Topic:Muscular and Skeletal Systems (Parkinson’s Disease)
Subject:Philosophy
Volume: 3 pages
style: other
Type: research paper
Description
“Increasingly in science, infographics are being used to break down and simplify complex messages” says Gareth Cook, Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and series editor of the Best American Infographics.“ Science is a field where infographics are particularly useful and powerful, because there is so much drama, but it’s often hidden from human eyes or difficult to comprehend, says Cook. Visualizing data using charts is one way to turn information into something meaningful. Data is presented visually by students, clinicians and scientists as a way of conveying information. Doctors use charts to show and evaluate a patient’s weight or blood pressure as it changes over time. Schools use charts to report testing scores of their student population. Infographics capitalize on the usefulness of a chart and turn the presentation of “data” into something that is both creative and informative. The infographic shows you selected data in a nice, neat, and colorful format. Researching how Parkinson’s Disease affects the Muscular system and display key characteristics of this disorder to display in your infographic. You can present your data in any format that is most appealing to your audience and suitable for your infographic, which may include a pie chart, bar chart, line graph, etc. Answer the questions below. You will also design a graph to summarize the impact of your chosen disorder on your primary system and include this in your essay and within your infographic. 1) What disorder did you chose from the selection above? Introduce this disorder briefly to your audience. 2) What causes the disorder? What are the prevailing theories about cause if unknown? 3) How does this disorder impact the body system you described in your module one SLP? 4)What other parts of the body are affected by this disorder? 5) Are males or females more likely to be affected? 6) Approximately how many people in the United States are affected by this disorder each year? 7) How is this disorder treated? Create a graph to include in your essay and in your infographic. 8) Summarize one important aspect about your chosen disorder based on data from one of the following articles listed above associated with your chosen disorder (your data must come from one of the linked articles above associated with your chosen disorder). You can use excel or the following website for easy graph creation: https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
