Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.3C Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.3 - Drugs & Medicine

 

Strand: C - Dependency/Addiction and Treatment

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  1 - The student will explain that some people cannot control their use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        TOO MUCH - Write the words “too much” on the chalkboard. Explain and demonstrate the concept of too much using containers of various sizes and overfilling some of the containers with water. Use a chart, sim ilar to the one below, to brainstorm how too much can cause problems. Discuss how too much of something might be harmful or unhealthy.

TOO MUCH... OUTCOME/PROBLEM
Candy                Upset stomach; dental caries
Sun                    Sunburn; skin cancer
TV                     Poor grades; get lazy
Medicine            Sleepy; upset stomach
Alcohol              Drunk driving; falling

 

·        LEARNING TO BALANCE - Demonstrate the concept of balance by using a scale balance or riding a two-wheeled bicycle. Tell students when things get to be too much it is impossible to maintain balance. Demonstrate this by adding weight to one side of the scale or carrying a heavy load on one side while riding a bike. Explain that sometimes families become unbalanced. Share a story about a family that has problems because of too much. Ask: “How does the family deal with the problem? What can families do when they experience problems?”