Grade Level: 9 - 12
Age Range: 14 - 18
Lesson Length: 1 class
![Boys playing cards in 1935, from the Library of Congress collection.](https://brainu.org/sites/brainu.org/files/images/cardplayingboys_1935.jpg)
Students play a game that models the unknown potential for individual addiction, as well as some scientific inquiry processes.
The game uses a standard deck of playing cards, including jokers.
This lesson is based on information originally from the NIH curriculum The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology through the Study of Addiction.