Project: Please Donate Blood!

Introduction

Your have been placed in charge of organizing a blood drive at your school. After polling the community, you found that many people did not understand how blood donations works, or how safe it was, and many people do not want to contribute. Your job is to create and imformational flyer or pamphlet that informs students and parents about blood donation, and will persuade them to donate blood.

Task

Design an informational flyer, poster, or brochure that helps the people in your community understand what will happen during a blood drive. The product should encourage those in your community to come to the blood drive and donate blood.

Process

You and your partner will research blood donation sites and compile information that will help people understand the process involved. As you research blood donation, consider the following questions:

Is blood donation safe?
What does a person have to do to become a blood donor?
What happens to the blood that is donated?
How is the blood drawn? Does it hurt?
How much blood can be given?
Does a person’s blood type matter?
Where does my blood go after I donate it?
How many people are benefited by blood donations? How is it used in hospitals?

 

Evaluation

		Not attempted	Needs Work (1)	Adequate (2)	Good (3)	Excellent (4)
	Explains pre-testing procedures
	Describes the process of donation and equipment used
	Explains how blood is tested (blood types)
	Discusses why blood donation is important to the community (what happens to the blood)
	Flyer is persuasive and creative
	Creative, Shows effort, ORIGINAL (overall)
	Images and other media are used effectively, and cited where appropriate
	Publication is legible, accessible, on time (details)
		Total Points_________________ out of 30

Credits: Test tubes from clker.com | Blood Drive Photo from biologycorner.com, picasaweb photostream