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NIDA Partners with Scholastic Magazines Scholastic Magazines


Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body[Grades 5–11]
Complilations - A collection of articles designed to teach students about the consequences of drug use. These articles were distributed in Scholastic classroom magazines during the 2003/2004 school year.

Teachers' Editions -
Provides skill-building extension activities and additional resources.
Drugs and the Body: It Isn't Pretty (Poster) [Grades 5–11]
This 20" x 31" bilingual poster gives an annotated tour of what drugs of abuse do to the human body. The tour is in English on one side and in Spanish ("Las drogas y el cuerpo no son una buena combinación") on the other. It was designed as part of the larger drug education program from NIDA and Scholastic.

NIDA Curriculum Supplements Slide Teaching Packets


The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction[Grades 9–12]
Interactive, science-based curriculum supplement for high school students and teachers. Includes a CD-ROM with activities. Provides current, research-based information on various aspects of drug abuse and addiction, including neurobiology, behavioral components, and treatment.

Slide Teaching Packets [High School Teachers]
This CD-ROM contains five PowerPoint presentations that provide a broad, scientific overview of the mechanisms of addiction.

Brain Power Series Brain Power: The NIDA Junior Scientist Program


Brain Power: The NIDA Junior Scientist Program[Grades K–1]
Contains five modules designed to examine the effects of drugs on the brain. This program lays the foundation for future scientific learning and substance abuse prevention efforts. Parent newsletters in both English and Spanish are included.

Brain Power: The NIDA Junior Scientist Program [Grades 2–3]
Contains six modules designed to examine the effects of drugs on the brain. This program lays the foundation for future scientific learning and substance abuse prevention efforts. Parent newsletters in both English and Spanish are included. Brain Power: The NIDA Junior Scientist Program [Grades 4–5]
Contains six modules designed to examine the effects of drugs on the brain. This program lays the foundation for future scientific learning and substance abuse prevention efforts. Parent newsletters in both English and Spanish are included. Brain Power: The NIDA Junior Scientist Program[Grades 6–9]  
Contains six modules designed to examine the effects of drugs on the brain. This program lays the foundation for future scientific learning and substance abuse prevention efforts. Parent newsletters in both English and Spanish are included.

Mind Over Matter Series Mind Over Matter


Mind Over Matter - Complete Set[Grades 5–9]
Contains eight magazines. This series encourages students to reject drug use by helping them understand the effects of drug use on the brain. In each magazine, Sara Bellum—a budding young science student—takes students on a scientific journey to learn about the brain's complex responses to specific drugs including hallucinogens, inhalants, marijuana, methamphetamine, nicotine, opiates, steroids, and stimulants.

Also available in Spanish


Steroids Steroid Posters


Steroids: Know Your Opposition[General Audience]
This 24" x 18" poster features different side effects of steroid abuse that are printed on a series of hurdles to depict that "if you use steroids, the race is lost before it begins." The poster was designed as part of NIDA's larger steroids awareness program.

Steroids: Not in My Game Plan[General Audience]
This 24" x 18" poster features males and females engaged in various sports. The headline reads, "Steroids? Not in my game plan. How about you?" The poster appeals to kids' desire to be true to themselves, and it was designed as part of NIDA's larger steroids awareness program.

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