Childhood+Cancers

**Engage (30 minutes) ** Videos related to childhood cancer at    CURE at [|http://www.curechildhoodcancer.org/news-resources/cure-videos/#] *Choose one or two videos to capture the attention of the students. **Explore (60 Minutes) ** Essential Questions: Related Activities:
 * __Unit 5: Childhood Cancers __**
 * Do environmental factors influence the incidence of childhood cancers?
 * How can an oncologist effectively treat this population?
 * What are the social, medical and academic concerns of children suffering from childhood cancers?
 * How do adult survivors of childhood cancer adapt throughout their lifetime?
 * 1)  Pediatric oncology vs. adult oncology at []
 * 2) Emotional woes of childhood cancer at []
 * 3) Childhood cancer genome at []
 * 4) Adult survivors at []
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Childhood Cancer research at []

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Explain (60-90 minutes) ** **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Lesson Plans: Students should investigate these organizations and support groups and present pertinent information to their peers. **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;"> Alex’s Lemonade at [|http://www.al][|exslemonade.org/campaign/schools-service-learning/downloads]
 * 2) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Cancer.net at []
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Cancer in my classroom at []
 * 4) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">The faces of cancer at []
 * 5) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Nutrition for cancer prevention at []
 * 6) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Storybird at [|www.storybird.com] . Students will create a story about a specific childhood cancer. Coping skills for the patient, family and friends will be included.

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Elaborate (30 minutes) ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">*Each lesson above has an “extending the lesson”. These extensions should be utilized on a differentiating basis. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">* 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.

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Evaluate (15 minutes) **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Exit Ticket (Please see assessment page of this wiki.)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Assessment given at the end of each lesson above.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">3-4 paragraph essay addressing the explanation of the essential questions of the unit.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Teacher Observation
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Peer Assessment based on verbal answers of the essential questions.