Understanding Alcohol: Investigations into Biology and Behavior

A middle school curriculum supplement involving 6 hands-on, inquiry-based lessons that fit into the 5E's Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate), also aligned with NSES Content Standards.

It includes web-based components that include simulations of intoxicated and sober mice (varying alcohol concentrations, time and genetics, calculations and impact on BAC levels as well as depictions of intoxicated drivers, requiring students to make observations and inferences. Finally, the last lesson is a highly-interdisciplinary piece that requires students to synthesize information from a variety of primary sources in developing a justification for positions on various legal and social issues related to the science of alcohol.

All activities and lessons were field tested in a variety of educational settings, and all teacher background and overall science content was verified by experts at NIAAA.

http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/alcohol/default.htm

Publication Year: 2003

Publisher

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
5635 Fishers Lane, MSC 9304
Bethesda, md 20892
Phone: 301-443-3885
Website: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
Email: niaaaweb-r@exchange.nih.gov