Students study advertising techniques and the effects of smoking on health.

Students use PowerPoint, Internet research, scanners and desktop publishing to create a multimedia presentation on the dangers of smoking.

High schoolers visit MainFunction every Friday for a Reality Check. Students discuss questions or complete an activity about real-world topics.

High schoolers visit MainFunction every Friday for a Reality Check. Students discuss questions or complete an activity about real-world topics.

Learners research teen smoking and present a PowerPoint presentation, which be their personal anti-smoking campaign for their peers.

Students interview both smokers and nonsmokers to get their point of view on the topic. They prepare bar graphs based on the data accumulated by the class during the interviews.

Students create wall hangings from fresh flowers using a technique called flower pounding. Wall hangings can be used to create a classroom quilt as well. This is an activity that can be adapted for many grade levels.

Students analyze and chart what risks are involved on school field trips. Students devise a study trip to take and dissect at the end of their findings. Students scale the conditions of what a risk is and we can manage them in the future.

Students examine the notion of what are students' images of manliness. Students test what represents success for students through a survey. Students ponder the issue can doing school work help you be manly.

Students research various services (agencies) provided by the government. They prepare a written report about the agency and also about an individual service it provides. They list steps involved in gaining a specific service provided by...

Fourth graders use algebra to begin solving a problem. The problem has a real world application to engage learners. The main skill is converting fractions and decimals. Also finding the right number sentence for the word problem is...

In this word search worksheet, students search for terms related to tobacco use. Words include important body parts, diseases and effects.

Students match pictures of people eating certain foods with the correct phrase. Student pairs interview each other in order to gather and compare information on food eating habits, and awareness of nutritional value - or lack thereof.

In this slang instructional activity, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the meanings of slang expressions beginning with letter F.

In this synonyms worksheet, students match the vocabulary word with the best synonym or definition. Students answer all questions, then click on "Check Answers."

In this ESL holiday lesson activity, students read a passage about Buy Nothing Day, then complete a variety of comprehension and vocabulary activities. 

In this ESL collocations worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct collocations from 5 possible answers.

In this English worksheet, students read "Kate Moss Axed over Drug Scandal," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English worksheet, students read "UK Doctors' Drink/Drug Problem," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students role play chosen scenario about smart decision making. In this drug awareness lesson, students discuss the danger associated with drug abuse. They practice how to make careful choices when faced with a difficult situation.

Tenth graders differentiate angiosperms and gymnosperms. In this biology lesson, 10th graders construct a musical phylogenetic tree from information they gathered on resource websites. They present their project in class.

A resource on addiction. Discusses alcohol and drug addiction, their symptoms and causes, misconceptions people have about addiction, how it affects those close to the addict, different treatment options, and how to get help.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse created a guide on the principles of drug addiction treatment. That guide is available here online. It's meant to help individuals answer questions such as finding the most effective methods of...

NOVA Addiction is a film that explores the impact of the opioid epidemic on individuals and society, examines the neurobiology of opioid addiction, and discusses current harm reduction approaches and treatments and how they might be...