Banting & Best
Easy Readers
Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9β12
In this lesson, students read about Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best, the Canadian scientists who discovered insulin as a treatment for diabetes. They also answer comprehension questions and review vocabulary from the reading. Extra tasks are available in the digital lesson.
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Focus
topic-based
reading
medicine
biography
scientists
interpretive
Vocabulary
diabetes
increase
life expectancy
complain
surgeon
cure
isolate
hormone
pancreas
injection