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How Does Your Body Process Medicine? Instructional VideoHow Does Your Body Process Medicine? Instructional Video
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How Does Your Body Process Medicine?

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Watch a video that explains the loopy process medicine goes through as it is swallowed and how it reaches the bloodstream.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

medicine, human body systems, blood, the liver

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Include in a study of the human body systems or a lesson on drugs
  • Research different medicines and the time they take to enter the bloodstream, as well as their effects on the body's organs

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes learners are familiar with the human body system and organs in the body

Pros

  • Cartoons show the process in detail helping support the speakers presentation
  • Comes with the video, research links, a quiz, and discussion questions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.9-10.2 RST.11-12.2

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