Household Substances
HEALTH EDUCATION - Unit 2 - Lesson 1 - Week 1/5
Substance Use & Abuse (K)
UNIT 2: Substance Use & Abuse
Household Substances
Priority Standard(s)
HEK.1a - identify healthy behaviors
HEK.1b - recognize potentially harmful substances
HEK.1c - identify safety hazards
HEK.2a - identify how family, peers, and cultural factors influence personal health and well-being
HEK.3a - identify types of trusted adults and professionals as resources for health information
HEK.3b - identify specific health professionals in the school and community
HEK.7b - demonstrate healthy behaviors that prevent injuries
HEK.8b - encourage peers to make positive health choices
Supporting Standard(s)
Essential Question(s)
What is poison?
What is an inhalant?
What are drugs?
What are medicines?
Why should you not take someone else's medicine?
Why should you not take medicine unless administered by a trusted adult?
What is the difference between over-the-counter and prescription medicine?
What should you do if someone offers you illegal drugs?
Why should you say no to illegal drugs?
Why is tobacco bad for you?
Why should you not consume alcohol?
Big Idea(s)
Poison is a substance that causes illness or death when it gets in the body.
An inhalant is a poison that is breathed in through the nose or mouth.
Drugs are something that changes the way your body acts or feels. When used as prescribed or directed, medicines are drugs that are legal. There are also drugs that are illegal or against the law.
Medicine is what you take when you are sick to get well. When used as prescribed or directed, medicines are drugs that are legal.
You should never give your medicine to someone else or take someone else's medicine. Medicine that helps one person might make someone else really sick.
You should not take medicine unless administered by a trusted adult. The most important part of taking medicine is following the directions. The directions tell you the dosage, which is how much medicine to take and how often to take it. Directions might tell you to take medicine with food, what time to take it, or keep it in the refrigerator. Or you might need to stay out of the sun. A trusted adult is one who takes care of making sure you know what the directions are and how to follow the directions when taking your medicine.
Over-the-counter medicines are medicines you can buy from a store without a prescription from a doctor. Prescription medicine is medicine that your doctor writes a prescription or order for that your trusted adult takes to a pharmacist to fill.
If someone offers you illegal drugs you should say "no" and walk away. If you see someone with illegal drugs at school or in your community, tell a trusted adult right away. Trusted adults in your community and at school want and need to keep everyone safe.
You should say "no" to illegal drugs because they are dangerous, can harm your growing body (lungs, heart, brain), can be addictive (a person's body needs more and more just to feel okay), and they are against the law.
Tobacco is bad for you because there is a drug called nicotine in it. Nicotine is a chemical that makes you feel hyper or tingly for a short time. Nicotine can be addictive, which means that when people use it more, their bodies and minds need more just to feel okay. Tobacco comes in many forms: cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco (loose leaf, plug, pouch, twist), pipes, and vape pens.
You should not consume alcohol because alcohol use in the teenage years or younger has been related to a wide range of health and social problems. Alcohol use during childhood has been related to increased health risks (including alcohol-related injuries), involvement in violence, risky behaviors, and it can affect the normal development of vital organs and functions, including the brain, liver, bones, and hormones.
LEARNING TARGET / SUCCESS CRITERIA
I will define inhalants and poison. I will discuss purposes and correct uses of household substances. I will stop and ask a trusted adult before smelling, touching, or tasting something that might be harmful.
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PRE-INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY
STOP! Ask First | Poison Control Center
OPENING (Engage)
Discuss
We just watched the video "STOP! Ask First."Â
What things did we learn are poisonous?
What do we do if we don't know if something is poisonous?
Vocabulary
poison - a substance that causes illness or death when it gets in the body
inhalant - a poison that is breathed in through your nose or mouth
Let's see if you understand these 2 words. Would you please use each one in a sentence that shows you understand the meaning of both words?
Take a look at the pictures below.
What are these substances?
Are they helpful or harmful?
