Research indicates that marijuana can negatively affect coordination and judgment, making it dangerous to drive while under the influence. But does it increase the risk of car crashes? An informative fact sheet describes the ways...

What does the media tell the teenagers about using marijuana? Help class members decipher what they are being told about drug use with a lesson on editorial cartoons, subliminal messages, and critical thinking skills.

Students examine the effects of teen drinking. In this personal health lesson, students research alcohol's effect on the teen brain. Students discuss their findings about the alcohol-brain connection and create brain maps.

Fifth graders study the components and function of the nervous system. They investigate how engineers design biomedical equipment to assist the nervous system and explain how the five senses are affected during spaceflight.

Sixth graders investigate peer pressure, gangs, drinking, and using drugs. In small groups, they conduct research, develop, edit, and write a three-minute script, and perform the script for the class.

Students experience the effect of sensory stimulation through a guided visualization. They explore possible genetic relationships between drug addiction and the nervous system by reading and discussing, "Genetic Studies Promise a Path to...

In this current events worksheet, students read an article about cannabis reducing depression and complete eight true or false questions, 10 synonym matching questions, and a cloze activity based on the article.

In this ethyl alcohol worksheet, students read about the characteristics of ethanol including the effects it has on the body when ingested and digested. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions.

Young scholars research about different genetic disorders. In this biology lesson, students create a poster highlighting facts about the disorder. They present their findings in class.

Sara Garofalo explains how some drugs can alter the communication between cells in the brain.

In this lesson module, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, learners will understand that addiction is medically classified as a disease. They will learn about brain structure and functioning and how they are...

This program uses scientific techniques to examine how drugs effect the brain. Its ultimate goal is to present learners with the negative effects of substance abuse and show the benefits of staying substance free. Each of the lessons...

This website includes a very brief overview of how LSD affects the brain and causes hallucinations. Also, there is a list of "common street names" and an explanation of LSD's "legal status" as a Schedule I drug.

Go on a mission inside a nerve cell to find out about how neurons produce and release neurotransmitters to communicate with other neurons. Learn what happens to these brain chemicals when the drug ecstasy interrupts the process.

Organized into several very brief sections, this website from Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a good overview of the designer drug called ecstasy. Learn what the slang names of this drug are and how the drug affects the body and...

This article, organized in question/answer format, provides information for teens about marijuana use. Here, you can learn why teens smoke marijuana and how marijuana affects the bodies and brains of those who use it.

Summarizing research found at the Mayo Clinic, this article explains why kids, who have only smoked a few cigarettes, "experience the same symptoms of nicotine addiction as adults who smoke heavily." Learn about how nicotine affects the...

An animal's response to a stimulus is coordinated by its central nervous system (CNS). Neurons carry electrical impulses, and are connected by synapses. Some drugs and toxins affect how impulses pass from one neuron to the next across a...