CREW Calculations Math Days
To solve this problem you will use advanced math to work with weights, percents and arithmetic.
Description: You will calculate the correct dosage of medicine that animals of a certain weight need. Materials: pencil and basic calculator Activity 1. A newborn ocelot kitten needs a vaccination shot that is given in two doses two weeks apart. The dose for the drug is 1.6 ml/kg body weight. Each week the ocelot grows by 60%. Today the kitten weighs 2.3 kg. · If the first dose is given today, what is the required dosage? ______________ units
· What will the required dose be in two weeks? ____________________ units
2. CREW commonly uses a 0.9% saline solution (a dilute salt solution) for collecting tissues. If a scientist wants to make 20 liters of this solution, how many grams of NaCl would they need to weigh out in order to create a solution that is 0.9% saline in 20 liters? Answer: _______________ units
Academic Standards - OH Mth: A:(6:6,8,14) (7:4,7) (8:6) (9:4) D:(6:6) (7:8) KY Mth: A:(06-1.1.1) (06.1.1.2) (07-1.1.1) (07.1.1.2)(06-1.3.1)(07-1.3.1) (07-1.4.1) (081.3.1)(HS-1.3.1)IN Mth: Computation (7.2.1) (8.2.1) (7.7.3) (A2.8.4)
CREW Calculations, 2011
Math Days
