Level 2 BTEC Applied Science Unit 7 Health

Level 2 BTEC Applied Science Unit 7: Health Applications of Life Science

Swab / Hand Agar Plates: 1. Observe your plates. 2. Draw a diagram of what you can see. 3. What did you find? Write a sentence or two about each experiment. Can you explain your results using science?

Lesson Objectives 1. Observe agar plates from last lesson and write a conclusion. 2. Describe how vaccines work 3. Understand the issues surrounding the use of vaccines.

Activity 1 Write a sentence that describes what a vaccine is.

Vaccines https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=rb 7 TVW 77 ZCs

Vaccinations • What diseases are we routinely vaccination against? • Can you make a list? . . .

NHS Vaccination Schedule • Read the NHS Vaccination Schedule, which gives details of all the vaccines administered throughout your life. • Transfer the information onto a timeline.

Timeline:

Advantages • Why do we have all these vaccines? • What is the benefit to a) The individuals? b) Society as a whole.

Disadvantages • What are the possible downsides to having vaccinations? • Discuss… • Possible side effects • May not be 100% effective in all cases • Mistrust in vaccines after links to other disorders.

MMR • Measles • Mumps • Rubella

MMR and Autism

Anti-Vaccine • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Rzxr 9 Fe. Z f 1 g

What do you think? Your task is to write an essay about vaccines. The title of the essay should be: To Vaccinate or not? Include the following: • An introduction to what vaccines are (how they work, common vaccines etc…) • The advantages to vaccinations • The reasons people might not trust vaccines. • A conclusion. (Sum up the issue and state your opinion, and why)