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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Appendix

California Content Standards: Chemistry

Reaction Rates

8. Chemical reaction rates depend on factors that influence the frequency of collision of reactant molecules. As a basis for understanding this concept:

b. Students know how reaction rates depend on such factors as concentration, temperature and pressure.

c. Students know the role a catalyst plays in increasing the reaction rate.

d. Students know the definition and role of activation energy in a chemical reaction.

Graphic Organizer for the Jigsaw Strategy

Name of OTC drug: _________

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