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Scholastic - Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body

NIDA has teamed up with Scholastic, a leading provider of educational materials for children and teachers, to bring science-based information about drug abuse to millions of U.S. school children. The following Adobe PDF downloads contain information and activities created to educate students on the repercussions of drug use. For grades 6-10.


HEADS UP: Real News About Drugs and Yor Body - Year 1 Compilation Year 1 Compilation - A collection of articles designed to teach students about the repercussions of drug use. These articles were distributed in Scholastic magazines during the 2002/2003 school year. Included is the Teacher's Edition, providing skills-building extension activities and further resources.
Download Student's Edition [PDF 16.1 MB]
Download Teacher's Edition [PDF 2.4 MB]


HEADS UP: Real News About Drugs and Yor Body - Year 2 Skills Book Year 2 Compilation - A collection of articles designed to teach students about the repercussions of drug use. These articles were distributed in Scholastic magazines during the 2002/2003 school year. Included is the Teacher's Edition, providing skills-building extension activities and further resources.
Download Student's Edition [PDF 4.2 MB]
Download Teacher's Edition [PDF 548 KB]


HEADS UP: Real News About Drugs and Yor Body - Year 2 Skills Book Year 2 Skills Book - Includes 16 pages of reproducibles full of facts and activities on drugs of abuse. These skill pages can be used alone or in conjunction with articles distributed in Scholastic magazines during the 2003/2004 school year.
Download Skill Book [PDF 13.7 MB]


HEADS UP: Real News About Drugs and Yor Body - Year 3 Compilation Year 3 Compilation - A collection of articles designed to teach students about the repercussions of drug use. These articles were distributed in Scholastic magazines during the 2004/2005 school year. Included is the Teacher's Edition, providing skills-building extension activities and further resources.
Download Student's Edition [PDF 1.7 MB]
Download Teacher's Edition [PDF 864 KB]


HEADS UP: Real News About Drugs and Yor Body - Year 4 Compilation Year 4 Compilation - A collection of articles designed to teach students about the repercussions of drug use. These articles were distributed in Scholastic magazines during the 2005/2006 school year. Included is the Teacher's Edition, providing skills-building extension activities and further resources.
Download Student's Edition [PDF 1.4 MB]
Download Teacher's Edition [PDF 688 KB]


HEADS UP: Real News About Drugs and Yor Body - Year 5 Compilation Year 5 Compilation - A collection of articles designed to teach students about the repercussions of drug use. These articles were distributed in Scholastic magazines during the 2006/2007 school year. Included is the Teacher's Edition, providing skills-building extension activities and further resources.
Download Student's Edition [PDF 2.3 MB]
Download Teacher's Edition [PDF 180 KB]


Poster: Drugs and the Body - It Isn't Pretty - A graphic tour of the body affected by various drugs of abuse. Includes annotated "body" poster for your classroom wall along with six skill sheets.
Download Poster [PDF 7.8 MB]
Download Skill Sheets [PDF 3.8 MB]

Download Poster (Español) [PDF 560 KB]


Poster: You Can't Sniff Away Your Sorrows - Includes contest-winning student artwork and six skill sheets designed to touch on all the potential effects of drug abuse such as: addiction, memory loss, heart failure, organ damage, or death.
Download Poster [PDF 7.9 MB]
Download Skill Sheets [PDF 3.7 MB]


For additional information, visit Scholastic's HEADS UP website.

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