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How Do Drugs Affect the Brain? Instructional VideoHow Do Drugs Affect the Brain? Instructional Video
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9th - Higher Ed
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How Do Drugs Affect the Brain?

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Injection, taking a pill, or inhaling are the three main ways to administer a drug. But how do these drugs affect the brain? Watch a video that explains how neurons use neurotransmitters to communicate to one another in the brain.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

drugs, neurons, synapse, medicine, the brain

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Click the information circle in the top right corner of the video to see related videos on similar topics
  • Flip the lesson having viewers watch the video outside of school, saving class time for discussion and research of the topic

Classroom Considerations

  • Best shown in an AP Psychology class when discussing neurotransmitters

Pros

  • Demonstrates and explains how a drug gets into the blood stream
  • Comes with discussion questions, links for researching, and a quiz to check for understanding

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a

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