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!!!
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