Fourth Grade ATOD Lesson

Kathleen Hassenfratz, LPC

LTISD Health and Social Programs Coordinator

THAT’S ME!

As I share healthy habits, if one applies to you (meaning, you do it) stand up and say, “That’s Me!”

Meet your BRAIN!

http://www.scholastic.com/drugs-and-your-body/brain.htm

Let’s Learn More Together!

Average age young people experiment with alcohol?

Average age young people experiment with tobacco?

Average age young people experiment with marijuana?

(Place yourselves along the continuum to mark your answer!)

More About Alcohol…

Legal Age?Why the Wait?How it affects the body?Other Effects?http://

www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/tweens/default.aspx

More about Tobacco

Legal age?What’s in a cigarette?How it affects the body?Other effects?http://

www.scholastic.com/drugs-and-your-body/lungs.htm

More About Marijuana

Legal age?What is it?How it affects the body?Other Effects?

Healthy Brain Image (top down view)

Brain damaged by Marijuana (top down view)

Top of Brain? So what?

Allows us to be aware of, pay attention to, surroundings

Allows us to respond to our surroundings

Powers the ability to think

Powers the ability to plan

Powers the ability to solve problems

Powers the ability to make decisions

With a Partner, complete this chart!

Name of Drug

Legal/Illegal Harmful Effects

Legal Consequences

Tobacco

Alcohol

Marijuana

Alternate Ways to Get “High”

Brainstorm 5 ways you can have fun, crank up your brain’s dopamine and stay healthy!!

Go Forth, Teach and Continue to Learn!

What 2 pieces of information that you learned today can you share with someone else this week?

What are 2 pieces of information you’d like to learn more about?

THANKS FOR BEING SO ATTENTIVE!

See you soon…Ms. Hassenfratz!!!