Subject:
Science –Geography
Title
of the Unit: Pharmacy
Level:
B1.2.
Age:
12-15
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CONTENT
AIMS
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LANGUAGE
AIMS
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- learn about Pharmacy production in EU
- learn about
the history of pharmacy
- learn about the most important discoveries in
pharmacy
- reflect on the importance of pharmacy
- learn and discuss the alternative medicine and
homeopathy
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- review and enrich vocabulary on pharmacy
- review Past Simple Tense and imperative, recommendations
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boost S’s
awareness of the benefit of taking part in discussions
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First five minutes:
Review:
refresh the vocabulary
on Pharmacy production.
Advanceorganizer: present the tasks for the lesson to get the S’s ready and familiar with
the topic
Goal: Learn about pharmacy and its impact on the world economic
Resources:
students’
presentations,
video youtube, powerpoint
presentation
Activities:
reading texts and answering questions
true or false activities
filling in gaps with grammatical tasks
filling in gaps with lexical tasks
watching a video and comprehensive
tasks
Anticipated problems/solutions: Internet access- not available or other technical
problems
DETAILED SESSIONS
SESSION 1.
- A scene, performed by the students, introducing
the topic and refreshing the vocabulary
SESSION 2.
- A PowerPoint presentation on Pharmacy and its goals
- A comprehensive exercise, matching words and
definitions on the topic
SESSION 3.
- History of pharmacy
Session 4.
- A PowerPoint presentation on the discoveries in
Pharmacy
- A lexical and grammar exercise on penicillin discovery.
Session 5.
- A video on Pharmacy production
Session6.
- A quiz on the topic of Pharmacy
Used materials:
Match
the words and definitions
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Spices
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A
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is the
scientific study of methods of preparing medicines and drugs used for
treating medical conditions.
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Prescription
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B
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is a formal
promise to do something
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Pharmacy
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C
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is wet earth
that is soft and sticky
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Bark
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D
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a piece of paper
that a doctor gives you and says what type of medicine you need
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Mud
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E
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are used in
cooking and they have a strong taste and smell
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Oath
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F
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is the outer
covering of a tree
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Fill the table with your
answers:
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1.
Leaves,
mud and dry clay were used by early man to heal wounds.
2.
The
Greeks started to treat diseases in a logical way instead of believing in
spiritual explanation.
3.
“The
Father of Medicine”- Hippocrates was philosopher, physician and pharmacist.
4.
The
first Pharmacy shop in the world was in Baghdad about 792 B. C.
5.
University
education was first required during the Renaissance.
6.
Physicians
did not take pharmacists seriously and they were in the same guilds with
spicers.
7.
Roots,
bark and herbs were used but controlled by the government during the Empiric
era.
8.
During
the Renaissance new chemical medicines were made and drugs were exported to the
Orient.
9.
The
first hospital was started in England.
10.
Phenobarbital
and morphine were discovered in 20th century.
11.
Industrial
manufacturing was done to meet the needs of pharmaceutical products to treat
wounds after the two world wars.
12.
The
New Horizon Era in Pharmacy is based on the DNA technology.
Fill the table with your
answers:
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KEY ANSWERS:
1.F(not clay);
2.T; 3.T; 4.F( 792 A.D.); 5.T; 6.T; 7.T;
8.F( imported from the Orient); 9.F (in USA); 10. F (19th century);
11.T; 12.T
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F
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T
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F
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T
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F
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LIFE SAVER
Penicillin
was the first antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections successfully. A
bacterial infection is caused when bacteria multiplying the body. (A) -----------------------------------
Before
the discovery of penicillin, many people suffered and died from bacterial
infections that are not considered dangerous today. (B)---------------------------------------------
Alexander
Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. (C) -----------------------------------------------------
He
noticed that a blue-green mould was growing on a plate culture of the bacteria,
Staphylococcus. The mould was dissolving bacteria around the plate. He decided
to grow the mould and found that it produced a substance which could kill
bacteria. (D )-----------------------------------------------------------------
In 1939, a group of scientists at Oxford
University developed Fleming’s research and realized the importance of
penicillin as a life-saving drug.(E) --------------------------------------------------
Penicillin made a big difference in the
number of deaths and amputations caused by infection. In 1945 Alexander Fleming
was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
Read the text about penicillin and answered the
questions:
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Who discovered penicillin?
2.
.Why was penicillin an important discovery?
The following sentences (1-5) are missing from the
text. Where do they go? Label them with the correct position (A-E).
1. For
example, simply cutting your hand could be fatal!
2. He
named this substance penicillin.
3. Fleming
was a bacteriologist working at St. Mary’s Hospital in London.
4. An
antibiotic can attack, kill and prevent these bacteria from multiplying.
5. During
the Second World War, the medical industries in the USA and Great Britain
worked together to produce large quantities of penicillin.
Fill the table with your
answers:
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Quiz on the video
1.Robert Kernstock is
A) a
pharmacist
B) a
scientist
C) a
doctor
2.R. Kernstock thinks
A)
it is cool to be a doctor at school
B)
it is boring to work in a hospital
C)
it is cool to be a scientist where medicines are made
3. Scientists are
A)
restricted to certain jobs
B)
everywhere nowadays
C)
only in laboratories
4.Robert’s job at Astellas Pharma is to
A)
measure the drugs
B)
prescribe the ingredients for medicines
C)
search for new chemicals for drug making
5.Medicines are discovered and made
A)
from things found in nature
B)
in laboratories by scientists
C)
both
6) A pharmaceutical company
A)
produces medicines
B)
develops medicines
C)
produces, develops and sells medicines
7.) The first step in making a medicine is
A)
to discover the potential one
B)
to check if it is safe
C)
to test it
8)
Before testing the drugs on volunteers :
A)
they are tested on animal cells
B)
human cells
C)
both
9.
The final stage - the approval process is fulfilled
A) only after the animals are cured
B) once the drug has shown to be safe
C) if there is necessity
10. The whole process can take a total of
A) 10 years
B) 5 years
C) from 10 to 15 years
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