Lesson 4: Poison & Toxicology
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to explain how toxins are detected in biological samples and determine the lethal dose (LD50) for various substances.
When does a medicine become a poison?
HS-LS1-3: Maintaining homeostasis in the presence of toxins.
Reading (Synthesis). Comparing a medical examiner's report with a toxicology chart to determine Cause of Death
Analyzing historical cases of poisoning and graphing the metabolic decay of toxins in the blood.
(DOK 3.)
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A Toxicologist's Summary for a coroner, explaining the role a specific poison played in a hypothetical death.