It's UR Choice 7th & 8th Grade

Objectives

After completing It’s UR Choice 7th & 8th Grade, in its entirety, students will be able to:

• Select the correct definition of the term “drug”.
• Identify common drugs found inside and outside your environment.
• Identify characteristics of each of the following: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants, over-the-counter and prescription drugs.
• Identify nicknames for drugs.
• Given a diagram of the human body, identify how drugs move through the body and are eliminated.
• Identify the ways drugs can enter the body.
• Identify the way drugs affect the body.
• Identify items that cause the effect of a drug to vary.
• Distinguish between experimentation, abuse, and addiction.
• Match the terms experimentation, abuse, and addiction with their correct definitions.
• Determine if a person is experimenting with, abusing, or addicted to drugs.
• Identify goals as either short-term or long-term.
• Identify the correct definitions for "short-term goal" and "long-term goal".
• Determine if a person is under the influence of drugs by identifying physical characteristics a person or their body is displaying.
• Identify physical effects of a drug on a person’s body.
• Identify physical signs a person has been using drugs.
• Identify myths about particular drugs.
• Given a scenario, identify reasons a person either chose to do or not do drugs.
• Identify reasons people use drugs.
• Identify reasons people do not use drugs.
• Select a healthy alternative to drug use.
• Identify why positive alternatives to drugs made them feel good.