Unit plan: From bees to bandages
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Overview
Students investigate the antibacterial properties of Manuka honey and use their results to produce a dressing that can be used on a wound to kill any bacteria infecting it.
Level:
Middle Primary
Upper Primary
Purpose:
To investigate how honey can heal wounds. To understand that Manuka honey contains a special factor, which makes it especially good at healing wounds.
To consider the problems that need to be overcome when making honey into a wound dressing for healing a range of wounds, including burns, ulcers, and surgical wounds.
To make a wound dressing from honey will be the main focus in this unit, as this aspect can be assessed in the classroom more easily than testing the effectiveness of the healing quality of the dressing.
