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Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs---Smoking Health Risks

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the negatives effects smoking can have on health. They look at advertisement to determine the effects of smoking on one's images. Working with a partner they make a paper bag puppet to use in role play. Finally,...
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Peer pressure

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify ways to cope with peer pressure to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. They use selection from Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain.
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Cannabis and Young People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars identify, analyze and characterize smoking and young people. They try to consider why young people take drugs to begin with. In addition, they point out the effects and risks of cannabis smoking with young people. They...
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Cause and Effect

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify the effects of using drugs, alcohol and tobacco. They work together in groups to list the harmful effects of each substance. They share their harmful effects with the class.
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Enzymes

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders observe enzyme activity. They discuss the relationship between drug use and enzyme activity.
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Biology: Humans as Organisms

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine body systems. In this biology lesson, students explore the roles of different body systems and discover the effects of smoking, drugs, alcohol, exercise, and good nutrition on human body systems.
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Peer Pressure Response

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students come up with different ways to respond to their peers asking them to drink alcohol or to try or do drugs. They write what they would do (if it were them) in that type of situation and list all the possibilities they can think of.
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Substance Abuse/Addiction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine addictions and the effects on people around them. They identify the characteristics of addition and indicators of alcohol abuse. They complete a worksheet for homework.
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Promoting an Anti-Smoking Campaign

For Teachers 4th - 5th
While this presentation provides a useful way to explore persuasive writing and launch an anti-smoking campaign, it is incomplete. A teacher could use this resource as a template for a more complete lesson involving a discussion of...
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Motor Learning and Memory

For Teachers 4th - 12th
What do our brains have to do with reaction timing? Everything! In a hands-on learning activity, young scientists participate in four card activities that measure reaction timing. Each activity gets progressively more complex, and...
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Simulating the Spread of an Infectious Disease

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this health worksheet, students identify various infectious diseases and explore the available options for stopping or preventing the spread of disease. They participate in a simulation experiment on how to measure and prevent. There...
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The Blood Flow through the Heart and Body

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars discuss the importance of the circulatory system and how drugs and alcohol can affect our bodies. They interact with a CD ROM and then outline their bodies and label the parts of their heart and the blood vessels...
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Olympic Flyers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students watch videos, conduct research, and apply their previous knowledge of respiration, breathing, drugs, alcohol and diet to prepare a presentation (pamphlet, poster, PowerPoint) to give advice to athletes going into the Olympics.
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The human barometer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read the story: 9-year-old girl dies on railway line. They engage in the 'Human Barometer': Collect a range of names of dangerous activities from the class. For example: skateboarding, waterskiing, bungee jumping, climbing,...
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Poetry and Hip Hop

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
High schoolers compare and contrast the genres of poetry and hip-hop. They view a poetry slam and write about it in their journals. Learners view a Lauryn Hill music video and respond to it in their journals. They compare and contrast...
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Social Skills Central

Ready, Set, Respond!

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
When faced with a difficult situation, do you respond selfishly, face it head on, or ignore the problem? This game encourages learners to evaluate the wide range of reactions we can have to problematic situations, and how our responses...
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Anti-Smoking Jingle or Rap

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read information about tobacco and describe the problems associated with smoking. They work in groups to create a presentation to discourage teenagers from smoking. They present their songs to the class and digitally record...
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Photo Cartoons: How To Give A Compliment

For Students 1st - 4th
Help learners develop the ability to offer appropriate, meaningful compliments to others—an essential social skill. Here you'll find a quick photo cartoon illustrating a right and wrong way to give a compliment, as well as a brief...
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Boating Safety

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students are introduced to the safety procedures to follow while boating. After taking a quiz, they complete open-ended questions about boating accidents in Illinois. They discuss as a class how those accidents could have been prevented.
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Developing Adolescents

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Why to young people act the way they do? Scholars investigate the stages of adolescent development incorporating high school psychology techniques. Using research from the American Psychological Association, they uncover the five areas...
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The Music and Message of Lauryn Hill

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the music of artist Lauryn Hill and analyze the way she uses her music in a socially responsible manner. In this music artist lesson plan, students read the lyrics to Hill's songs and listen to some example songs....
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Peer Pressure

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the social impact media plays in relation to peer pressure. In this peer pressure lesson plan, 11th graders listen to Afroman's "Lets All Get Drunk" and read the lyrics. Students write about the song and view a...
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Substance Abuse Prevention

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate the impact of substance use and abuse in society and the workplace. They identify support services in the workplace which deal with substance abuse. They create an "ideal" policy statement governing substance...
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MICROBES 1: WHAT'S BUGGIN YOU?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use existing knowledge of microbes, focusing on the relationship between microorganisms and foodborne illness, as well as the implications that foodborne illness has on human health.

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