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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.
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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?
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
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!!!