Science Class February 1st-5th
Week 19: Life Science Week 10 – Science and Medicine
Please note that Studies Weekly may provide students with a project and/or activity that involves materials. These activities are optional and can be done at home with parent support if you and your child are interested. They are not required.
Objective - Students will be learning about how medicine has helped extend human life span and how advances in science has made than possible.
Monday – Online Students Should Join the Zoom Class at 2:35
Vocabulary; pasteurization, vaccine, antibiotic, anesthetic
Students should review & write down the vocabulary words & definitions for the week. Afterwards, students will create a Frayer Model for each vocabulary word. The Frayer Model has been explained & students will have an example to view. The PDF of these words has been posted into Teams. Please go to Science, then click on the “Vocabulary” Channel on the left-hand side. Next, click files at the top. There is a PDF entitled “Science Vocab. Week 19”. Students should write these definitions in their notebook, then complete the Frayer Model. There is also a PDF entitled “Vocabulary Frayer Model” to which students may refer.
Begin the “Who was Hippocrates?” Worksheet. This is found in the Science Teams Classwork tab under your students’ name.
Tuesday - Online Students Should Join the Zoom Class at 2:35
We will begin the investigation of the Science of Medicine. We will read and discuss the following articles:
- The Magic of Medicine
- Good ol’ Honey as Modern Medicine
- What’s on the Medicine Shelf?
Wednesday – Articles & Worksheet/Activity Online Students Should Join the Zoom Class at 2:35
Students should read the following articles on Studies Weekly and answer the comprehension questions at the bottom of each article. The articles are titled:
- Is There a Dr. In the House?
- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
- What is a drug?
After reading the Articles and the follow-up questions we will take a more in-depth look at the work of Louis Pasteur, by viewing the following video. We will tie in the need for GRIT and Determination by looking at his work.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/how-solving-this-medical-mystery-saved-lives/
Complete the “Who was Hippocrates?” Worksheet/Activity if not already done.
Thursday – Online Students Should Join the Zoom Class at 2:35
We will review the articles from the previous day and go over answers to student questions. We will be reading these articles during class time and, as always students should answer the comprehension questions after each article.
- Lullaby and Goodnight
- Living Longer
- Testing Medicine’s What are the Rules?
- Lets Investigate -------Students should answer the questions in the Let’s Investigate Article and create a document on the Science Teams page to record their responses.
Friday – (graded assignment) No in-person classes
Complete the Week 10 Life Sciences Quiz on www.studiesweekly.com. Students are permitted to go back to the articles to reread in case they have forgotten something!