1. Can Caffeine Place Bo Into Better Classes? Spring Lesson 5.24.12 Jeff Cantle, UCLA SEE-LA Program

2. Question: What is the most abused psychoactive drug in the world? Hint:

3. We Talked About Coffee Last Week: Used daily by 54% of American adults $40 billion dollar industry Lowers risk of death* And of course… * At least in the Science in the News story from last week

4. Caffeine makes it a Stimulant!

5. Starbucks® Coffee—Lots of Caffeine! The beans and roasting method lead to high caffeine levels 12 ounce cup of drip coffee has 180mg of caffeine 12 ounce cup of extra strength brew has 300mg of caffeine Even decaffeinated has 20mg per 12 ounces Compare to tea, which is around ~70mg/12 ounces

6. Today’s Lab: Can Caffeine Place Bo Into Better Classes?

7. Starting the Typing Test

8. Record Speed, Errors This One

9. Concentration/Memory Testing—Record the Time Time *Convert time to seconds

10. Timeline for the Lab 1. Choose test subjects 2. Baseline testing 3. Drink beverages 4. 15 minutes (work on the questions) 5. Post-drink Testing 6. Record in Google Doc 7. Group data and follow-up questions

11. Questions? If this is 1 st period, there are a lot of people that you can ask…