Remember that several substances used in our home are helpful when used properly. These same substances can be harmful if touched, tasted, or smelled. Remember to never touch, taste, or smell anything without guidance from a trusted adult.
"Poison, it's not the thing to mess around with and you know that cuz you're smart.
Poisons, those are some chemicals your mother puts inside the grocery cart.
Poisons, there are skull and crossbones on those bottles that you find beneath the sink.
Like when you use to clean the drain and cuz you've got a great big brain,
You know the kind of stuff is not to eat or drink.
Like detergents, disinfectants, boric acid, liquid bleach,
And the spray you use to get your oven clean.
Or noxious shampoo for your rugs,
There's insecticide for bugs.
Cleansers, lighter fluid, paint, and gasoline,
There's epoxy and there's glue, and also polish for your shoe
And then that stuff that keeps your bathroom toilet clean.
There's the gunk to rub off tarnish,
And there's primer, stain, and varnish,
Cans of lye and powdered dye and kerosene.
Poison, you're way too clever then you ever touch those cans inside the shed.
Poison, cuz you know how to read that warning with the letters marked in red.
Poison, it comes in bottles, boxes, cans and if you find them is a stack,
See your chemicals to dodge on the shelf in your garage.
In the laundry room and storage bin out back.
Things like antifreeze, ammonia, oil, spot-remover, starch,
Toxic aerosols and charcoal or chlorine.
There's that stuff to wash the floor and to grease the kitchen door,
And the gunk that keeps the carburetor clean.
There's that spray you use to dust and all that stuff to clean out rust,
And there's arsenic and liquid iodine.
There's adhesives and congealants, astringents, rubber sealants,
Cans of sterno and propane, and turpentine.
When you are cool cause your the kind, you is smart to use your mind,
And any chemicals you find,
You leave alone."
What are some of the places household substances are found that are poisonous to us?
grocery cart
under the kitchen sink
under the bathroom sink
medicine cabinets
laundry room
garage
tool shed
shelves
drawers
where else?
What are poisonous chemicals stored in?
boxes
bottles - spray bottles
cans
what else?
In what form do poisons come in?
drain cleaner
detergents
disinfectants
boric acid
liquid bleach
oven cleaner spray
rug shampoo
insecticides - bug sprays
cleansers
lighter fluid
paint
paint remover
gasoline
epoxy
glue
shoe polish
toilet cleaner
tarnish remover
primer
stain
varnish
varnish remover
lye
dye
kerosene
antifreeze
ammonia
oil
spot-remover
starch
aerosols
charcoal
chlorine
floor wash
carburetor cleaner
dust spray
liquid iodine
rust-cleaner
iodine
sterno
propane
turpentine
congealants
astringents
rubber sealants
what else?
WORK PERIOD (Explore/Explain/Extend/Elaborate)
Life Skill - Help Others Be Healthy
With your partner, you will take turns being "doctor" and "prescribing" ways to be healthy. When you are the "doctor", you should tell your "patient":
that medicine is something you take when you are sick to get well,
that drugs are something that changes the way your body acts or feels, and
one rule for taking medicine safely.
CLOSING (Evaluate)
Find the Medicines
Please number 1-8 down the left side of your individual white board. Write either an "M" for medicine or an "F" for food next to the next 8 pictures. Identify each picture as "M" for medicine or "F" for food.
Medicine Rules
Please number 1-6 down the left side of your individual white board. Draw a happy face for each child who is following medicine safety rules. Draw a sad face for each child who is not following medicine safety rules.
RESOURCES / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
empty medicine containers - prescription & over-the-counter
tongue depressors (25 per group)
cards numbered 1-20
individual white board
dry-erase markers
DCSD Board-Approved Instruction Materials
Health & Wellness: Teacher's Edition (New Edition) - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.
Health Big Ideas Book - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.
Life Skills Book - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.
Health Masters - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.
Transparency Book - Grades K-2. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.
Technology
Chromebook
large video screens for whole-class viewing
sound system for sharing of audio