Warm Up: Have you ever taken an over the counter medication before? Have you ever had a side effect from that medication? What was the side effect? Do you read the labels of over the counter medications? Why or why not?
Vocabulary:
1. evidence – pieces of information gathered in an experiment
2. placebo – a control that simulates a medicine but does not have the active ingredient in it
3. qualitative data – properties or characteristics that are used to identify things
4. quantitative data – values that have been measured or counted
5. trade-offs – is something given up in selecting one alternative over another
Data: Notes on Medicine (skip a page for this)
Analysis/Conclusion:
1. What kinds of information are provided on the labels?
2. Sam decided to make a decision based on the information he has. Think about all of the options available to Sam. He could:
a. Drink liquids and wait until he feels better.
b. Drink liquids and take one of the medicines
c.Drink liquids and take a combination of the medicines
If you were Sam, what would you do? Assume that Sam’s medical history is the same as our own. Support your answer with evidence and identify the trade-offs of your decision. (hint: to write a complete answer, first state your opinion. Provide two or more pieces of evidence that support your opinion. Then consider all sides of the issue and identify the trade-offs of our decision.)
3.Explain whether you used more qualitative or quantitative evidence to make your decision. Support your answer with examples.
4.What are the trade-offs of taking a medicine when you feel sick?
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