Lesson plan & reproducible.Lesson Plan & Reproducible Preparation: Before displaying the lesson, make two photocopies of the Student Activity Reproducible for a pre- and post-lesson quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. . Lesson 1: Heads Up: What Do You Know About the Science of Addiction? OBJECTIVE To test students' self knowledge about drug addiction drug addiction or chemical dependency Physical and/or psychological dependency on a psychoactive (mind-altering) substance (e.g., alcohol, narcotics, nicotine), defined as continued use despite knowing that the substance causes harm. before and after reading the article. NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS The National Science Education Standards (NSES) are a set of guidelines for the science education in primary and secondary schools in the United States, as established by the National Research Council in 1996. Life Science; Science in Personal and Social Perspective WHAT YOU WILL DO * Ask students, What do you think addiction is? and How do drugs Verb 1. do drugs - use recreational drugs drug ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" inject - take by injection; "inject heroin" affect the brain to cause addiction? Give students time for discussion. * Distribute copies of the Student Activity Reproducible. Tell students to write their name on the paper, and answer the questions. * Have students silently read the article "The Science of Addiction" in their magazine. When they have finished, begin a discussion by asking: Why is the teen brain especially susceptible to the effects of drug abuse? What are some of the risk factors that lead to drug abuse and addiction? How can prescription drugs prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, be just as dangerous as street drugs? * After the discussion, tell students you are going to find out if they know more about drug addiction and their brains than they did before. * Wrap up the lesson by asking students: Why are drugs addictive ad·dic·tive adj. 1. Causing or tending to cause addiction. 2. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction. addictive ( ? What can you do to prevent drug addiction? ANSWERS TO REPRODUCIBLE: 1. c & d; 2. d; 3. b & c; 4. a, b, & c; 5. a; 6. a; 7. a, b, & c; 8. true; 9. true; 10. true. |
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