Transcript Why is a drug?

B1a3.2 - Legal and Illegal drugs
Biology - year 4
15th of November 2006
Todays Lesson...
How drugs like
caffeine and heroine
afect us.
Why people use
illegal drugs?
Drugs and Illegal drugs
Potential dammages of legal and illegal drugs.
Why is a drug?
Because people are addicted!
Types of Drugs...
caffeine
etanol
Cocaine
nicotine
cannabis
heroine
ecstasy
How can drugs affect us?
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Caffeine
Nicotine
Cocaine
Speed up the brain
activity.
alcohol
Cannabis
Slow down all the
responses that we
received from our brain.
Heroine
Stop the impulses
that travel through
our nervous system.
Why do people use drugs?
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To escape everyday life problems...
To look for excitement...
Curiosity...
Types of Drugs
Legal recreational drugs
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Ethanol
Nicotine
Caffeine
Illegal recreational drugs
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Cannabis
Cocaine
Heroin
Ecstasy
LSD
Which is the most dangerous for
healthy?
Legal Drugs
Illegal Drugs
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The impact of Legal drugs on healthy is much
greater because a lot of people use them.
Investigation work...
Rules
In groups of three:
1. Choose one of the legal or illegal drugs and prepare
a 5min presentation about it for the next lesson .
2. The presentation can be a role play, poster etc.
3. Everybody in the group needs to talk and
participate.
Evaluation...
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Creativity
Structure of presentation
Time
Group Participation
About Legal and Illegal Drugs...