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Students will link drug abuse to health risks and permanent damage. |
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22.A.3a Identify and describe ways to reduce health risks common to adolescents. |
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23.A.3 Explain how body systems interact with each other. |
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23.B.3 Explain the effects of health-related actions upon body systems |
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Website Neuroscience for Kids- Explore the Nervous System: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html |
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This site has a wealth of information on how specific drugs affect the body. |
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During baseball season, steroids could be the focus of research. During DARE lessons, the focus could shift to alcohol, marijuana and cigarettes. |
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For groups that want to go into more areas of study, the websites listed throughout the unit also have areas devoted to brain diseases and disorders, sleeping problems and/ or dreams, brain injuries, anesthesiology and various careers in neuroscience areas. |
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The Whole Brain Atlas |
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http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html |
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http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ehc.html |