Space Scouts Moderator Guide #2
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1. This game is a lot like that Lay out large laminated cards face down on the floor in a 4x4 array Read the following instructions On the face of the cards are either o A picture of a drug and its name o A description of a drug and its name Teams will take turns turning over two cards As the cards are turned over participant must read what it says to the group If a match is made the team collects the cards and gets another chance to turn over two cards If no match is made both cards are turned face down once again and the other team gets a turn Continue until all matches have been made Add the number of matches to each team s score Ask the official scorekeepers to tally the score Click on the Jump button if both teams have the same score Click on the Continue button to proceed OK XX team won so you guys get to choose which scene we ll see first of these three Don t worry you ll get to see them all Winning Team gets to select which of the following they want to view click on that one Nicole Andre Kitchen The remaining locations will be seen automatically followed by e Papa Franklin talks to kids e Coach arrives e Twister game Program automatically advances to workbook exercise SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 4 Workbook Exercise 1 Legality amp How Taken Open your workbooks to the first page In the center column you ll see a list of d2. Command apple key Q drag the disc icon to the trash the trash will turn into a eject icon Remove the DVD and shut the laptop lid SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 15 SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 16 CONTENT ESSAYS Lesson 2 Objective 1 Describe five types of drugs how they re taken and if they re legal Alcohol is a liquid Alcoholic beverages come in many forms Beer whiskey wine and wine coolers all contain alcohol A twelve ounce can of beer a five ounce glass of wine a shot of hard liquor and a mixed drink all contain the same amount of alcohol Drinking alcoholic beverages is legal for adults 21 years of age or older Cocaine is a white powder that is made from the leaves of the coca plant Cocaine can be snorted smoked or injected Sometimes cocaine powder is made into small rocks called crack Other names for cocaine include snort blow and coke Cocaine is illegal Inhalants are the fumes from some types of chemicals People breathe these fumes to get high This is called huffing Inhalants include such things as gasoline spray paint and glues Many inhalants are legal products but they are used in ways for which they were not intended Marijuana is a drug made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis sativa plant Marijuana can be smoked or eaten Other names for marijuana include pot weed grass dope and chronic In the Unit
3. Directions for each are described below Using a DVD player The video should function as a conventional DVD disc Refer to your player s user manual regarding use of the Using a Macintosh Computer Insert the disc into the computer The disc will automatically begin playing The mouse may be used to click buttons on the screen A button that is green will activate with one click while a yellow button will turn green with one click and activate with another click When you touch the track pad or move the mouse a thin transparent window will appear that contains controls resembling a remote control see diagram inside front cover Use the play pause and forward buttons to control the flow of the program After five seconds of no input from the track pad or mouse this virtual remote will hide itself Note In some instances when the disc is inserted a dialog may pop up If this happens clicking the beginning of disc option will start the video as expected Additional note There is an eject button on the virtual remote If this button is clicked the disc will be ejected from the computer In order to continue the disc must be fully removed and reinserted The video will then begin playing inside a small window To make the video fill the screen click on the video to insure that the DVD player program is activated and then from the Video menu select the Enter Full Screen option Quitting The Program On Macintosh computers press Comm
4. is a tie or Continue to proceed with video SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two RISK FACTORS IGHBORHOO 10 G l LIT D MEDIA ID ES AUSTI l INE OLT 4 OL L KAHLUA MILLER LITE TECATE BEER Page 13 PROTECTIVE FACTORS INVOLVEMENT IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES LIKE CHURCH SPORTS ETC FAMILY MEMBERS WHO M NOT CONDONE DRUG USE _HAVING FRIENDS WHO AKRE DRUG FREE _ NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUG USE KNOWING HOW TO EFFEC TIVELY HANDLE S SOL CHIC SOL IN AC KO l ETTE LUE RA LBO S NEWPORT CIGARETTES PARROT BAY THREE KINGS CIGARETTES SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 14 OK where should the team go first before practice Team XX you won the last round which should we see first The other two will follow Winning Team gets to select which of the following they want to view first click on that one Playground Balance Beam Pavilion The remaining locations will be seen automatically and the video will proceed with e Feeding the ducks The program automatically advances to workbook exercise Workbook Exercise 5 Media ID Open your workbooks back to page four At the bottom it says Media ID As you watch the following video quickly write down all the drugs images you see Ready go Click on the Start button When video ends program automatically advances to next screen Pencils down everyone Exposure to drug imagery via adv
