10 Groundbreaking Discoveries in Medicine Article and Worksheet

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Students read about the 10 biggest medical breakthroughs of all time!

Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE options to assign!

In this activity, students will:

• READ about the 10 medical breakthroughs that saved millions of lives and changed human health forever.
• ANSWER text-dependent questions – no prior knowledge required!

This resource is the PERFECT science sub plan because:

• No prior knowledge is required – all of the answers to questions appear in the text.
• The content is suitable for any upper middle school or high school science course.
• An answer key is included, so your sub can easily review the correct answers.
• This activity can be assigned both on paper with the included PDF or directly through Google Classroom. A Google Slides version is included!

Medical Breakthroughs Included:

1. Vaccines
2. Anesthesia
3. Germ Theory
4. Medical Imaging
5. Blood Transfusions
6. Insulin
7. Antibiotics
8. Organ Transplants
9. Stem Cell Therapy
10. Antivirals

Teacher Notes:

• The link to the Google Slides version is included in the downloadable PDF.
• Please note: This discoveries in medicine article is NOT editable.
• Answer key is included.