Cancer+Clusters

**Engage (30 minutes)**
 * __Unit 1: Cancer Clusters__**

**Videos related to cancer clusters at []** *Choose one or two videos to capture the attention of the students. **Explore (60 Minutes)** Essential Questions: Related Activities:
 * Can we prove that cancer clusters exist?
 * What should we do about cancer clusters found throughout the world?
 * What is the relationship between specific geographic regions and diagnosis of cancer?
 * 1) Cancer Clusters at []
 * 2) Biomedware Software at []
 * 3) Cancer clusters in America at []
 * 4) Families against Cancer Clusters at []
 * 5) **Cluster Busters at** []
 * 6) [[file:Explore Activity One caclusters.pdf]]
 * 7) [[file:explore ca cluster 2.pdf]]

**Explain (60-90 minutes)** **Lesson Plans**
 * 1) **Chernobyl at** []
 * 2) A Case Study of “The Civil War” at []
 * 3) Alarming Frogs at []
 * 4) Chemicals, the environment and you at []
 * 5) **Cluster Busters at** []
 * 6) And Justice for All at []

**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. This should be completed in essay format.**

**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 (Use essay rubric on assessment page).
 * Teacher Observation
 * Peer Assessment based on verbal answers of the essential questions.
 * Presentation (Use presentation rubric on assessment page).

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