Due Date _______________
Name _____________________________
Disease Wanted Poster Project
For this project, you will spend 2 days in class researching your specific disease to find the answers to the
following questions. After your research is complete, you must create a “Wanted Poster” for your disease.
You can use any kind of paper you choose (poster board or simply a piece of white typing paper). I can by
typed or hand written.
The wanted poster must contain the following information:
1. The name of the disease
2. Any other names there are for the disease (Nickname, abbreviations, scientific name of pathogen (ex: The
common cold is caused by a virus called “rhinovirus”)
3. The type of pathogen that causes the disease (bacteria, virus, protist, or fungus)
4. The organ or system in the human body that the disease affects
5. The symptoms
6. How the disease is transmitted (How can you catch the pathogen?)
7. The treatments that are available for the disease (vaccines, medications, cures)
8. At least one other fact - could be a statistic or maybe a famous person who had the disease.
Disease Wanted Poster Grading Rubric
2 points
1 points
0 points
Other Name(s)
Correctly identified
Is missing a major name
Incorrect or missing
Type of Pathogen
Correctly identified
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Incorrect or missing
Organ or System Affected
Correctly identified
Is missing a major organ or
system
Incorrect or missing
Symptoms
Correctly identified
Is missing a major symptom
Incorrect or missing
Transmission
Correctly identified
Treatment
Correctly identified
Other Fact
Has one
Spelling and Grammar
No Mistakes
Neatness and Creativity
Works Cited
Very neat and
has picture of disease
Has at least 2 sources
PROPERLY cited;
1 online and 1 print
TOTAL POINTS
/20
Is missing a major mode of
transmission
Is missing a major
prevention/treatment
Has one, but it is the same as
another question
Incorrect or missing
Incorrect or missing
Incorrect or missing
1-2 mistakes
3 or more mistakes
Not as neat or no picture
Sloppy and no picture
Has at least 1 source
PROPERLY cited, or has 2
sources IMPROPERLY cited
Has 1 source IMPROPERLY
cited or
Has NO sources cited
LETTER GRADE
Disease Research Websites – You may NOT use Google or any other search engine for your website…you must
use one of the following reputable sites:
KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org
Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov