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Ashley's Story
From Genetic Disorders UK, these resources look at how eleven year old Ashley lives with Treacher Collins Syndrome, a genetic disorder which affects facial features. The film and activities in this collection are linked to the following curriculum areas: * Key Stage Two science: understanding personal development, health and wellbeing: listening to and reflecting on other people’s views and feelings. * Key Stage Three citizenship: engage with and reflect on different ideas, opinions, beliefs and values when exploring topical and controversial issues and problems. * Key Stage Two mathematics: discuss, sort and order events according to their likelihood of occurring.
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Ashley's Story
This video features eleven year old Ashley, who has Treacher Collins syndrome. This means he was born without a jaw, cheekbones and ears. Ashley talks about how he tackles the daily challenges that his symptoms present and the bullying that he has experienced as a...
Chance Factor
This activity uses every day scenarios, as well as the chance of inheriting a genetic disorder, as the context for practicing how to:
* calculate simple probabilities and express them in terms of fractions, decimals...
Make a Feelings Character
This activity looks at how to identify and draw facial expressions which are related to feelings. By exploring Treacher Collins Syndrome, a genetic disorder which affects the face, children can discuss how someone’s facial characteristics might affect their ability to...
Sound Survey
Using the context of what it would be like for a child with hearing difficulties in school, children develop a set of survey questions to assess the noisiest places in school and work in small groups to survey the site and map their findings.
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