Alcohol lesson plan and website for IGCSE or PSHE students @ ClickBiology

Alcohol lesson plan and website for IGCSE or PSHE students

Posted on May 26th, 2009 admin No comments
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This site, by Bristol university, provided an information site for teenagers regarding alcohol. It allows students to calculate their alcohol intake, explore the effects and to complete a quiz. It also provides teacher resources.

Lesson Plan:

I have used it in my lessons before combined with an activity highlighting the problem with estimating volume of drink. I have a mixture of coloured water to indicate red wine and clear water to indiocate vodka. I then ask the students to pour out a measure into tumblers or the large style wine glasses. Once done I inform them of the volume that is considered one unit for wine (125ml) and vodka (25ml). I then ask the students to pour out their measures into a measuring cylinder and ask them to compare what they poured to the correct volume. I often do a survey here of all the students (could graph results etc.). I then mention that the % alcohol content that is assumed for each calculation (9% for wine and 40% for spirits) is often actually higher. I hand out some sample wine bottles, and beer bottles/cans (EMPTY OF COURSE) for the students to survey the alcohol content. Again students could create survey, graphs and calculate actual unit content of the sample “drinks” they poured.

I either then do a class activity looking at the unit calculator in the site and we discuss what they consider a normal amount they might drink at a party (for older students naturally). Alternatively students could use the site to complete a research activity and calculate their own unit intake.

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