1. Focus: To analyze alcohol’s effects on the body
Focus: To analyze alcohol’s effects on the body. Goal: To understand that alcohol has wide-range effects on the body. Standard: NHES: #1- Health Promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. Warm-up: Interview your peers. Record answers in notebook. Prepare to report back to whole class. 1. What would be a good signal for you to use as a refusal strategy to get out of drinking alcohol? 2. What would you do to get out of a party where people were drinking alcohol? 3. Create your own critical thinking question to ask your peers.

2. Notes: 1. Brain/Central Nervous System: a
Notes: 1. Brain/Central Nervous System: a. Although alcohol is a depressant, in the beginning, it creates a feeling of mild and pleasant stimulation (good feeling). b. Alcohol affects the thinking, judgment, and reasoning abilities first.

3. Alcohol and Your Brain

4. c. More alcohol intake means that breathing and reflexes will also be impaired. d. Heavy social drinking may also lead to brain atrophy. This means the brain has shrunk and has lost cells. e. Over time, the brain and nervous system become less sensitive to alcohol’s effects.

5. Brain Atrophy 43 year old male patient – non drinker.
43 year old male patient – drinker.
Make observations: Compare and contrast similarities and differences. Discuss.

6. Group Activity
Interview your peers. Record their answers. Prepare to share with whole class.
How does drinking alcohol negatively affect the brain? Explain.
What is the relationship between alcohol use and risky behavior? Explain.
How can alcohol kill a person? Explain.
What is the relationship between school grades and drinking alcohol? Explain.