The cultural definitions of beer, liquor, drinking, and drunkenness are complex and often positive. As your students form their own interpretations of alcohol and make decisions, you can increase their understanding of the substance, its health effects, and the cultural influences around them. The discussion guide includes discussion questions and student activities.

In this lesson, students will identify the effects of alcohol on body organs and on performance, as well as identifying reasons for not using alcohol.

There is no known safe amount of alcohol to drink while pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink and no safe kind of alcohol. CDC urges pregnant women not to drink alcohol any time during pregnancy. Women also should not drink alcohol if they are planning to become pregnant or are sexually active and do not use effective birth control. This is because a woman could become pregnant and not know for several weeks or more. In the United States half of all pregnancies are unplanned. FASDs are 100% preventable. If a woman doesn't drink alcohol while she is pregnant, her child cannot have an FASD.

Students will identify the benefits of physical activity, state the recommended amount of daily physical activity, and identify the different types of physical activity and their benefits.

This is an interactive resource in which the students learn about the systems of the body including the respiratory system.

Students conduct a one-question interview to gather data on how much their classmates know about and are affected by allergies. Then, they work in groups to create a play to teach one another, and others in the school community, about allergies, including how the immune system works in people with and without allergies.

In this lesson students will recognize the importance of eating a variety of foods for breakfast.

This is a visual communication board that allows students who are verbal or non-verbal to communicate how they are feeling when they are sick. Ask the student the question and have them touch or speak a response to communicate how they are feeling. 

Students learn about what it feels like to love, what makes a healthy relationship, what's an unhealthy relationship, warning signs, and why some relationships are difficult. Sutdents can either read or listen to the article.

This is a supplemental story to be used in conjunction with the Stress and Communication lesson plan. The story is about how a young girl reaches out to her mother for help.

This resource provides information about asthma facts including who is at greatest risk for asthma, stages of asthma, and what is being done to help people with asthma.