Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Do Bread and Beer Have in Common?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars are presented with information that will allow them to recognize that yeasts are unicellular organisms that are useful to humans. In fact, their usefulness is derived from the contrast between the way yeast cells and human...
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Other

Do It Now: Alcohol How Drinking Affects Health

For Students 9th - 10th
This pamphlet takes a look at the health effects of moderate drinking and how the average drinker can become a problem drinker.
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Other

Do It Now: Children of Alcoholics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site looks at the problems of children of alcoholics and what they can do to get help.
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Other

Mind: Understanding the Psychological Effects of Street Drugs

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the dangerous psychological effects of drugs and alcohol.
Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Learning About Drugs and Alcohol Through Biotechnology [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what role genetics plays in why people become drug and alcohol abusers, and investigate how biotechnology can help shape the future of medications used for addicts.
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Other

Partnership for a Drug Free America: Drug Guide for Parents [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know the drugs teens abuse? This drug guide shows the top thirteen drugs most commonly abused by teens, including their street names, photos, effects, and signs of abuse.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Pbs: Moyers on Addiction: Real Life Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS online presents six stories illustrating the struggle undergone by both adults and teens. Each individual story describes a unique perspective on the substance they abused and how it adversely affected their lives.
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National Institutes of Health

Niaa: Drinking and Your Pregnancy

For Students 9th - 10th
Originally published in a brochure, the information at this website provides facts about fetal alcohol syndrome. Read about how alcohol use during pregnancy can harm a child for life.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide (Third Edition)

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Institute on Drug Abuse created a guide on the principles of drug addiction treatment. That guide is available here online. It's meant to help individuals answer questions such as finding the most effective methods of...
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Other

Streetdrugs.org: Education Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about individual drugs. Targets students, parents, teachers, law enforcement officials, and health professionals.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center

Fas Community Resource Center: Triumphant March

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about John Kellerman, a man born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, who, despite being born with both brain and heart damage, not only survives but also earns his high school diploma. Read about the beginning of his life, his supportive...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center

Fas: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about a 1996 study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Learn about how FAS is caused and detected, and how this disease can affect one's physical and cognitive development. Included, are recommendations for preventing FAS through...
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Prenatal Drug Exposure and Drug Abusing Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read findings based on clinical studies and medical research which focus on prenatal drug exposure and its short-term and long-term effects. Learn about how methamphetamine, cocaine, and alcohol can cause problems for developing...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Community Resource Center

Basic Facts About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, find facts about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND). Learn statistics about pregnant women and drinking and about the ways in which FAS and ARND affect a child's physical...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cellular Respiration and Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lessons and their associated activities explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. Yeast cells are readily obtained and behave predictably, so they are very appropriate to use in middle school classrooms. In the...
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Brain Power! The Nida Junior Scientist Program

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This program uses scientific techniques to examine how drugs effect the brain. Its ultimate goal is to present students with the negative effects of substance abuse and show the benefits of staying substance free. Each of the lessons...
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Other

Partnership for a Drug Free America: Drug Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive, current source of drug information, including drug descriptions, slang terms, effects on the body, pictures, and federal classifications for over 40 commonly abused drugs.
Activity
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Nida for Teens: Facts on Drugs

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive website covers many drugs, legal and otherwise, that teens may encounter. Find out the various names used, the effects, and much other information teens need and want to know about drugs.
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Other

Positive Choices: Decision Making and Problem Solving: Class Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The aim of this activity is to teach students the steps involved in effective decision-making/problem-solving. This skill is a useful skill for students to learn, as it will assist students to consider all the options that are available...
Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Esophageal Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about esophageal cancer. Included are sections on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Stomach Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of stomach cancer. Provides information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and much more.
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Other

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University offers a unique think/action tank that engages all diciplines to study every form of substance abuse as it affects our society. The site organizes and provides...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: What You Need to Know About Drugs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students are curious about drugs and this is a simple site that delves into what they need to know: what drugs are good and what drugs are harmful, what are illegal drugs, like heroin and marijuana, and why are they illegal. The authors...
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USA Today

Three Factors Threaten Teens

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn main reasons why teenagers experiment with illegal drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes. This article provides statistics about teen drug abuse, discussion questions, and a writing activity.