Name: _____________________________________________  Date: __________  Class: _______

 

 

Drawing Conclusions from the Faces of Cancer

 

 

Complete this worksheet as your class compiles the data from Team Summaries.

 

1. Conclusion One: Family History (does family history have an influence on cancer)

 

 

 

 

2. Conclusion Two: Relationship between cancer and age

 

 

 

 

3. Conclusion Three: Types of Cancer

 

 

 

 

4. Conclusion Four: Possible Risk Factors

 

 

 

 

Discussion Questions

  1. In this activity, all students in the class assumed the role of someone who developed cancer sometime in his or her lifetime.  Is this an accurate representation of the risk of cancer among the American population?  Explain your answer.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What explanation can you offer for the observation you made about the incidence of cancer compared with age?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is the most interesting or surprising thing you learned from this activity?  What is the most important?  Why?

 

 

 

 

Master 1.3