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Drugs and Safety Precautions
Drugs can both help and harm depending on how they are used. Fifth graders complete a learning exercise that provides background information on prescription drugs. They read the text and then describe why medication manufacturers label...
National Association of School Nurses
Learn to Be Smart and Safe with Medicine
Begin educating young people on how to be smart and safe with medicine. Use a set of workbook pages to explore what symptoms are, uses for medications, how to read prescription and over-the-counter medicine labels, and who to trust when...
PBS
Stories of Painkiller Addiction: Myth or Fact
Are opioids the most abused drug after marijuana? How hard is it for young people to obtain painkillers without a prescription? Middle and high schoolers explore the growing epidemic of opioid addiction with a lesson that prompts them to...
Discovery Education
Malachi's Medication
What's on a prescription medicine label? After learners practice measuring Malachi's prescribed dosage for his medication, they collaboratively discuss and explain why measuring it with the proper measuring tools is essential. Young...
Curated OER
Drug Sales Soar - Rate of Change
In this prescription drug worksheet, students answer short answer questions and create graphs on the sales of prescription drugs over a five year span. Students complete six questions.
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Pain Relievers Comprehension Quiz
In this pain relievers comprehension quiz worksheet, 10th graders read the information of drug labels for aspirin and acetaminophen, then answer 15 multiple choice questions, answers included.
Generation Rx
Medication Safety Patrol: Activity Stations
Four stations challenge scholars to show what they know about the safety of taking and storing medications. Small groups rotate to read and answer questions regarding prescriptions drugs, examine prescription labels, identify appropriate...
Curated OER
Chemistry 116 Exam 2 Summer 2009
Written for an introductory organic and biochemistry course, this exam will challenge your class. They label functional groups and stereocenters on drawings of molecules, draw structures given the name, complete drawings of chemical...
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Nursing Test with Solutions
In this nursing test learning exercise, students review prescription calculations as they respond to 60 multiple choice equations with the solutions provided below each question.
Curated OER
Are We Taking Drugs that are Safe?
Pupils compare ideas and make a value judgment about medications and their reliability.
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Understanding the Steps in a Process
Students read, "Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: FAQs", and discuss with questions embedded in the lesson plan.
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Health Medicine Lab
Dtudents become familiar with medicine labels for common drugs and medicines. They rotate from station to station in a group of 2 or 3 people and find the answers to questions.
Curated OER
Which Medicine To Take?
High schoolers demonstrate the appropriate way to read a medicine label. They read and interpret dosing instructions for both prescription and over the counter medications. Students discuss the usage of over the counter medications...
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Breaking News English: Medicine
In this medicine worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
Curated OER
Safety Lesson
Students review or introduce personal safety concepts in a variety of areas common to the lives of students.