Activity
Cancer definitions
In this activity, students define four key cancer terms. The aim is to produce accurate definitions identifiable by their peers.
Cells and cancer
Dr Catherine Koleda, explains what happens to the cells in your body when you have cancer.
Rights: The University of Waikato
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
define the terms ‘tumour', 'malignant', 'benign’ and ‘cancer’
use the terms accurately within cancer-related discussions.
Download the Word file (see link below ) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
student handout
extension ideas.
Related content
This article, What is cancer? can give some good background information to this activity.
For explanations of some of the key concepts encountered when exploring medical imaging see See-through body – key terms.
Published: 12 May 2008Updated: 7 February 2013
