Cells and Genetics Project

I am brainstorming a project related to cells and genetics. I would like students to research their family history to determine diseases that have afflicted their family. Students would then research a specific disease and complete a report and presentation. The goal of the report and presentation would be to have students determine as a group a possible service learning project they could complete.

The guiding question would be, "How do cells and genetics impact my health and daily decisions?"

Here is a possible progression of student activities:
1.) Traditional unit on cell basics.
2.) Traditional unit on basic genetics.
3.) Complete family health history research (through interviews with relatives). Create a pie chart of known relatives (grandparents or parents) with percentage of relatives known to have the disease.
4.) Collect 10 online resources about the science behind the specific disease. (Using delicious)
5.) Collect 2 offline resources about the science behind the specific disease. (Put on notecards)
6.) Create presentation describing the science behind the specific disease. Attempt to persuade fellow classmates to choose their disease as the focus of a service learning project the class works on together.
7.) Complete service learning project as determined by students.