Current health events

All students will be required to do a Current Health Events presentation during the trimester. Students have selected the date of their presentation. The presentations will begin next Friday. The requirements for this assignment are as follows:



Health information is constantly changing. It is important to keep current on news that will affect the health of ourselves and our families. This trimester, we will be sharing current health information with the class. Each student will be responsible for finding an article to summarize and share with the class. The following steps should be taken to complete this assignment:

1) Find a current health article! The article can be about any type of health information. Your article should come from one of the following sources: a newspaper, magazine or a reliable website such as cnn.com, chicagotribune.com or usnews.com
Be sure to cut out or print the article, it will need to be turned in with your summary!

2) Write a summary! The summary should explain what the article says, in your own words. You should be able to understand all of the words that you write in your summary! Please, don't write anything that you don't understand! In addition to explaining what the article is about, you should write a paragraph that explains your opinion on the topic. The summary needs to be typed (size 12, Times font, double spaced and at least 1 page long!)

3)Present your information to the class! You will be sharing your article and summary with the class on your assigned day. Make sure that you fully understand what the article is about so you can explain it to our class. Please keep your presentation to 2-3 minutes!