GCSE Medicine L18 - The Creation of Penicillin

This lesson contains:

• A starter to study Alexander Fleming’s petri dish and to describe what they see and what it might show.
• A brief background of the research and work on Pasteur, Snow, Lister and Koch that led to the research by Fleming on Penicillin, and the need for it because of the spread of staphylococcus.
• A useful YouTube video that gives an overview of the discovery of penicillin and the later contributions of Florey and Chain. Students then have an A3 worksheet (or A4 if you need to) with the chronology of events and gaps to complete with a word bank at the bottom. This is extended by determining the factors that led to the discovery, either war, individuals, government, increased technology or chance.
• An overview of how penicillin became the first mass produced drug, and then students determine who had the biggest influence on the creation of penicillin. There is an exam question, and support sheet, available do this.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 1 x Word File
• 1 x Publisher File