addiction

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MORNING SESSION

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lesson

Students play a game that models the unknown potential for individual addiction, as well as some scientific inquiry processes. This lesson is based on information originally from the NIH curriculum The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology through the Study of Addiction.

Grade Level: 9-12

Lesson Length: 1 class period

The brain physically changes when exposed to drugs. This activity utilizes scientific thinking and assessment without the need for laboratory equipment. Students investigate how neurons change their connectivity when exposed to the drug morphine.

Addiction has been called a disease of learning. Once addicted, it is very difficult to unlearn the behavior. For drug addiction, the drugs themselves mimic or alter the ability of neurotransmitters to function properly and for synapses to remodel. A number of the materials on this website address this subject.

BrainU lesson plans on the subject of addiction