Learning Task 5

Summing Up Chronic Disease Prevention

Background

This assignment will ask students to summarize their findings over the past few weeks and present them to their peers. This will prepare students for their Final Project.

Included in this lesson:

• Student Fact Sheet
• Tips for conducting a useful interview
• Tips on public speaking

Research Task

Provide each group with the 4 short papers they have completed on chronic disease. Ask them to outline two or three main points from each paper. These main points will be the basis for the Summary they will write. Ask students to prepare a 5-10 minute presentation from the summary. Allot time for presentations and questions.