5. E XTE N S IO NS How to follow up the results REPEAT THE STUDY BUT GIVE SOME RATS U 0 GIVE OTHE E ODA SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 8 ACTIVITY 2 Musical Chairs Everyone stand up Help me make a circle of chairs Arrange chairs in a circle backs facing inward I chair less than the number of participants OK now we re going to play musical chairs I m going to play some music When it stops you have to sit in a chair If there s no chair available you re out no pushing please Click on the Start button to start the music Come on guys I wanna see you move Keep going and enjoy this music Click on the pause button DVD controller or space bar keyboard to stop and restart the music Click on the right arrow key on the keyboard or forward button on DVD controller to end the game OK if you didn t land in a chair you re out Let s do it again When the music stops everyone must sit in a chair The person who remains standing is out for the remainder of the game Remove one chair from the circle and start the music again Repeat until there is one person left If the music ends before you are down to one person you may click on the More Music button to begin again Add 10 points to the winning team s score Ask the official scorekeepers to tally the score Click on the Continue button to proceed with video e Coach and Oliver e By vending machines e Coac
6. SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two on screen buttons Use enter to select a highlighted button y F Use triangles to highlight ip Forward Button gt Play Pause Button SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 1 Introduction Welcome to SpaceScouts This program is specifically designed to teach fourth through sixth grade students about the biological bases of substance abuse After viewing the program in its entirety students should have an excellent overview of what drugs do to the brain and body The program is not designed to prevent students from using drugs but rather help them gain a better appreciation for what happens when people do use drugs Program Overview The program begins with the moderator dividing participants into teams and determining which team will go first Although SpaceScouts is primarily a video the action stops at several points to allow for participants to complete workbook exercises and physical activities and games The moderator may wish to assign a player from each team to be official scorekeepers Moderators The moderators are responsible for insuring the overall smooth operation of activities during the use of the program They also help ease the transitions between the screen physical activities and workbook exercises Although the moderators need to maintain a level of control they should also be relaxed and energetic Moderators do not need to have a background in substanc
7. and Q Drag the disc icon to the trash icon in the dock the trash icon will turn to an eject symbol For traditional DVD players follow your unit s standard operating procedures Other Items Needed For the activities have on hand 2 buckets or bins a few dozen foam rubber tennis ball size balls or wadded up pieces of paper and a roll of masking tape to mark lines on the floor to indicate the beginning and end points of the various races SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 2 Program Introduction Welcome back to SpaceScouts I think you re going to enjoy this program We ll be watching some videos doing some workbook activities and playing some games In today s lessons we re going to learn about substance abuse and how certain drugs affect the brain and body But first we have to divide up into teams Divide kids into two teams have the teams sit together facing the screen Assign one team to be Red and the other Blue Assign one person from each team to be official scorekeepers or keep score yourself Here are your workbooks We ll be using them later No need to look at them now Hand out workbooks OK Let s begin Launch the program It will automatically show the introduction and first scene in Andre s bedroom Upon completion the program advances to an activity screen SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 3 Activity 1 Drug Match Has everybody played Concentration before
