Exploring cancer screening and diagnosis webquest

In this activity, students use text, diagrams, images and video clips to answer questions about cancer screening and diagnosis.

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

• gather, evaluate and synthesise information across a range of texts and media

• use content-specific vocabulary to understand texts

• discuss ways in which cancer cells differ from normal cells

• discuss different methods of screening and diagnosing some types of cancer

• consider some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods used to screen for breast cancer.

Download the Word file (see link below) for:

• introduction/background notes

• what you need

• what to do

• extension idea

• student handout.

Useful links

Te Aho o Te Kahu Cancer Control Agency is a government agency created in recognition of the impact cancer has on the lives of New Zealanders.

See the statistical publications and data sets on cancer on the Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora website.

Find out more about cancer with the New Zealand Cancer Society.

Below are some organisations involved in cancer research in New Zealand:

• Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre

• The Ferrier Research Institute

• The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

• Otgao University

Find out about Breast Screen Aotearoa – New Zealand’s free national breast screening programme for women aged between 45 and 69.

Read what the Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand has to say on mammograms and breast cancer screening.