You'll be feeling no pain when you add this little video to your lesson on the the integumentary system, nervous system, or biochemistry. The star of the show lectures on the process of sensing pressure and pain, as well as on the science and history of analgesics. You probably would only want to use this with high schoolers who have some exposure to biochemistry.

Concepts

the central nervous system, human body systems, biochemistry

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Additional Tags

pain, analgesic, biochemistry, nervous system, opiate, science

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Classroom Considerations

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• In addition to footage of Mr. Green speaking are graphics of the associated molecules, photos, and text of highlighted terms
• An enriching lesson for advanced biology learners
• A bit of humor is injected which keeps viewers listening
• Links to reference websites provided in the About tab

Cons

• None