Standard of Learning

K.1 The student will explain that the body is a living and growing organism. Key concepts/ skills include:

1. the importance of making healthy food choices (e.g., eating a variety of foods from all food groups, eating breakfast, choosing healthy snacks, eating at least five fruits and vegetables a day);
2. the effects of drugs and medicines on the body;
3. the five senses (e.g., sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) and major body parts (e.g.,head,  trunk, arms, legs, hands, feet);
4. the need for regular physical activity.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will understand that drugs and medicines can be both safe and dangerous.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• define a drug. (something that changes the way your mind or body works)
  
• describe a medicine. (a drug that is used to treat an illness or injury - some medicines kill germs)
  
• list rules for taking medicine:
  • take only with permission from your parents, guardians or certain grown ups - doctor, nurse, grandparent, or other family member; and
  • do not take medicines that belong to anyone else.
• identify potential side effects of medicines and what should be done. (if you feel dizzy, have a stomach ache, etc., tell your parents or guardians)
• recognize the universal symbol for a poisonous substances.
• (Please note: The Virginia Poison Center Network does not use or support the "Mr. Yuk" program and matierals. Please contact them for more information.

Sample Lessons

Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices
Grades preK-3
Resiliency-based early childhood curriculum to develop personal, social, & emotional skills. Includes expressing feelings appropriately, using kind words, caring about others, self-control, independent thinking, accepting differences, making friends, solving problems, coping, making safe & healthy choices, substance abuse prevention. 46 interactive lessons plus booster lessons.
Sponsor: Wingspan LLC
Contact: http://www.wingspanworks.com

An Ounce of Prevention
Provides information on some simple things individuals can do to prevent getting sick. Background information on infectious diseases, personal hygiene, taking care of pets, antibiotic use, food borne illness and immunizations are also provided.
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Contact: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/op/index.htm
Free

Be a Germstopper
Encourages healthy habits to prevent the spread of illness in schools and at home. Provides links and resources for teachers on food safety, hand washing, the flu and nutrition.
Sponsor: CDC
Contact: http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/index.htm
Free

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Grades: K-5
Police officer led program of classroom lessons that teaches youth how to resist peer pressure and live drug and violence-free lives. Includes active learning strategies. Focuses on decision-making skills. Includes 9 lessons.
Contact: http://www.dare.com

Glo Germ
Hand washing lesson plan that teaches about disease transmission, germs and how frequent hand washing helps to prevent illness.
Sponsor: Glo Germ
Contact: http://www.glogerm.com
Free

LifeSkills Training
Grades: K-5
Model substance abuse prevention and competency enhancement program focusing on the major social and psychological factors causing substance use and abuse. Teaches drug resistance skills, personal management skills, and general social skills. Focuses on self-esteem, decision-making, influence of media, stress, communication, and assertiveness issues.
Contact: http://www.lifeskillstraining.com
Cost

Poison Prevention Flash Cards
The Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, together with educators, developed Poison Prevention Flash Cards to show children the four forms of poison -- solid, liquid, spray and invisible. Children learn what poisons are, how they can get into the body and how to prevent poisonings from occurring. The cards can be used with one child, or in a group setting at school or at home. Each card can be used as one lesson and can be reinforced with everyday products.
Sponsor: The Pittsburgh Poison Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Contact: http://www.chp.edu/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=
id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1209137630353&ssbinary=true
Free

Protecting You/Protecting Me
Grades 1-5
Model 5-year alcohol use prevention curriculum designed to reduce alcohol-related injury and death. Includes student's intentions not to drive with an impaired driver; focuses on risks of using alcohol; and includes parental involvement.
Sponsor: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Contact: http://www.pypm.org
Cost

Quills Up—Stay Away!
Grades K-1
Young children are at greatest risk for unintentional poisonings – and that’s why we’ve created the Quills Up – Stay Away! A Poison Awareness Program featuring Spike, the porcupine puppet. The program, designed for preschool children, makes it easy and fun to teach this important topic. Quills Up! Includes a video and classroom activities as well as educational materials for parents/caregivers – because getting parents and other adults involved is critical to poison prevention.
http://www.1-800-222-1222.info/poisonPrevention/preschool.asp
Sponsor: American Association of Poison Control Centers
Free

