Pencil-and-Paper Activity:
Aspirin Quiz

Answers to Discussion
Relevant National Science Education Standards
Relevant New Jersey State Science Curriculum Standards

The questions in this quiz are designed to test the students' learning at various levels as well as to provoke them to use higher level analytic and synthetic thought. These questions may be used for assessment or as a self-test and study guide for the students. If you use this as an assessment activity, you may have your students write their answers on paper to be handed in or to have them e-mail their work to you.

Relevant National Science Education Standards

Unifying Concepts and Processes — The questions prompt the students to consider the interactions of the components of the chemical and biological systems involved in pain relief.

Science as Inquiry — The questions probe the students' understanding of the scientific method.

Physical Science — The questions concern chemical reactions as well as the relationship between molecular structure and macroscopic properties.

Science and Technology — The questions deal with the application of scientific knowledge and methods to solving practical problems.

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives — The questions deal with science and health, specifically pain relief.

History and Nature of Science — The questions involve the history of aspirin and pain-relievers and the people who made that history.