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Name of Activity: Alcohol Ball

Purpose of Activity: To teach students that alcohol use can cause blurred vision and poor coordination

Suggested Grade Level: 6-8

Materials Needed: A soft ball (nerf ball)

Description of Idea

Variations:

Ask selected students to write a sentence on the board. After spinning around ten times, ask students to write the same sentence again.

Assessment Ideas:

Ask the class to write what they observed and ask them to explain how these activities fit in with the unit on alcohol. People who drink too much alcohol have blurred vision and poor coordination even without squinting and spinning around. Ask the students to explain how these effects can be damaging to the person drinking and to others.

Note: The sentence writing activity was done in a bar (not the spinning part). People were asked to write a sentence before a drink, after one drink and again after a few drinks. It was obvious that the alcohol affected the people because their sentences got worse each time.