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Newsletter/Brochure for Athletes: Create a newsletter or brochure designed to influence and educate young athletes about the dangers of heat stroke. Make it personal and compelling by incorporating information about Korey Stringer, Eraste Autin, and others who have been hurt or killed by heatstroke. Tell what happens to the body when it becomes severely overheated. Explain the risk factors, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Include a write-up of the survey results obtained by the Investigative Reporter (graphs would be a great touch). Most importantly, explain what steps athletes should take to prevent heatstroke from happening to them. Make sure that your writing is clear and easy to understand as well as accurate. A glossary or list defining some important technical terms would be useful to your audience. Note: You might need two newsletters for athletes; one for middle school/high school age and one for younger athletes.
Newsletter/Brochure for Parents: Create a newsletter or brochure designed to influence and educate parents about the dangers of heat stroke. Make it personal and compelling by incorporating information about Korey Stringer, Eraste Autin, and others who have been hurt or killed by heatstroke. Tell what happens to the body when it becomes severely overheated. Explain the risk factors, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Include a write-up of the survey results obtained by the Investigative Reporter (graphs would be a great touch). Most importantly, explain what steps parents should take to prevent heatstroke from happening to their child. Make sure that your writing is clear and easy to understand as well as accurate. A glossary or list defining some important technical terms would be useful to your audience. Note: It would be great to have Spanish or other pertinent language versions of this newsletter available for non-English speaking parents.
Newsletter/Brochure for Coaches: Create a newsletter or brochure designed to influence and educate coaches about the dangers of heat stroke. Make it personal and compelling by incorporating information about Korey Stringer, Eraste Autin, and others who have been hurt or killed by heatstroke. Tell what happens to the body when it becomes severely overheated. Explain the risk factors, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Include a write-up of the survey results obtained by the Investigative Reporter (graphs would be a great touch). Most importantly, explain what steps coaches should take to prevent heatstroke from happening to their players. Make sure that your writing is clear and easy to understand as well as accurate. A glossary or list defining some important technical terms would be useful to your audience.
Create Posters for Locker Rooms: Create graphically interesting, artistic posters that can be placed in locker rooms or other athletic facilities. The art and the copy (writing) should be eye-catching. Make sure the information is concise and accurate. Explain the risk factors, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Include the survey results obtained by the Investigative Reporter. Most importantly, explain what steps athletes should take to prevent heatstroke from happening to them. Make sure that your writing is clear and easy to understand as well as accurate.
Create a Skit and Present It: Write a script and act it out. Present the skit at a school assembly, team meeting, or other forum where you can educate athletes, coaches, and parents. Make the skit entertaining and informative. Make sure to convey the necessary information. Tell what happens to the body when it becomes severely overheated. Explain the risk factors, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Plan to include simple costumes and props. Rehearse until your group looks and sounds professional. You might need to recruit other students to play roles. Note: The skit could easily be turned into a video. This would make it easier for many groups to see it.
Create a Multimedia Presentation (and give a talk): Script and deliver a talk about heat stroke. Use PowerPoint or another multimedia authoring program to make slides to accompany your presentation. Explain the risk factors, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Include the survey results obtained by the Investigative Reporter. Most importantly, explain what steps athletes, coaches, and parents should take to prevent heatstroke fatalities. Give this talk to a group of athletes. Note: You might need two presentations for athletes; one for middle school/high school age and one for younger athletes. Also, the presentation could be given to Rotary, Lions, or other adult service organizations. It might inspire them to help fund heat safety equipment for local teams.
Create an Interactive Multimedia Presentation: Use a multimedia authoring program (like PowerPoint or Hyperstudio) or a web-authoring program to make an interactive multimedia presentation. This presentation could be loaded on computers in classrooms and libraries. Students would sit down at a computer and click through the presentation. Include opening slides/cards/pages that introduce the topic in attention-getting fashion. Include a menu slide/card/page with links to information slides about risk factors, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. Make sure to include a section for the survey results obtained by the Investigative Reporter. Most importantly, create slides/cards/pages that explain what steps athletes, coaches, and parents should take to prevent heatstroke fatalities. You may want to add music, narration, and other special touches to this. An end-of-presentation self quiz (with links to the answers) would be great.
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