ALCOHOL WEBQUEST
A. Go to http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/alcohol.html. Answer the following questions.
1. What is alcohol?
2. Fermentation is…
B. Go to www.thecoolspot.gov . Click on “Facts About Alcohol” and go to “Lesson 1”. Click through and read the presentation, then answer the following questions. You have to type in this web address to be taken to the correct section
3. How much alcohol is in a “standard drink”?
4. Name 3 examples of “a standard drink” .
Before continuing, answer the following questions based on your opinion. Circle your answer.
1. On average, how many 13 year olds drank on the past month?
a. Most: 9 out of 10
b. Half: 5 out of 10
c. Very few: 1 out of 10
2. On average, among kids ages 12 to 17, how many drank in the past month?
a. Most: 8 out of 10
b. Half: 5 out of 10
c. Very few: 2 out of 10
3. On average, how many adults age 35 and older drank in the past month (most parents of high schoolers are this old)?
a. Most: 8 out of 10
b. Half: 5 out of 10
c. Very few: 2 out of 10
On www.thecoolspot.gov click on “Reality Check”. Check your answers. Underline the correct answer.
C. Go to http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm to answer the following questions:
1. How many people die each year from excessive alcohol use? (first paragraph)
2. What is binge drinking? (found under “definitions of patterns of drinking)
3. What is heavy drinking? (also found under “definitions of patterns of drinking)
D. Go to http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/alco.html to answer the following questions.
1. What are the factors that influence how alcohol will affect a person?
2. Name the 2 organs where alcohol can enter the blood stream.
3. In low doses alcohol can…
E. Go to http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/collegestudents/interactivebody.aspx and explore the interactive body. YOU NEED TO COPY AND PASTE THIS WEBSITE
1. Fill in the chart below. If the organ/body part has more than 5 effects- write down the 5 most severe effects.
ORGAN / LONG TERM EFFECTSBrain
Esophagus
Heart
Lungs
Liver
Kidney
Stomach
Bones & Joints
Skin
Reproductive System
2. What are some other areas of your life that alcohol can affect? (click on the pictures around the body)
F. Go to http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/families/facts/brain.aspx
1. Why is underage drinking particularly damaging to teens brains?
G. Go to http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm
1. What is the most commonly used and abused drug for youth?
2. List the results of the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. (list all 4)
3. Discuss 5 of the consequences of underage drinking.
H. Go to http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/teens/Quizzes/default.aspx . Take the quiz and write the number you got correct on the line provided: ______.
I. Go to http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/tweens/games/Default.aspx and play the games listed below.
- Read, Set, Listen! (work with a partner or group of 3 to play the game)
- Memory Game
- Word Puzzle