Designed for KS3 / KS2 or GCSE History of Medicine
A reading comprehension about Edward Jenner and the discovery of the smallpox vaccine, with additional detail on the eradication of smallpox by the WHO. Also contains two sets of questions aimed at a lower and higher ability group. Sorted into printable format.
Designed for high ability year 9 class. (key stage 3). Took them approximately 15 minutes to complete the majority of the questions.
National Curriculum:
Health, disease and the development of medicines
- body defences against pathogens and the role of the immune system against disease
- reducing and preventing the spread of infectious diseases in animals and plants
- the process of discovery and development of new medicines
Learning objective:
To understand the process undertaken by Edward Jenner in the discovery of vaccinations
Questions are separated into those for lower and higher ability students.
Higher ability questions give students prompts to explore scientific method (gathering data and peer review) and wider issues such as the use of diseases as bio-weapons.
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This is great thank you!
This resource is very useful for teaching reading comprehension about discoveries.
Great resource and useful for some of my ESOL learners looking at a career in medicine. Thanks again.
An excellent task to use in science when we are having a whole 'promoting literacy' day. Thanks
Thank you for uploading what looks like a really great resource. I will definitely use this with my KS3 classes. I think my higher ability students will really like to opportunity to put what they know to the test. I might just like to add some options in there for my lower ability students but it looks like it will lend itself quite well to some differentiation strategies. Thanks again.
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