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How Aspirin Was Discovered Instructional VideoHow Aspirin Was Discovered Instructional Video
Publisher
TED-Ed
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
5:45
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2017
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How Aspirin Was Discovered

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Got a headache? Here's some willow bark! Young scholars discover the origins of aspirin that date back 4,000 years. They see that chewing this willow bark became known for its pain relief properties and was the precursor to the aspirin of today.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

medicine, the history of medicine

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Create an interdisciplinary lesson with social studies by considering additional historical events during the same period
  • Use the dig deeper activity as a resource for advanced pupils

Classroom Considerations

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Pros

  • Provides a summary of the lesson as well as additional questioning supports
  • Allows for the addition of user-created questions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.7

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