1. Fourth Grade ATOD Lesson Kathleen Hassenfratz, LPC LTISD Health and Social Programs Coordinator

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

3. Meet your BRAIN! http://www.scholastic.com/drugs-and-your-body/brain.htm

4. 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!)

5. More About Alcohol…  Legal Age?  Why the Wait?  How it affects the body?  Other Effects?  http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/tweens/default.aspx http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/tweens/default.aspx

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

7. More About Marijuana  Legal age?  What is it?  How it affects the body?  Other Effects?

8. Healthy Brain Image (top down view)

9. Brain damaged by Marijuana (top down view)

10. 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

11. With a Partner, complete this chart ! Name of Drug Legal/IllegalHarmful Effects Legal Consequences Tobacco Alcohol Marijuana

12. Alternate Ways to Get “High”  Brainstorm 5 ways you can have fun, crank up your brain’s dopamine and stay healthy!!

13. 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!!!