8. detached earlobes You don t have to limit yourselves to teammates You ll have 3 minutes But if a pair shouts FOUR before then they ll be the winners Wait until everyone has looked at the examples in the workbook GO Click the Start button If a pair has shouted FOUR they win otherwise identify the pair that has the most traits in common when the timer expires OK guys come on up and show everyone why you re twins Call winning pair up to front and make them demonstrate their matching traits Add one point for each trait matched to the winning pair s team if the pair members come from both teams both teams get the points If there is a tie use Jump button Ask official scorekeepers to tally the score Click on the Continue button to proceed with video e Farmers market e Andre and Charlene at malt shop e Booker T and Kennedy at hot dog cart e Franklin and DJ e Coach and team in museum lobby The program automatically advances to the next exercise screen SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 10 Workbook Exercise 3 Map to the Museum Open your workbooks to page 3 You ll have three minutes to figure out how to get coach back to the museum Ready go Click on the Start button When timer expires buzzer sounds Pencils down everyone Click on the Continue button Read through the map route displayed on the screen OK this is your chance to sh
9. e abuse education in order to run SpaceScouts activities Content essays from which the program was created are included in the back of this manual There may be times when disputes occur between the teams There also may be times when individual team members are ridiculed for answering a question incorrectly During these times the moderators will need to arbitrate to insure that everyone is treated with respect Moderators may also need to show a level of adaptability and sensitivity to group characteristics Moderators may want to show some leniency and allow honest efforts to count as correct responses to the workbook exercises Judging the level of sophistication of the group members should guide these types of decisions There will also be times when participants draw posters and share them with the group Moderators should be prepared to praise all efforts and quell any negative comments or teasing by others Moderators should stress the importance of mutual support respect and learning Using This Guide This guide contains a broad overview of the SpaceScouts video and the instructions for running the activities Also included are copies of the students workbook pages Text appearing in quotes is for the moderator to speak Text preceded by the symbol indicates action for the moderator to take Running the Program This program can be run from either a traditional DVD player or from a computer equipped with an internal DVD drive
10. ed States using marijuana is illegal But sometimes doctors prescribe marijuana for certain illnesses such as pain caused by cancer treatment Nicotine is one of the many chemicals found in tobacco Tobacco can be smoked or chewed Using tobacco is legal for adults Lesson 2 Objective 2 Describe how legal substances can be abused All drugs cause changes in the brain or body But not all drugs are illegal Some legal drugs include medicines doctors prescribe or drugs bought at a store Even though these drugs are legal people can take them in ways they are not intended Drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking cigarettes is legal for adults But some people abuse these substances and can become addicted Caffeine is a drug that is often found in soda It causes people to feel energized and alert Although caffeine is legal people may drink more caffeinated soda than they should Some people eat too much sugar in sweets like ice cream candy and soda This can cause obesity Being obese or overweight can lead to a disease called Diabetes Diabetes is a disease that prevents the body from controlling the amount of sugar in the blood Diabetes is common among African Americans Many foods also contain high levels of salt Some people add salt to their foods both before and after cooking Although salt helps food taste better using too much salt can be bad for the body Over use of salt can lead to hypertension or high blood pressure Hy
11. ertising TV and the movies is an important risk factor However being able to recognize these images for what they are is an even more important protective factor Let s see how well you did Click on the Continue button to proceed Read off the complete list of items from the screen Everyone stand up Sit down if you had less than 5 OK now sit down if you had less than 8 Continue asking to identify who got the most correct Adjust each team s score to reflect of items correctly identified Click on the Jump button if both teams have the same score Ask official scorekeepers to tally score Click on the Continue button to proceed Program automatically begins to show remaining video scenes e Coach Andre and Oliver e Coach and Oliver e Franklin cooks sort of e Aretha Franklin Andre and Nicole in front room e Credits It looks like the XX team is the winner Congratulations Leave your workbooks and pencils with me We re gonna let you go now and I hope you ll all be back next week Before you go we have some prizes for you Since XX team won how about you guys coming up here first and picking your prizes After that the other team can come forward I hope everyone enjoyed our program and that you learned a lot about the brain and how it is affected by drugs Looking forward to seeing you next week On a traditional DVD player eject the disc and power off On a Macintosh computer press
