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SCIENCE BEHIND DRUGS AND PREVENTION - 5th - 6th Grades

30 Guests
Transportation
Private Instruction
Lesson Plans

Available Year Round
Handicap Accessibility

85 Minute Program - can be combined with other Health Education Programs at a discounted rate.

Group will be picked up in a clean school bus and transported to the Robert Crown Center for Health Education in the nearby western suburbs of Chicago.

Kids face tough decisions, especially regarding the issue of drug use. The newly designed “Science Behind Drugs and Prevention” program helps kids make healthy choices and lead a drug-free life. Program participants first learn how drugs affect the body systems, especially the brain, which can lead to addiction. Using statistical data, students next dispel the myth that “everyone is doing drugs.” Finally, students practice refusal skills which arm them with tools to help them make good decisions regarding drug use. This interactive program allows kids to utilize touch-screen software, simulate the disorientation of alcohol through special glasses, and actually touch a real pig lung!