An Investigation of the Effects of Marijuana and Alcohol

Prepare your learners to make good decisions about drinking by providing them with the real facts about alcohol and substance abuse. This resource includes several worksheets explaining how alcohol affects the brain, as well as a general...

High schoolers analyze ads and learn about the effects of alcohol. Note that the PowerPoint mentioned in the procedure is not included, so you will need to prepare your own presentation. After the lecture, segue into fetal alcohol...

The final lesson in a series of 10 focusing on Social, Physical, Emotional, Cognitive and Spiritual (SPECS) health investigates the effects of legal and illegal substances, their risks, and the consequences of their misuse.

Ninth graders identify characteristics of alcoholism, resources available to them and their family within the community and school, and look at strategies to help them increase safety and anger management strategies too.

In this alcohol and dehydration worksheet, learners experiment with potato cells and various strengths of ethanol to study the dehydrating effects on living cells. They observe their results and answer four questions about the effects of...

Students investigate importance of branding and messaging, especially as they relate to party products like alcohol.

Students investigate the physiological effects of smoking marijuana. They observe a demonstration of slowed reaction time caused by soaking a student's hand in ice water, conduct Internet research, and develop a list of the effects on...

Students investigate the various effects of alcohol on the brain. They discuss why they think young people drink, take a true or false quiz about misconceptions about alcohol, and discuss the results of the quiz.

Students explore the causes and effects of marijuana addiction and research how THC affects different areas of the brain. They synthesize their knowledge by creating print advertisements that inform teenagers about the physiologic danger...

A comprehensive instructional activity that takes a look at psychoactive plants with this one focusing on the opium poppy. Information about the history, culture, use, source and effects are discussed. There are weblinks to reliable...