How Drugs Work

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.05.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Student Demographics
  3. Objectives
  4. Rationale
  5. Background
  6. Strategies
  7. Activities
  8. Appendix A: Teacher Resources
  9. Appendix B
  10. Appendix C: Implementing District Standards
  11. Endnotes
  12. Annotated Bibliography

Caution! Drug Diffusion Underway: Using Inquiry to Understand How Drugs and the Body Interact

Valerie J. Schwarz

Published September 2012

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Appendix C: Implementing District Standards

Science

4.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which

a) distinctions are made among observations, conclusions, inferences, and predictions;

b) objects or events are classified and arranged according to characteristics or properties;

c) appropriate instruments are selected and used to measure length, mass, volume, and temperature in metric units;

d) appropriate instruments are selected and used to measure elapsed time;

e) predictions and inferences are made, and conclusions are drawn based on data from a variety of sources;

f) independent and dependent variables are identified;

g) constants in an experimental situation are identified;

h) hypotheses are developed as cause and effect relationships;

i) data are collected, recorded, analyzed, and displayed using bar and basic line graphs;

j) numerical data that are contradictory or unusual in experimental results are recognized;

k) data are communicated with simple graphs, pictures, written statements, and numbers;

l) models are constructed to clarify explanations, demonstrate relationships, and solve needs; and

m) current applications are used to reinforce science concepts.

4.5 The student will investigate and understand how plants and animals, including

humans, in an ecosystem interact with one another and with the nonliving components in

the ecosystem. Key concepts include

a)plant and animal adaptations;

Math

4.6 The student will

a) estimate and measure weight/mass and describe the results in U.S. Customary and

metric units as appropriate;

4.9 The student will determine elapsed time in hours and minutes within a 12–hour

period.

4.14 The student will collect, organize, display, and interpret data from a variety of

graphs.

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