Drug+Education

=Task:= ===Your task is to work with your group and write a paragraph answering the following questions. You can assign each group member a few question to research each. You should do your writing in a word document each answer should be a full sentence answer and be no less than two sentences but no longer that one paragraph.===

Note : If you copy and paste from web sites you should then re-write the information in your own words.
===When you have completed the word document go to the voki site and create a voki to bring your research to life. Copy and paste your text into the voki. Publish it and then copy the html code to embed it on your wiki team pages. Try to embed the vokis in question order. To embed you should click on widget and then other html. Have fun.=== =Use the web links below to find the answers.=
 * 1) What are cigarettes made of?
 * 2) How do they effect your health? Give at least 5 different examples.
 * 3) Why are cigarettes addictive?
 * 4) The average price of cigarettes in Australia is $20 for a pack of 25. if you smoked a pack a day how much would you spend in a week, month, year and decade (10 years). Instead of burning the money and damaging your health what could you do with the money instead? Give an example for a week, year and decade.
 * 5) Research shows that if you can get to your twenties without smoking you probably will never smoke. Given the cost both financially and to your health, what are the main reasons that young people start smoking?
 * 6) What can you do to prevent yourself from becoming a smoker?

=Smoking= Interactive web site about smoking British but good @http://kats.roycastle.org/facts.htm American site with heaps of information and games about smoking @http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/smoking/index.html Interactive game @http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/smoking_flash.html Find out what smoking does to our teeth @http://www.healthyteeth.org/tobacco/index.html Lots of great information @http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html Facts about smoking smoke free kidswww.smokefreekids.info Oxygen www.oxygen.org.au []

Voki http://www.voki.com

Task
Using the links and files provided below:-

Imagine that you are the parent of a 12 /13 year old. Write a persuasive speech to your son/daughter about your feelings on alcohol. Please include:
 * List a minimum of 4 reasons why people drink alcohol.
 * information on negative consequences of drinking alcohol.
 * refer to the Australian National Medical Research Council Recommendations on Alcohol Use to make sure you understand what safe use of alcohol is.
 * include some tips on how they could avoid peer pressure. The speech would need to be a minimum of 300 words and clearly follow the persuasive writing framework. Please include links to any web sites that you use to complete this task on a separate page titled "References".

or

Create an information brochure on the effects of alcohol on young people, include some examples of strategies you can use to avoid being pressured to drink by friends. List the health effects that abuse of alcohol can cause.

When you have finished upload the completed task to your team page make sure your name is in the file name of the document.

**Resources** 

Australian National Medical Research Council Recommendations on Alcohol Use

@http://www.drpbody.com/drugs.html @http://www.thecoolspot.gov/ @http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/alcohol/index.html @http://drpbody.com/drugs.html

@http://www.talkaboutalcohol.com/AtSchool/location-45.aspx

