Using evidence to solve a medical mystery

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Last updated 02 April 2013, created 19 July 2010, viewed 2,343

Students work in groups to look through evidence collected by Semmelweis in order to solve the mystery of why women were dying after childbirth. The lesson plan contains a detailed description of the lesson.

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childbed fever evidence pack.ppt (1mb, Powerpoint document)
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Semmelweis lesson plan.doc (33kb, Word document)

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KS4 / Biology / Health / Infectious disease (161)

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Brilliant, really gives a human aspect to the history. from SallyJohnstone, 17 July 2012	(report comment)	5 out of 5
Fantastic. I have also uploaded a Semmelweis worksheet which goes with the BBC3 video clip which would be good to show with yours. thank you from mtowns, 20 July 2010	(report comment)	5 out of 5
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