12. h and team in museum lobby OK everybody good job It s time to take a 10 minute break and change DVDs On a traditional DVD player eject the disc and reinsert the second disc when ready to begin again On a Macintosh computer press Command apple key Q drag the disc icon to the trash the trash will turn into a eject icon Remove the DVD and insert the new disc when ready to begin again Note if a dialog box appears when the disc is inserted choose the beginning of disc option Additional Note if the video doesn t play in full screen choose the Enter Full Screen option from the Video menu SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 9 Beginning of Disc 2 OK You just learned about How Legal Substances Can Be Abused Let s continue on and see what happens to Nicole and Andre Disc should begin automatically when placed in drive e Andre and malt cups e Coach and Oliver Upon completion the program automatically advances to activity screen ACTIVITY 3 Find Your Twin Everyone open your workbooks to the inside back cover where you ll see a bunch of vocabulary words Notice at the bottom that there are four traits listed eye coloring tongue rolling thumb curvature ear lobe When I say go I want you to find someone who has the same traits as yourself using these four characteristics for example you ll both have brown eyes can curl your tongue have a curved thumb and
13. ill in as many things as you can think of in three minutes that will either help people stay away from drugs or encourage them to use drugs Ready go Click on Start button to begin the activity When timer expires buzzer sounds OK let s hear all the Risk Factors you came up with other team I want you to be writing these down in your workbooks Moderate the reading of the list give a point for each reasonable answer If the following aren t mentioned do a brainstorming session to elicit more You gave some great answers I wonder if the whole group could come up with a few more RISK Neighborhood violence Lots of advertising for alcohol amp cigarettes Family that use Friends that use Attitudes that say that drug use is OK Inability to handle stress Click on Continue to proceed OK now let s hear the Protective Factors other team remember to write their answers in your books Moderate the reading of the list give a point for each reasonable answer If the following aren t mentioned do a brainstorming session to elicit more You gave some great answers I wonder if the whole group could come up with a few more PROTECTIVE Involvement in outside activities sports church etc Family that does not condone use Friends that do not use Attitudes that say that drug use is not OK Knowing how to effectively handle stress Click on Jump if there
14. ld then do an experiment to test their hypothesis Today our experimental results confirmed the hypothesis the more soda a rat gets the fatter he will be Therefore we can conclude that something about soda leads rats to gain weight How might we follow this study up to refine our results Write down some EXTENSIONS other studies we could run to confirm our conclusions or test other hypotheses Wait until everyone writes something in their books Click on the Continue button Add to each team s score when they come up with a viable follow up experiment such as feed one rat a caffeinated soda and one rat a regular soda feed one rat a diet soda and one rat a regular soda etc Ask the official scorekeepers to tally the scores Click on the Continue button to proceed with video e Coach practices speech e Coach gives speech e Museum exterior e Museum interior lobby and Oliver s office e Andre Nicole and Terrance The program automatically advances to activity screen SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 7 RAT EXPERIMENT Here s an interesting experiment One rat only gets water to drink Another rat gets a water and soda mix The final rat drinks nothing but soda HYPOTHESES What you think will happen T A l GEF FAT N EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS What actually happened THE RATS THAT DRANK ONLY SODA GOT REALLY FAT cO NC LU S l ON S What the results mean S O Cc Oo OBESITY
15. or not HOW IT S TAKEN DRUG LEGAL Breathe Nicotine Illegal the fumes Smoke Legal if you re or eat 21 or older Drink Inhalants Legal for adults Snort Marijuana Legal products smoke not used in or inject right manner Smoke Alcohol Illegal in U S or chew unless prescribed by a doctor SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 6 Workbook Exercise 2 Rat Experiment In this experiment we have three different rats One will get to drink a lot of soda Another will get a little bit of soda The third rat will just drink water Get out your workbooks and open them to page two For each rat write down your HYPOTHESIS what you think will happen to each rat Wait until everyone writes something in their books Now let s see what happens when we run the EXPERIMENT Click on the leftmost video icon When that is complete click the middle video and then the rightmost video When all three animations have been viewed click End Experiment button to move on If you click before viewing all three animations click Back to return Now write down in your workbook the EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS what actually happened Wait until everyone writes something in their books Now make some CONCLUSIONS as to what you think the results mean Wait until everyone writes something in their books So a scientist may hypothesize that the sugar in soda would make rats more fat They wou
