This topic takes on average 55 minutes to read.
There are a number of interactive features in this resource:
This resource provides support for a series of lessons on medicines – what they do and how to use them safely.
It looks at how medicines are discovered, developed and tested through the eyes of a little girl called Ellie.
The story is told through the eyes of a little girl who feels poorly, falls asleep and dreams about how a medicine is made. Her dream journey takes her from a visit to the doctors to the scientists who come up with new chemicals which might act as medicines.
The story has simple, bright illustrations inspired by children’s own drawings. Teachers can edit the story if they wish to adapt the resource for their own needs.
The PowerPoint is available in English, Welsh (Southern and Northern versions).
This is a cut and paste activity with scenes from the story. There are two versions to allow for differentiation – one without any text and one with very short pieces of text. The activity reinforces the science about medicines presented in the story, and also offers pupils the opportunity to develop cross-curricular skills such as ordering and sequencing events, looking for the chronological and logical orders of events and recalling a story.