third part of science lesson looking at drugs. this lesson looks at drugs in sports. what are they, how they differ from illegal drugs. what constitutes a banned substance with examples. this has two activities, one looks at what impact the different types of banned substances could have on an athlete. activity two the class get given examples of failed drugs tests, what punishment would the class give. it then moves onto how health living can enhance an athletes potential (including education) with some real life examples. I hope you have enjoyed all three science lessons

follow up science lesson understanding drugs. it starts with looking at how we know the medicines we take are what they say they are. Brief look at QA labs in pharma companies, MHRA and FDA. then onto chromatography and how it separates out medicines, with a look at HPLC. finally our own way of looking at chromatography with the famous blotting paper and felt pen experiment.