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Feel Better Faster: All about Flow Rate
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Woods, Michelle |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students determine which form of medicine delivery (pill, liquid, injection/shot) offers the fastest relief. Students study how long various prescription methods take to introduce chemicals into our blood streams, as well as use flow rate to determine how increasing a person's heart rate can theoretically make medicines work more quickly. All of us have felt sick at some point in our lives. Many times, we find ourselves asking, "What is the quickest way that I can start to feel better?" During this two-lesson unit, students study that question and determine which form of medicine delivery (pill, liquid, injection/shot) offers the fastest relief. This challenge question serves as a real-world context for learning all about flow rates. Students study how long various prescription methods take to introduce chemicals into our blood streams, as well as use flow rate to determine how increasing a person's heart rate can theoretically make medicines work more quickly. Students are introduced to engineering devices that simulate what occurs during the distribution of antibiotic cells in the body. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Vanderbilt University |
| Subject Keyword | Biology Life Science Antibiotic Medical Human Body Medicine Velocity Distribution Biomedical Flow Rate Legacy Cycle Microfluidic |
| Content Type | Text |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Resource Type | Syllabus |
| Subject | Biology |