16. ow your honesty Stand up if you got it correct Adjust each team s score to reflect of kids standing Have the official scorekeepers tally the score Click on the Jump button if both teams have the same score Click on the Continue button to proceed with video e Basketball court and park e Andre and Coach at picnic table The program automatically advances to workbook exercise SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 11 MAP TO THE MUSEUM Follow the directions on the map You ll pick up a letter at each house you pass on the way to the museum Transfer the letter to the blank spaces and when you finish you ll complete the sentence about genes When determining the likelihood of someone becoming addicted to drugs genes are ONLY ONE FACTOR DIRECTIONS 1 From the Park go east on Brain Street 7 Go east on Temporal Avenue 2 Turn left at Parietal Way 8 Turn south on Parietal Way 3 Turn right at exiles Street 9 Turn west on Cerebellum Street 4 Go north on Neuron Blvd 10 Turn right north on Axon Avenue 5 Turn west at Meninges Avenue 11 Turn right onto Dendrite Drive 6 Turn south on Occipital Avenue and head to the museum SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 12 Workbook Exercise 4 Risk amp Protective Factors Open your workbooks to page 4 This team here you ll be Risk Factors and this team here you ll be Protective Factors When I say go I want you as a team to f
17. pertension is one of the main causes of strokes and heart attacks SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 17 Lesson 2 Objective 3 Explain what genes are and describe their role in drug abuse Our bodies are made up of millions of tiny cells Each cell has many smaller parts One of the most important parts is the nucleus The nucleus contains 23 pairs of chromosomes Chromosomes are made of many different genes Genes are like chemical instruction manuals that tell the body how to build itself Children s genes are a combination of their parent s genes half from their mother and half from their father Most traits or how people look and act are due to a combination of many different genes Some genes may play an important role in determining whether a person will develop a drug abuse or dependency problem Having some genes may make people more vulnerable to the effects of drugs Other genes may make people less likely to abuse drugs No one gene can cause drug dependency or abuse No matter what genes people have their genes are just one factor that determines the likelihood of them becoming addicted to drugs Lesson 2 Objective 4 Explain how risk and protective factors influence drug use Some things in people s lives make it more likely that they will use or abuse drugs These are called risk factors One risk factor for using drugs is having friends or family members who use drugs Another risk factor for using drug
18. rugs The left column is a list of how various drugs can be taken and the right is whether or not the drug is legal You have two minutes to match the name of the drug how it s taken and whether it is legal or not Ready Go Click on the Start button When timer expires buzzer sounds Pencils down everyone Click on the Continue button to advance Read through the all the pairings displayed on the screen OK this is your chance to show your honesty Count up how many you got correct Everyone stand up If you got less than five correct sit down OK now if you got less than seven correct sit down Continue asking to identify who got the most correct Add the highest number of correct answers by a single team member to that team s score Ask the official scorekeepers to tally the score Click on the Jump button if both teams have the same score Click on the Continue button to proceed with video e Yard sale e Clown makeup e Andre wears lamp e Andre leads basketball practice e Andre and Franklin e Andre and Coach Program advances automatically to workbook exercise SpaceScouts Moderator s Guide Day Two Page 5 LEGALITY amp HOW TAKEN The center column shows five drugs The column on the left shows how various drugs are taken The column on the right says if a drug is legal Your job is to draw a line from each drug to the correct way it is taken and also to whether it s legal
19. s is living in a violent neighborhood where drugs are easily obtained Peer pressure is another important risk factor for using drugs Other things in people s lives make it less likely they will use or abuse drugs These things are called protective factors One protective factor for not using drugs is having parents who don t use drugs Being involved in activities such as sports or church also helps people stay away from drugs Having friends who don t use drugs is another important protective factor You can t tell if a person will end up using drugs just by looking at their risk and protective factors The importance of various risk and protective factors changes during a person s life SpaceScouts was made possible by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to Joel Epstein of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health Production team Brendolyn Bailey Burch Karen Kadela Collins Kelly Gregory Thom Pancella Daphne Walker Thoth script by John Frain art and layout by Tom Dineen Copyright 2006 Curators of the University of Missouri
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