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Helpful Microorganisms
Students study how some microorganisms are helpful and practical in foods. They work with microorganism in a number of food, such as yeast in bread and yogurt.
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Safety measures in the Home: for Children and Adults
Young scholars investigate drug safety in the home and how to prevent drug abuse.
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Drugs And The Law Opinion Poll
Students are given statements about the war on drugs and they are to decide if they agree or disagree with them.
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Abstaining from Drugs
Young scholars state refusal skills to promote abstinence from tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. They work in cooperative teams to complete a blindfolded race through an obstacle course by identifying refusal skills.
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War on Drugs, "RIP"
Young scholars watch the episode of Investigative Reports examines the losing battle countries worldwide are conducting against the drug trade. Because of the lucrative profits of the drug trade, authorities cannot end the illegal...
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Tying it all Together
Students study an article on drugs in their society. For this investigative lesson students create their own concept map.
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Drug 101-150 Word Search Puzzle
In this literacy worksheet, students practice looking for the words that are related to the idea that is focused upon in the sheet. The skill of spelling is used and vocabulary increases.
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Red Ribbon Locomotor Stations (for Drug Free America Week)
Students are introduced to the Red Ribbon campaign. In groups, they travel between a stations to discover how to stay away from drugs and how to say no. To end the instructional activity, they practice their locomotor skills to...
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Dreamweavers
Students watch a commericial on the brain due to substance use. They print their dreams on pieces of construction paper and share them in small groups. As a class, they weave their peces together to make a product
representative of their...
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A Man of Integrity and Courage
Students read one of the most important articles in modern medical history on the importance of conducting research in an ethical manner that includes participants who give informed consent.
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Safe Use of Medicines
Students discover medicine and its uses. They identify types of medicine and examine rules for taking medicine. Students determine people who are appropriate to help with the safe use of medicines.
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Inhalants
Students explore the effects of inhalants on their bodies. Using role-;laying, worksheets and responses to stories, students describe how decisions about inhalant use may affect their favorite activities.
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No Call for Alcohol
Students discuss the effects of alcohol on the human body. In groups, they role-play making an argument for them not to drink. They write their own fictional situation involving drugs or alcohol and other groups practice it using a...
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The Other Drug War
Students develop critical thinking skills as they construct arguments for one of the three debates described in the lesson on "The Other Drug War."
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Drugs in Schools: Preventing Substance Abuse
Learners evaluate substance abuse problems at their school and then create solutions for the problems.
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Drugs
Students participate in various activities dealing with prescription drug bottle vocabulary and modals. They discuss legal and illegal drugs, complete a vocabulary worksheet, and write sentences using the correct form of modals.
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Peer Pressure Drug Pushers
Pupils participate in a role-play activity to determine how easily drug pushers can sway students to do things they normally wouldn't do.
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Up in Smoke
Students use PowerPoint, Internet research, scanners and desktop publishing to create a multimedia presentation on the dangers of smoking.
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Strive to Survive
Students identify the effects of drugs on the reward system by completing a collection activity.