Safe Use of Medicines
Grade K-1
Using student handouts and magazine pictures, students will identify pictures which show when to use medicine and who can safely give medicines.
http://www.healthteacher.com/lessons/lessonid/1
Sponsor: Healthteacher.com
Free

Stan the Superbug
All ages
Stan the Superbug educates children about antibiotic resistance.  Due to misuse, many common antibiotics are becoming ineffective which could result in epidemics of “superbugs” or strains of bacteria that resist drugs in the future.  Stans and Stellas (actors and actresses in “Superbug” costumes) come to a  classroom and provide a fun, interactive skit educating children about saving antibiotic strength. This program includes handouts and giveaways.
Sponsor: Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Contact: Call 1-866-782-6284 or go to
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/Epidemiology/Surveillance/Getsmart/documents/
stansupbug04.pdf
Free

Texas Department of Health
This lesson will help children recognize that personal health decisions and behaviors affect health throughout life. Following this lesson students will be able to identify and practice personal health habits that help individuals stay healthy. Sponsor: Texas Department of Health
Contact: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/kids/lessonplans/default.shtm
Free

Lesson Ideas

• Have representative from VA Poison Center Network present in classroom.
• Discuss calling Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) if someone has been poisoned.
• Using student handouts and magazine pictures, students identify pictures that show when to use medicine and who can safely give medicines.
• Show household product containers while discussing what poisons are.
• Show poison look-a-likes while discussing how poisons are tricky.

Additional Instructional Resources

• Al-Anon/Alateen - http://www.al-anon.org
• Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids - http://www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/kids
• American Council for Drug Education - http://www.acde.org
• TheAnti-Drug.Com - http://www.theantidrug.com
• Center for Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws - http://www.udetc.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc
• The Cool Spot - http://www.thecoolspot.gov
• DEA State Fact Sheets - http://www.dea.gov/pubs/state_factsheets.html
• Do Bugs Need Drugs? - http://www.dobugsneeddrugs.org/teachers/index.html
• Drug and Violence Prevention – http://dave.esc4.net
• Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free, SAMSA - http://family.samhsa.gov
• Get Smart Virginia - http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/Epidemiology/Surveillance/Getsmart/childcare.htm
• Global Youth Network - http://www.unodc.org/youthnet
• Henry the Hand - http://henrythehand.com
• Inhalant Abuse - http://www.inhalant.org
• Monitoring the Future - http://www.monitoringthefuture.org
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving - http://www.maddva.org or http://www.madd.org
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
• National Health Service, UK - http://www.buginvestigators.co.uk/
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition - http://www.inhalants.org
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
• National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov or http://www.drugabuse.gov
• National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - http://www.mediacampaign.org
• Parenting Is Prevention - http://www.parentingisprevention.org
• Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) - http://www.pridesurveys.com
• Partners for Substance Abuse Prevention - http://www.samhsa.gov/preventionpartners
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America - http://www.drugfreeamerica.org
• Play Clean (performance enhancing drugs in sports) - http://www.playclean.org
• Poison Control Center – 1 (800) 222-1222
• Reality Check - http://www.health.org/reality
• “Safe Use of Medicines” – http://www.healthteacher.com
• SAMSA Model [Drug Prevention] Programs - http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov
• Save the Antibiotic - http://www.savetheantibiotic.com/public_html/index2/index2.html
• School Zone - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/schoolzone/index.html
• Straight Scoop News Bureau - http://www.straightscoop.org
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) - http://www.saddonline.com
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - http://www.samhsa.gov
• Teaching Children About Health, A Multidisciplinary Approach – http://www.morton-pub.com – “The Medicine Story”
• U.S. Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service - http://www.ncjrs.org
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Education Section - http://www.abc.state.va.us
• Virginia Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.safeanddrugfreeva.org
• Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (Office of Substance Abuse) -
  http://www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov
• Virginia Department of State Police - http://www.vsp.state.va.us
• Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation - http://www.vtsf.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• identify when medicines may be needed.
  
• list the rules for taking medicines.

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