Gender+specific+cancers

**Engage (30 minutes)** Videos related to gender specific cancers at   Gender specific oncology at [] Or   Cancer videos at [] *Choose one or two videos to capture the attention of the students. **Explore (60 Minutes)** Essential Questions: Related Activities:
 * __Unit 7: Gender Specific Cancers__**
 * How do environmental factors influence gender specific cancers?
 * Are gender specific cancers found in clusters?
 * Can genetic factors influence gender specific cancers?
 * 1) Female specific cancer at []
 * 2) Woman’s Cancer Network at []
 * 3) Orchid: Fighting Male Cancer at []
 * 4) Stanford Medicine at []
 * 5) Cervical cancer at []

**Explain (60-90 minutes)** **Lesson Plans: Students should investigate these organizations and support groups and present pertinent information to their peers.** **Elaborate (30 minutes)** *Each lesson above has an “extending the lesson”. These extensions should be utilized on a differentiating basis. * The essence of elaborating a lesson is to allow the students to answer the essential questions and relate the answers in broader terms. For instance, the students should be able to transition this knowledge to other settings and disciplines.
 * 1) Cancer Case Studies at []
 * 2) PSA Announcement using paperslides.
 * 3) Ovarian Cancer lesson plan at []
 * 4) HPV Lesson

**Evaluate (15 minutes)**
 * Exit Ticket (Please see assessment page of this wiki.)
 * Assessment given at the end of each lesson above.
 * 3-4 paragraph essay addressing the explanation of the essential questions of the unit.
 * Teacher Observation
 * Peer Assessment based on verbal answers of the essential questions.