairs assigned the same patient will compare their diagnoses.
The teacher will explain that students will create a simple mini claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) poster using an online design platform. They should include clear blocks of text that state each element of their CERs. If devices are unavailable, students can create mini posters using construction paper and colored pencils or markers.
Students will turn in their mini posters digitally or physically for teacher review.
Assessment Strategies:
The teacher will review student mini posters using a rubric to verify accurate analysis of patient data and correct diagnosis and to verify communicated understanding of digestive diseases and disorders.
Advanced Preparation:
The duration of this activity is approximately 16-30 minutes.
Materials:
Teacher:
Key to Patient Data Cards (located at the end of the Patient Data Cards document
The teacher should ensure access to the AVL articles linked above. The link will direct the user to the abstract of each article; following clicking the link, click the button "PDF Full Text" in the top left corner to access the full article. In the event that any of the links are dysfunctional, follow these steps:
Navigate to the AVL website.
Click "High School" Resources button then "Science & Health" then "Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)."
Search the following phrases to find each article, then click the "PDF Full Article" button in the top left corner to access the full article:
"monaco, john e" to find "Children in Hospitals" by John E. Monaco, with subject "appendicitis"
"hiatal hernia" to find "Hiatal Hernia." Digestive Disorders 2015
"celiac disease" to find "Celiac Disease." Digestive Disorders 2015
"divert diverticulitis" to find "Divert Diverticulitis." Running and FitNews Nov/Dev 2010
"crohn's disease" to find "Crohn's Disease." Digestive Disorders 2015
The teacher should have reviewed the Digestive Diseases and Disorders Table from the During Activity (Digestive Detectives: Gathering Information) and returned them to students.
The teacher should be familiar with online design platforms (Canva, Google Docs, Google Slides, etc.) and should select one or create a list of tools for students to choose from to create their posters.
The teacher should be familiar with the elements of the claim-evidence-reasoning model and what information should be included in each component.
The teacher should print the Patient Data document and cut each page in half to create the Patient Data Cards.