You should complete ONE of the following three tasks:

Antibiotics

Task
You need to research antibiotics and make a presentation to teach other people in the class about them. Your teacher will tell you:

  • whether you will be presenting to a small group or to the whole class and
  • what sort of presentation to produce (e.g. poster, power point etc)

YOU MUST
  • Find out about how penicillin was discovered
  • Describe where and how it was first developed for medical use
  • Explain what penicillin is used for

YOU SHOULD
  • Explain how different antibiotics have been developed
  • Find out about the first patient treated with penicillinAntibiotic pills

YOU COULD
  • Explain how penicillin works to interfere with bacterial growth
  • How antibiotic resistance occurs
  • Explain what MRSA is and how/why it is a problem
  • Explain about problems of antibiotic allergies

Web sites
http://inventors.about.com
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk
http://www.americanscientist.org
http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.link.med.ed.ac.uk


Aspirin

Task
You need to research aspirin and make a presentation to teach other people in the class about it. Your teacher will tell you:

  • whether you will be presenting to a small group or to the whole class and
  • what sort of presentation to produce (e.g. poster, power point etc)

MUST
  • Find out about how aspirin was first discovered
  • Recount how aspirin has been developed as a world-wide drug
  • List the types of ailments aspirin is useful for treating

SHOULD
  • Describe the side effects of aspirin
  • Find out which sorts of patients should not take aspirin
  • Point out the advantages and disadvantages of alternative types of pain killersAspirin pill


COULD
  • Find out the chemical structure of aspirin
  • Describe how aspirin works to block pain within the body

Web sites
http://inventors.about.com
http://www.aspirin-foundation.com
http://www.medinfo.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk


Statins

Task
You need to research statins and make a presentation to teach other people in the class about them. Your teacher will tell you:

  • whether you will be presenting to a small group or to the whole class and
  • what sort of presentation to produce (e.g. poster, power point etc)

MUST
  • Explain how statins help to lower cholesterol
  • List the diseases that statins are designed to prevent
  • Provide examples of foods that contain cholesterol

SHOULD
  • Describe the side effects of statins
  • Explain what LDL cholesterol is
  • Describe how cholesterol is transported around the body
  • Provide historical details of how statins were discovered/developed

COULD
  • Explain why statins lead to these side effectsStatin pills
  • Explain why statins should not be prescribed to people with certain diseases
  • Explain what HMG Co A reductase is

Web sites
http://www.bupa.co.uk
http://www.nice.org.uk
http://www.bhf.org.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk

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