Plan

Date	Time	Steps	Resources	Material	Change
1th March	90min	Make the cover of the presentation. Make the slide for half of the questions.	Computer Power point	IT lab
3th March	90min	Finish the other half of the question and star the design of the power point.	Computer Power point	IT lab
8th March	90min	Test the presentation and add more what I need.	Computer Power point	IT lab/ Home

Cr. A investigation

In technology class we are doing ‘invention and inventor’ unit. The Unit question of invention and inventor is ‘How do inventors come up with ideas and create their inventions’? Our final assessment is power point, essay or etc. We can choose what we want to do. When we are doing the final assessment we have to answer our unit question.
Beginning the class we choose our own topics. I choose aspirin. I don’t know any things about aspirin but I heard in many times so I choose it. And we get a worksheet for our own topics. And we made questions about the topics. We research the topic and answer the questions. And copy the URL and post with the questions. Basically we need to find how the inventor come up with idea and create the invention. I will use the power point for present my topic.
My test for my final assessment is
- Did I put all the information I found?
- The final assessment organized?
- Did I use the tools well?
- Did I do my best?
- The final assessment is look neat and easy to see?

Answers

What is the history of aspirin?

Between 460 B.C. and 377 B.C. Hippocrates use willow tea for his patients for ease their headache or fever. And then this knowledge was lost for several centuries. In 1758 Edmund Stone who is English scientist observed the willow leaves and bark could be used to reduce fever. In 1820s, salicin in willow plants relieved pain. In 1829 Henri Leroux who is French chemist extracted salicin form willow bark. In 1838 Raffaele Piria who is Italian chemist made salicin to salicylic acid. But this salicylic acid have problem. The problem is made a stomach upset. So in 1853 French chemist Charles Gerhardt added other ingredients. After add ingredients that reduce pain and stomach upset. In 1899 German chemist Felix Hoffmann made some of the formula and gave it to his father. His father was suffering from pain of arthritis. And the formula works so they start to sell it. In 1915 it was made in pill form.

Why scientists make salicylic acid to aspirin?

Salicylic acid have serious side effect. Salicylic acid reduce pain but it caused several stomach problems. So in 1853 Charles Gerhardt added other ingredients to reduce pain and stomach upset.

What does the name come from?

‘ A’ of aspirin came from acetylsalicylic. And other came from spirea.

What is the proper daily dose of aspirin and if someone takes more than that what happens?

81mg-325mg are proper daily dose of aspirin. If you overdoes the aspirin, that makes ringing in your ears, headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, confusion, hallucinations, rapid breathing, fever, seizure (convulsions), or coma.

What are the health benefits of taking aspirin?

If take aspirin every day, that prevent heart attack and stroke.

How much does aspirin cost?

Usually the 100 pill of Aspirin are $2 -$10. It's depends on amount of Aspirin.

How many aspirin used in year?

80 billion of aspirin table are used in a year.

What is the chemical formula of aspirin?

C₉H₈O₄(C-black, O-red and H-white)

Work sheet

Ancient peoples knew about the medicinal value of willow leaves. What other ancient remedies do people still use today?

Ginger – in ancient it’s for fever and cold.

Now usually make a tea. And the tea helps to make smooth gastrointestinal.

Honey – in ancient it’s for keep health and speed up the healing process.

Now it’s for make quicker the healing process.

Do you prefer to take medicine in liquid, powder, or pill form? Why do you think Bayer changed from a powder form of aspirin to pill form?

I prefer to take pill form. Other forms are hard to take. Also I need to taste more than pill. Powder forms are hard to carry and hard to take exact amount of drug. So I think Bayer changed from a powder aspirin to pill aspirin.

Aspirin is one of the most widely used drugs on the market today. List several other widely used drugs sold today. What are they used for?

Tylenol (acetaminophen) this is other widely used drugs sold today. This is used for almost same reason use aspirin.

Do you think drug companies should be able to advertise their products on T.V? Why of why not?

Drug companies shouldn’t be able to advertise their products on T.V. When drug companies advertise their products, they exaggerate the products. Usually the drugs are not able to buy without doctor’s permission. Only very few drugs are able to but without doctor’s permission. If drug companies advertise their drug, they can only the few drugs which able to buy without permission.

source

http://www.drugs.com/aspirin.html

http://www.aspirin.com/scripts/pages/en/aspirin_history/index.php

http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=105202

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin

http://health.howstuffworks.com/health-illness/treatment/medicine/medications/aspirin.htm

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4456

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_aspirin

http://kin.naver.com/qna/detail.nhn?d1id=7&dirId=703&docId=24482912&qb=7JWE7Iqk7ZS866aw7J2YIOqwgOqyqQ==&enc=utf8&section=kin&rank=1&sort=0&spq=1

ESLlibrary.com.Aspirin. Red River press inc, 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicylic_acid

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaspirin.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-fr-d-ric-gerhardt

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/daily-aspirin-therapy/HB00073

http://www.naturalalternative.net/natural-remedies/ancientremediesthennow.html