BREAST CANCER

BREAST CANCER Paper details: Informational Booklet Please see attachment for in" rel="nofollow">instructions If writer needs access to UMUC library please let me know and I will text the access pass code Written Assignment 2: Informational Booklet Topic: Genetic Disorder – BREAST CANCER Choose and research a topic related to human biology. Imagin" rel="nofollow">ine that you are creatin" rel="nofollow">ing a small booklet that will become available at a local health clin" rel="nofollow">inic. The booklet should be educational and understandable by the general public. This assignment is to prepare the text and graphics (if applicable) for the booklet in" rel="nofollow">in an APA-style paper format. National Human Genome Research Institute list of specific genetic disorders: http://www.genome.gov/10001204 Assignment criteria 1 Fin" rel="nofollow">ind at least five recent sources (in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, books, journals, and the Internet). You can fin" rel="nofollow">ind assistance with searchin" rel="nofollow">ing for articles at the UMUC Library Subject Guides at http://libguides.umuc.edu/science. You may not use onlin" rel="nofollow">ine encyclopedias as a source more than once. Do not use Wikipedia as a reference; its in" rel="nofollow">information is unreliable and unsuitable for scholarly work. All source material should be paraphrased or summarized in" rel="nofollow">in your own words and cited in" rel="nofollow">in your text. You should have no more than one direct short quote (less than 40 words) and no long quotes (more than 40 words) in" rel="nofollow">in your paper. Do not recycle a paper form another course. 2 Write six to eight 8.5" x 11" pages of text (min" rel="nofollow">inimum 1500 words), excludin" rel="nofollow">ing references and graphics (if usin" rel="nofollow">ing). Use Times New Roman font size 12, 1-in" rel="nofollow">inch margin" rel="nofollow">ins, double-spaced text (APA format). 3 Use APA style for citin" rel="nofollow">ing references in" rel="nofollow">in your text and in" rel="nofollow">in the reference list (see http://www.umuc.edu/library/guides/apa.html). Cite all in" rel="nofollow">information that is not common knowledge in" rel="nofollow">in your text; cite all in" rel="nofollow">information from your sources in" rel="nofollow">in your text in" rel="nofollow">in APA style. Cite all graphics in" rel="nofollow">in APA style. 4 The sections of your booklet paper should be divided in" rel="nofollow">into section with headin" rel="nofollow">ings that in" rel="nofollow">include a title; an in" rel="nofollow">introduction that defin" rel="nofollow">ines or describes your topic and what current/ongoin" rel="nofollow">ing research has discovered about this topic; background in" rel="nofollow">information on what healthy organ system(s) is/are affected by the topic; the mechanism of action (e.g., how does the topic disrupt homeostasis? how does a disease spread and in" rel="nofollow">infect a person?); its symptoms and how it is diagnosed; current treatment options; conclusions; and your references. You may in" rel="nofollow">include additional section headin" rel="nofollow">ings as necessary to cover your particular topic. Please keep in" rel="nofollow">in min" rel="nofollow">ind that the audience for your in" rel="nofollow">informational booklet is the general public. Your explanations and uses of evidence, illustrations, or other defin" rel="nofollow">initive details should be appropriate for the reader; your language should aid the reader's understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the subject (in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing defin" rel="nofollow">initions where appropriate); you should use in" rel="nofollow">information logically, and provide conflictin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence and research where appropriate. Cite all sources of in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in the text in" rel="nofollow">in APA style. Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing ? Your in" rel="nofollow">informational booklet paper will be graded accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to the followin" rel="nofollow">ing criteria and gradin" rel="nofollow">ing rubric: 5 Content (40 percent) Your paper must be written in" rel="nofollow">in your own words and it must relate to your selected topic. You will be graded on the in" rel="nofollow">information you provide as well as the credibility of the sources you cite. The fin" rel="nofollow">inal score on the in" rel="nofollow">informational booklet paper is contin" rel="nofollow">ingent upon a satisfactory report from anti-plagiarism services (Turnitin" rel="nofollow">in.com). Assistance with evaluatin" rel="nofollow">ing web resources can be found at (http://www.umuc.edu/library/how.shtml). 1 Contribution (50 percent) ?Your paper must be written in" rel="nofollow">in words that are in" rel="nofollow">informative and educate the reader. You will be graded on clarity and accuracy of content, and on whether the in" rel="nofollow">information you provide is based on what you have learned from your listed source articles. 2 Form (10 percent) You are expected to write a paper with proper formattin" rel="nofollow">ing, spellin" rel="nofollow">ing, and grammar. All source in" rel="nofollow">information must be cited in" rel="nofollow">in your text and listed in" rel="nofollow">in the references in" rel="nofollow">in APA style.