Printable Materials - Grandbuddies Project - A Health Resource for the Community Science Action Guide

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Student Worksheets
Student Survey - View of Aging	Questions pertaining to the student's view of elderly people to be filled out before the project begins and again at the completion of the project.
Inherited Traits Picture Chart	Annotated photos/illustrations of some common inherited traits.
Family Traits Worksheet	Data collection sheet for student use in researching inherited traits posessed by their family members.
Meeting 1 Interview Sheet	"When You Were My Age" questions with space for the student to note their Grandbuddies answers.
Meeting 1 Checklist	Checklist of planned activities for Grandbuddy/Little Buddy
Meeting 2 Interview Sheet	"Issues of Aging" questions with space for the student to note their Grandbuddies answers.
Meeting 2 Checklist	Checklist of planned activities for Grandbuddy/Little Buddy
Meeting 3 Interview Sheet	"Positives of Aging" questions with space for the student to note their Grandbuddies answers.
Meeting 3 Checklist	Checklist of planned activities for Grandbuddy/Little Buddy
Meeting 4 Checklist	Checklist of planned activities for Grandbuddy/Little Buddy
Activity Sheets for Aging Simulation Centers
"Fuzzy Eyeballs" Center	Activities for simulating visual difficulty with focusing
"What Did You Say?" Center	Activities which simulate partial hearing loss
"Butterfingers" Center	Activities simulating difficulties with feeling and touch
"What Color Am I?" Center	Activities which simulate loss of color vision
"Stiff Legs" Center	Activities for simulating loss of agility and flexibility
Pages for "Grandbuddies Book"
"Grandbuddies Book" Cover Page	Cover page for project Memory Book.
Grandbuddy Portrait Page	Student will draw a picture of his/her Grandbuddy on this page.
Little Buddy Portrait Page	Adult partner will draw a picture of his/her Little Buddy on this page.
Grandbuddy's Hand	Poem with space for tracing Grandbuddy's hand
Little Buddy's Hand	Poem with space for tracing Little Buddy's hand
Venn Diagram - "My Grandbuddy and I"	Preprinted Venn diagram to be used by the student and his/her "Grandbuddy" in a joint activity to demonstrate how they are alike and how they are different.
"What I Learned" Page	This page is to be used for the student to write a short synopsis. Story Starter: "Because of the Grandbuddy Project, I have learned that older people:"
Miscellaneous Documents
Grandbuddies Project Evaluation Sheet	Questions to be answered by older adult participants upon completion of the project for evaluation purposes.
"Family Traits" Letter	Sample of letter to parents explaining the "Family Traits Survey" homework activitiy.