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7th GRADE HUNT FOR HEALTH:
1. Can energy drinks or food bars make you a better athlete? Explain.
2. Name five "downsides" to energy drinks and food bars.
http://whyfiles.org/024nicotine/fact_sheet.html
3. The average smoker loses how many years of life because of his smoking?
4. What is the percentage of adult smokers who had tried cigarettes by age 18?
5. How much blood do we have in our body?
6. Name three symptoms of shock?
7. Briefly describe what hospice is and list three or four important facts about hospice.
8. Describe how quackery can harm cancer patients. Give at least three or four examples.
9. After reading the article entitled, "Quackery: How Should It Be Defined?", define quackery in your own words.
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/general/prevention_tips.htm
10. List four ways to prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
11. List three ways to protect yourself from contagious disease.
8th GRADE DRUG HUNT:
http://www.nida.nih.gov (Click on: Information on Common Drugs of Abuse)
1. How many teens smoke marijuana?_________
2. How could marijuana affect school, sports, or other activities?
3. Name three long-term effects of marijuana.
4. What age group of people use cocaine the most?______
5. What are some medical complications of cocaine abuse?
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org
6. Why is repeated use of Ecstasy considered dangerous?
7. What are some short-term effects of GHB?
8. What are some long-term effects of GHB?
9. Name at least three direct costs and three indirect costs to society caused by drug use.
10. What percentage of girls 12-17 reported misusing prescription drugs?________ What percentage of boys?____________.
11. Oxycontin (a prescription drug) has side effects similar to __________. Name three side effects.
12. Name five negative side effects caused by anabolic steroids.
8th Grade Health Projects
1. Interactive Body Activity: http://www.netrox.net/~labush/
From the homepage, go to: Science (Students & Teachers)
then: Body & Health
next: Human Body (INTERACTIVE) - (click on picture)
2. Just Say No: http://www.soe.umd.umich.edu/~jobrown
Summary: Explore the many links associate with alcohol. Keep a journal recording notes and references. Choose one of 10 projects listed and complete. (Guest speaker and school assembly are not options.)
3. Sports Nutrition: http://www.biopoint.com/wq2/SportsnutritionMiniQuest/TopoffHomepage.html
Summary: You are going to help your coach and other athletes by researcing proper diets for athletes. Read the scenario. Visit all of the hyperlinks (in the task) and keep a journal making sure that you answer the three questions asked. Complete "the product" (some type of timeline) and be prepared to present it to the class.
4. Veggie Quest: http://www.biopoint.com/wq2/VeggieQuest/VeggieQuest.html
Summary: How much do you know about a vegetarian diet? How healthy do you think it is? Find out by completing all of the "steps" - reading the appropriate articles and answering all the questions in a journal. Complete the quest with your "final product" as suggested.
Alcohol Research:
Search: alcohol
www.healthchecksystems.com/alcohol.htm
www.seekwellness.com/nutrition/alcohol.htm
Search: alcohol
Search: alcohol
find alcohol under "Quick Facts"
www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/Handouts/alcohol_effects.html
Tobacco Research:
www.cdc.gov (search: tobacco)
www.acde.org/youth/Research.htm
www.cancer.org (search: tobacco)
www.whyfiles.org/024nicotine/fact_sheet.html
DISEASE RESEARCH:
http://www.discoveryhealth.com