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Learning From Animals Lesson PlanLearning From Animals Lesson Plan
Publisher
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr 30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Video
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Learning From Animals

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This Learning From Animals lesson plan also includes:
  • Learning From Animals (.html)
  • Student Worksheet (.pdf)
  • Lesson Glossary (.pdf)
  • How are Animals Essential to Research?
  • Sulfanilamide Disaster, FDA Consumer Magazine, June 1981 (.pdf)
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Is all research on animals bad? Learners use a video to understand how animal research benefits humans. Pupils read about a drug modification turned deadly and the result of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Scholars use a variety of resources to research questions about animal research.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

animals, researching animals, scientific research, vaccinations, drugs, bioethics

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Lead a debate on the ethics of animal research

Classroom Considerations

  • The video is available here, not at the link in the resource
  • Serves as the first in a short, two-lesson unit on biomedical research

Pros

  • Provides background information and instructional notes for teachers
  • Includes an answer key for the assessment

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.11-12.4 RST.11-12.7 WHST.9-10.2.a WHST.9-10.2.b WHST.9-10.2.c WHST.9-10.2.d WHST.9-10.2.e WHST.9-10.2.f WHST.9-10.5 WHST.9-10.9 WHST.11-12.2.a WHST.11-12.2.b WHST.11-12.2.c WHST.11-12.2.d WHST.11-12.2.e WHST.11-12.5 WHST.11-12.9 HSS-ID.A.1 HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.3 HSS-ID.A.4 HSS-IC.A.1 HSS-IC.A.2 HSS-IC.B.3 HSS-IC.B.4 HSS-IC.B.5 HSS-IC.B.6

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