Title:  Lesson 2

Grade Level: Fifth Grade

Subjects:  Health, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies

Learner Outcome:

• Students will explain how medication can be used safely.
• Students will describe how making healthful decisions about drug use help them set and reach goals.

Materials:

• Your Health (Adopted Fifth Grade Health Textbook for Logan, W.V.,2002)
• Chalkboard

• Computers with internet access and printers.

Teacher Notes:

• Parental permission for internet use.

Attachments:

• Assessment Rubric-completed project and criteria.
• SQ3R-for research

Procedures:
 

Day 1

1. Read and discuss Chapter 6, Lesson 1, "How Medicines Help the Body".
2. Instruct pairs of students to brainstorm and list, why it is important to know about possible side effects a medicine may cause.
3. Students take turns reading list to class.

Day 2

1. Begin by asking students what they know about drugs.
2. Record facts on chalkboard.
3. Circle health factors and discuss.
4. Underline problems caused by drugs (family, peers, and careers)
5. Divide class into small groups.
6. Instruct students to search internet for "news" and choose a site.
7. Ask students to use the site search to locate drug related news. After choosing and reading an article, instruct students to summarize article by explaining "social, legal, physical, emotional, and financial consequences of drug use.

Day 3

1. Review consequences of drug use discovered in lesson Day 1.
2. Ask students in pairs to list future short term and long term goals for themselves.
3. Ask students to locate and print pictures from internet depicting these  goals.
4. Ask students to compile picture and sort into goal themes.
5. Construct a bulletin board titled "101 Things To Do Instead of Drugs".
*If student run out of ideas before they reach 101 offer fun or relaxing activities students may enjoy.

Enrichment/Activities:

Writing- small group presentation of social, legal, physical, emotional, and financial consequences of drug use using Powerpoint Presentation.

Evaluation/Assessment:

Rubric-completed project criteria

West Virginia Standards:

Health: 5.20, 5.21
Language Arts: 5.14, 5.16, 5.17, 5.22, 5.34, 5.59, 5.60, 5.61

National Standards:

Health

9)  Understands aspects of substance use and abuse.

Writing

1) Uses general skills and strategies of the writing process.
4) Gathers and uses information for research purposes.

Reading

5)  Uses general skills and strategies of the reading process.

Self-Regulation

1) Set and manages goals.
2) Consider risks.

Life Skills

1) Contributes to the overall effort of a group.
5) Demonstrates leadership skills.

Technology

2)  Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs.
3)  Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual.

References/Resources:

• http://teach-nology.com
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy
• http://www.learningspace.org
• http://www.school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html

Team Members:

Katharine Ellis
Elizabeth Jones
Toni Simpson