Pharmacology Labs and Activities

Unit 1 introduction and History

• Lab 1: What is this Stuff?
  
• Activity1: Drug worksheet

Unit 2 Chemistry Review

• Lab 1: Molecular Geometry with Models
  
• Lab 2:  Milk Lab
  
• Lab 3: Paper chromatography Lab
  
• Lab 4:  Thin Layer Chromatography Lab
  
• Lab 5: Conductivity Lab
  
• Lab 6: Column Chromatography of Grape Kool-Aid
  
• Lab 7: Observing a Chemical Reaction

Unit 3 How drugs enter, exit and act in the body?

• Lab 1:Tongue Specificity activity simulates specificity of receptor sites
  
• Activity 1: Drug Activity Worksheet - Here Come the Judge: Drug Testing Urine and Hair
  
• Lab 2: Chemistry of nerve gas: How neurotransmitters work at specific receptor sites PEP activity

Unit 4 "The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology through the Study of Addiction"
(an NIH module, with worksheets and a CD available at http://science.education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/highschool.htm