Biology of Cancer – Video

For this assignment you are going to be working individually to create a short video focusing on the biology of cancer.  Each person will be assigned a separate type of cancer, and each video should be approximately 5 minutes.

Your video must include the following: *

  1. Information about cell division and cell growth in cancer
  2. How cancer cells differ from “normal” cells
    1. Include information about oncogenes, proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes
  3. Symptoms of your cancer
  4. Explanation of treatments for your cancer and how those treatments affect cancer cells and cell function (be very specific about the biology here!)
  5. Prevention of your cancer

* Images and all information must be cited using MLA format.
*Graphs and statistics should be included in the video.

Your video should not include text, except titles, picture/graph captions and citations at the end.  You should appear in the video, although you do not need to appear throughout.  You will need to submit the video, script and Works Cited.

Here is a helpful site to start your research: http://www.cancerquest.org/introduction-cancer-biology.html

This is not the only site you should use, but it has good, basic information to get you started!

You will be assessed according to the Biology of Cancer Video Criteria Rubric.  Make sure you check it for the requirements!

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