Animal Research and Medicine Safety - Lesson Plan, Worksheet (Digital & Print)

This science explainer video or reading activity lesson plan explores the topic of animal research for kids, so they begin to consider the idea of animal research and animal testing.

Students have done science experiments in school, but do they know that our medicine safety requires animal research testing? Do they know that animals used for testing help us learn? This video lesson plan is a good introduction to conversations about animal research ethics, and why animal testing is necessary.

Students will Consider:

- Preclinical research of any new drugs being developed

- Testing the effectiveness of these new drugs on living creatures

- How animal models are selected based on certain qualities

The bundle includes files in two formats to ensure all students can complete the lesson no matter what type of device they are working on.

- Digitally fillable PDF

- Printable PDF

- Google Slides Hyperdoc with fillable fields for students

⏳ Teaching Time

About 25 minutes with discussion

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Students using Chromebooks should download the free Chrome app DocHub.

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1 PDF file.