Innovations in Healthcare:
Amazon Pharmacy
From prescription to delivery, discover how robotics, computer science, and people work together to help customers receive healthcare.
STEM + Career Focused
Students gain exposure to the careers of the future as they discover how professionals work together with computer science, artificial intelligence, and robotics to help customers get their prescriptions quickly and safely.
Aligned to Standards
The 40 minute, interactive tour is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards. The Teacher Toolkit includes a facilitation guide, worksheets, and other resources to support learning during the tour. Recommended for grades 4+.
Play it on Kahoot!
The fun, game-like tour will be available for FREE on Kahoot! to all interested classrooms and families. Students can play each other while learning about the recording process and streaming app development. No account required.
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Hosting a tour provides the best experience for classrooms with 1:1 devices. Educators run their own tour and enable students to compete against their classmates as they explore the technology and careers of the future behind the music industry. Host the full tour (30-40 min).
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For solo learners or classrooms without devices, use the link below to access the single player tour. Players move through the tour at their own pace and compete against previous players. Teachers can also project this tour on their big screen if they do not have student devices.
Our Teacher Toolkit provides educators with guides, worksheets, and other documents aligned to CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Use these materials to discover all the possibilities with computer science learning and careers of the future, and to set students up for success before, during, and after the tour.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will my class see on the tour?
On the tour, students will learn how computer science, machine learning, and robotics are changing the way people receive prescriptions through Amazon Pharmacy. Along the way they’ll meet two pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, process engineer, and applied scientist.
To learn more, visit the Amazon Pharmacy Toolkit and download the student learnings document.
To learn more, visit the Amazon Pharmacy Toolkit and download the student learnings document.
What CSTA standards is the tour aligned to?
Innovations in Healthcare: Amazon Pharmacy is aligned to the following CSTA standards:
- 1B-IC-18 Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.
- 1B-CS-01 Describe how internal and external parts of computing devices function to form a system.
- 1B-CS-02 Model how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks.
- 2-CS-02 Design projects that combine hardware and software components to collect and exchange data.
- 2-DA-08 Collect data using computational tools and transform the data to make it more useful and reliable.
- 3A-IC-24 Evaluate the ways computing impacts personal, ethical, social, economic, and cultural practices.
Concepts: Impacts of Computing, Algorithms & Programming, Computing Systems
Subconcept: Algorithms, Culture, Devices, Hardware & Software
Practices: Computational Problems
What NGSS Standards is the tour aligned to?
The tour is aligned to the following disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices:
- Cause and effect
- Patterns
- Systems and system models
- Stability and change
- Analyze and interpret data
- MS-PS1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
- 3-5 ETS1-1 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
- 5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
How much does this cost?
The tour, and all materials included in the accompanying Teacher Toolkit, are provided to teachers at no cost. You do not need a paid Kahoot! account to take the tour - sign up for a free teacher account on Kahoot! or utilize the solo play links on our website to play completely free.
How long is the tour?
The Innovations in Healthcare: Amazon Pharmacy tour is designed to take 40 minutes (~1 class period).
What grade levels can attend?
We recommend the tour for any grade 3 and above. The tour includes content accessible to each grade and teachers can use the Teacher Toolkit to adjust learning how they see fit.
Teachers of students below grade 3 may preview the tour using solo play to determine if it is appropriate for their students.
Teachers of students below grade 3 may preview the tour using solo play to determine if it is appropriate for their students.
What STEM topics will be covered on the tour?
The following STEM topics will be introduced and explained in real-life context during the tour: ingestion, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cells, automation, algorithm, input, processing, output, sensor, quality control, computer vision, human-computer interaction.
See the Teacher Toolkit to learn more.
See the Teacher Toolkit to learn more.
Can I share my screen to my remote learners?
Yes. For Kahoot!, you can either share your screen and students play on their own devices, share your screen and students play together as a class, or assign the Kahoot! to your students to complete individually.
What student data is collected?
We do not collect personal student information on the tour. If a teacher does have a Kahoot! accounts, they can assign the tour to their students to track their students’ progress, but individuals’ information is not shared with Amazon. During the tour, students will answer poll questions about their intent to persist in careers in STEM and their overall satisfaction with the tour. These questions are multiple choice and do not collect any PII from students.
Can individual students sign up by themselves, independent of a class?
Yes, absolutely. Individuals can access the tour through the Solo Play or Tour Independently links. Teachers may also assign the tour to students to play through Kahoot! and track their students’ data.
Why can't I see the videos when I play the tour in Kahoot! ?
We apologize for the inconvenience. Videos are embedded from YouTube, and if blocked by a firewall, will appear as black screens or not play. If your school has YouTube blocked, please have them whitelist the links to each video in the tour.
Who can I contact for questions?
Please reach out to afe-contact@amazon.com for any questions.
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