How Drugs Work

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.05.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale and Objectives
  3. Background Information
  4. Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Activity 3 Dear Absent Classmate Letter
  7. Activity 4 Kinesthetic Activity on How Painkillers Work– Match Mine
  8. Activity 5 Jigsaw Cooperative Learning on the 4 OTC Pain Relievers
  9. Appendix
  10. End Notes
  11. Bibliography

Can You Pill It? Demystifying Painkillers

Marlene Mayor Gutierrez

Published September 2012

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