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INTRODUCTION
If you were a car, what type of condition would you be in? Would you be in tip-top shape? Would you need an oil change? Would you be considered junk?
Similar to an automobile's need to have its oil and other liquids changed regularly and kept at the correct level, humans must also properly maintain themselves. If a car is not properly maintained, and driven too fast or too hard, it could cause serious if not permanent damage to the car and the life of the engine. The same goes for humans. If humans do not monitor their lifestyles they could affect their livelihood as well as their lifespan. One of the main factors of a human that affects their life is their blood pressure.
Studies show that High Blood Pressure affects many Americans but the problem is often not recognized until it is almost too late. Based on scientific and health findings, it is understood that High Blood Pressure usually develops, and therefore can be prevented, during the early stages of life. It is important for our youth to develop the healthy habits necessary to prevent High Blood Pressure because many of our lifelong habits develop at an early age.
This WebQuest will allow you to use the web as an additional tool to your textbook to gain a thorough understanding of blood pressure and its affects on your life. Upon completion of all the lessons in the WebQuest, you will apply what you learn in a means to visually describe how your health would be described by a mechanic if you were an automobile. To Top of Page
There are a total of nine assignments involved in this WebQuest that will help you gain a strong understanding of Blood Pressure as well as ways to prevent, monitor, and treat instances of high blood pressure. You will have the opportunity to use the Internet as a research tool, create group PowerPoint presentations from your research findings, check your own blood pressure, and learn how to interpret your blood pressure measurements. You will use the resources given to you throughout the WebQuest to gather information to create a table comparing your health attributes to what how they would be described if you were a car (with your blood pressure as the main determinant because it is affected by and affects so many other parts of the body). You will also have the option of gaining extra credit if you draw a diagram of an automobile that represents your health labeling each part and its function. To Top of Page
Each of the 9 activities is to be done in sequential order. Read the information in the right column of the table below to get an understanding of what you will be doing in each lesson. Click on the appropriate "Assignment" link to access the assignment directions. Once you have met all the criteria for each assignment, you may move on to the next one. The cue for knowing when you have completed an activity is when you have reached the bottom of the page at the link named "Back To Student Page." (Of course the "Back To Student Page" link can be used at anytime, but it is also the cue to move on).
| To begin the lesson, you will first test your knowledge of blood pressure through a short online-quiz (not penalized for your score) prior to learning additional information. As you go through each lesson, your knowledge of blood pressure will increase and upon completing all lessons, you will revisit the quiz and compare your scores before and after the lesson. Click on the link to get instructions on your pre-test. | |
| Assignment #2 | Now that you have seen what you need to learn, let's take a moment and get familiar with the chapter and terminology involved in understanding Blood Pressure. Click on the link to get instructions on this portion of the WebQuest. |
| Assignment #3 | You have now been introduced to Blood Pressure and the terminology that accompanies the chapter. Now we are going to allow you a chance to increase your understanding via the Internet. Because Heart Disease is the number one killer of Americans and there are so many ailments that affect or are affected by heart disease, studies and articles on similar issues are constantly being presented to increase the awareness. In your next assignment, you will read an article from CNN.com which will give you important information to be aware of dealing with High Blood Pressure. Click on the link to get instructions for this portion of the WebQuest. To Top of Page |
| Assignment #4 | From the information found on CNN.com, you are going to create a PowerPoint presentation. Your teacher will place you into groups of 3 or 4 people to work as a team to complete the presentation. Click on the link to get further instructions on how this presentation will be created. |
| Assignment #5 | To this point, we have covered the essential terms and knowledge base of understanding Blood Pressure in its relationship to your body. You are now going to allow you to monitor you own blood pressure. Each day for the next eight days, your teacher will call you over in alphabetical order to allow you to take your blood pressure. The first day, each of you will learn to operate a sphygmomanometer. Click on the link to get instructions for this portion of the WebQuest. |
| Assignment #6 | You are probably wondering by now, what your blood pressure reading really means. Well, here is the answer... Click on the link to get the instructions for this portion of the WebQuest. |
| Assignment #7 | You have now learned the major tools necessary to understand blood pressure. This part of the unit will be two-fold. You will first integrate your MS Access database into MS Excel so that you can create charts to analyze your blood pressure results over the last 8 days. Click on the link for further instructions. |
| Assignment #8 | Now visit the quiz you took at the beginning of the WebQuest and retake. Record your results in the table in the file "Pre-Quiz." Compare your results. Click here to go to the online quiz |
| Assignment #9 | It is time to become an automobile. You have learned everything from blood pressure terminology, to how to interpret your blood pressure readings. Now you are going to pretend you are an automobile and match up your research findings with certain components of an automobile, and determine how a mechanic would describe you. Click her for the final assignment description |
EVALUATION
Each assignment will have a grading criteria to accompany them so that you are aware of all expectations needed to be met. The majority of the assignments will follow the same criteria, but the two large assignments (Assignment #4 and Assignment #9) will have their own rubric attached to them to follow for grading. The total of all the grades will be compiled to get an overall grade for the WebQuest. The scores can be found in the link below.
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Congratulations. You are now a Blood Pressure Expert. You have learned the terms that deal with Blood Pressure, the affects of Blood Pressure on your everyday life and the affects of your everyday life on Blood Pressure, and you have learned how to analyze Blood Pressure readings. Hopefully your final analysis of you as a car was a good one. If not, you should be able to understand what needs to be done to bring yourself up to tip-top shape so you will pass inspection next time. Now you can share this information with everyone you know and love so that we can all live a happy, healthy life together.