CLC Medical School: Health Fair

		Diseases and Conditions Health Fair
Design an exhibit area for our Diseases and Conditions Health Fair that includes: Large format poster Public service announcement Comic book or coloring book (geared for our community's younger siblings) Hands-on demonstration/experiment List of local resources A virtual patient Large Format Poster Guidelines Goal: Your poster is meant to be written in layman's language. That means your writing should be at a fifth/sixth grade level. (Copy and paste your paragraphs into the box at this site and then check the 'readability' level.) Define what the disease/condition is. List/explain the symptoms of the disease/condition. Tell how a doctor will diagnose the disease/condition. List/explain treatment options for the disease/condition (medicine, therapy, alternative). Explain the causes of the disease/condition. Describe preventative health care measures that will help someone to avoid getting the disease/condition. Include a medical diagram of the major body system (healthy view) impacted by the disease/condition. Include a medical diagram showing the impact of the disease/condition on the body. View sample large format posters at Diseases Explained. Here are the templates you can download for your trifold: Main Panel Both Side Panels Public Service Announcement/Advertisement Guidelines Goal: Your PSA should educate the general public about the name, the definition, symptoms, and resources related to the disease/condition. Your information should be presented in a 30 second segment. The PSA should be designed to be suitable for both TV and radio formats. Use only copy write free audio and visual elements. Include a slogan. Include accurate contact information (e.g. the national hotline, local support group, etc.). Techniques: target audience, famous spokesperson, testimonial(s), repetition Formats: Flash, GarageBand Podcast, iMovie View an example of an audio PSA about the H1N1 flu from the CDC. View an example of a video PSA about meningitis. Use this planning guide to help you to make your movie. Comic Book (Coloring Book) Guidelines Goal: Create a 'take away' comic book about your disease/condition. Use Comic Life to design your comic book. The reading level of your comic book should be at the third grade level. Include basic information about the definition, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of the disease/condition in your cartoon. Include resource information (for parent use) at the end of the comic book. View the cover of a comic book that teaches children about different types of vision to get ideas about how to design the cover of your comic book. Hands-on Activity Guidelines Goal: From our research, we know that the general public needs to be encouraged to stop and read a poster, comic book, or listen to a PSA when visiting a health fair. Your challenge is to 'hook' your audience into your display area with an interactive activity. The goal of your activity is to help the general public to become aware of the disease/condition and to make them want to learn more. Experiments Sample Experiment: Which Antacid Can Neutralize The Most Stomach Acid? Games Flash Arcade Game Generator Word Board Game Templates (Use Fireworks to design your game board (24 x 24 max. and Pages to design your playing cards - use the business card templates) Quia Game Generator (User Name: Deborahswartz, Password: Brando1) Study Stacks Activity (Login: teamdk, Password: werock) PuzzleMaker List of Local Resources Goal: Create a 'take-away' list of resources that someone in Center County can use to find out more about the disease/condition. Find local resources in a local phone book, on line, or through your local doctor/hospital. Use a business card template in Pages to design your 'take-away' list. Virtual Patient Goal: Create a virtual patient for our health fair visitors to diagnose and suggest treatment options. Without revealing your patient's disease/condition, create a web page about your patient that will let our health fair visitors assess how much they have learned while visiting your display area. Put the following information on your web page: Give your patient a biography that reveals his/her name, age, gender, general health, occupation, place of residence, other health issues, etc. Create a graphic representation of your patient. Create 'hot spots' on your patient's image. When a cursor is rolled over these spots, a list of your patient's symptoms should be revealed. The steps to creating these hot spots is located at the bottom of the skeletal system page. Create a diagnosis button and a treatment button that will reveal the correct diagnosis and treatment options for your virtual patient.

Design an exhibit area for our Diseases and Conditions Health Fair that includes:

Large format poster
Public service announcement
Comic book or coloring book (geared for our community's younger siblings)
Hands-on demonstration/experiment
List of local resources
A virtual patient

Large Format Poster Guidelines

Goal: Your poster is meant to be written in layman's language. That means your writing should be at a fifth/sixth grade level. (Copy and paste your paragraphs into the box at this site and then check the 'readability' level.)

Define what the disease/condition is.
List/explain the symptoms of the disease/condition.
Tell how a doctor will diagnose the disease/condition.
List/explain treatment options for the disease/condition (medicine, therapy, alternative).
Explain the causes of the disease/condition.
Describe preventative health care measures that will help someone to avoid getting the disease/condition.
Include a medical diagram of the major body system (healthy view) impacted by the disease/condition.
Include a medical diagram showing the impact of the disease/condition on the body.

View sample large format posters at Diseases Explained.

Here are the templates you can download for your trifold:

Main Panel

Both Side Panels

Public Service Announcement/Advertisement Guidelines

Goal: Your PSA should educate the general public about the name, the definition, symptoms, and resources related to the disease/condition.

Your information should be presented in a 30 second segment.
The PSA should be designed to be suitable for both TV and radio formats.
Use only copy write free audio and visual elements.
Include a slogan.
Include accurate contact information (e.g. the national hotline, local support group, etc.).
Techniques: target audience, famous spokesperson, testimonial(s), repetition
Formats: Flash, GarageBand Podcast, iMovie

View an example of an audio PSA about the H1N1 flu from the CDC.
View an example of a video PSA about meningitis.
Use this planning guide to help you to make your movie.

Comic Book (Coloring Book) Guidelines

Goal: Create a 'take away' comic book about your disease/condition.

Use Comic Life to design your comic book.
The reading level of your comic book should be at the third grade level.
Include basic information about the definition, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of the disease/condition in your cartoon.
Include resource information (for parent use) at the end of the comic book.
View the cover of a comic book that teaches children about different types of vision to get ideas about how to design the cover of your comic book.

Hands-on Activity Guidelines

Goal: From our research, we know that the general public needs to be encouraged to stop and read a poster, comic book, or listen to a PSA when visiting a health fair. Your challenge is to 'hook' your audience into your display area with an interactive activity. The goal of your activity is to help the general public to become aware of the disease/condition and to make them want to learn more.

Experiments

Sample Experiment: Which Antacid Can Neutralize The Most Stomach Acid?

Games

Flash Arcade Game Generator
Word Board Game Templates (Use Fireworks to design your game board (24 x 24 max. and Pages to design your playing cards - use the business card templates)
Quia Game Generator (User Name: Deborahswartz, Password: Brando1)
Study Stacks Activity (Login: teamdk, Password: werock)
PuzzleMaker

List of Local Resources

Goal: Create a 'take-away' list of resources that someone in Center County can use to find out more about the disease/condition.

Find local resources in a local phone book, on line, or through your local doctor/hospital.
Use a business card template in Pages to design your 'take-away' list.

Virtual Patient

Goal: Create a virtual patient for our health fair visitors to diagnose and suggest treatment options.

Without revealing your patient's disease/condition, create a web page about your patient that will let our health fair visitors assess how much they have learned while visiting your display area. Put the following information on your web page:

Give your patient a biography that reveals his/her name, age, gender, general health, occupation, place of residence, other health issues, etc.
Create a graphic representation of your patient.
Create 'hot spots' on your patient's image. When a cursor is rolled over these spots, a list of your patient's symptoms should be revealed. The steps to creating these hot spots is located at the bottom of the skeletal system page.
Create a diagnosis button and a treatment button that will reveal the correct diagnosis and treatment options for your virtual patient.