Summary of Talk About Alcohol resources

Summary of Talk About Alcohol
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This table summarises the content of each worksheet and online activity and shows how each covers Talk About Alcohol's four key learning objectives.

Factual information
Resistance skills
Behaviour with peers
Social norms

You can read more about these objectives here.

You can also see tables showing ways of combining the worksheets into teaching programmes which cover all four key learning objectives.

Science / Environmental Studies worksheets 11-16s

Resource	Description	Learning
Worksheet 1: What is alcohol?	Explains what alcohol is and how it is produced (students are asked to ferment apple juice to demonstrate this)	Factual information
Worksheet 2: What happens to alcohol in the body?	Asks students to label a diagram showing how alcohol enters, leaves and affects the body	Factual information
Worksheet 3: Short-term effects of alcohol in the body	Explores short-term physical effects of alcohol on the organs and people's behaviour	Factual information
Worksheet 4: Investigating the dehydrating effects of alcohol (11-14s)	Describes how alcohol dehydrates the body (students are asked to perform an experiment to demonstrate this)	Factual information
Worksheet 5: Investigating the dehydrating effects of alcohol (14-16s)	Describes how alcohol dehydrates the body (students are asked to perform an experiment to demonstrate this)	Factual information
Worksheet 6: Long-term effects of alcohol on the body	Explores long-term physical effects of alcohol on the organs and people's behaviour	Factual information
Worksheet 7: How much alcohol is in a drink?	Asks students to work out how many grams of alcohol are in different drinks and how many units this equates to	Factual information
Worksheet 8: What is BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration)?	Describes why BAC is difficult to estimate and how the body copes with a high BAC	Factual information
Worksheet 9: Drinking and driving don't mix	Explores drinking and driving issues through data showing increased stopping times	Factual information Behaviour with peers
Worksheet 10: Responsible drinking	Explains that there are situations in which adults must limit or avoid drinking alcohol	Factual information Behaviour with peers

PSHE worksheets 11-14s

Resource	Description	Learning
Worksheet 1: You and the law	Explains the law and prompts discussion about why the laws exist	Factual information
Worksheet 2: Good friends?	Lets students explore the consequences of alcohol for the drinker and their friends	Behaviour with peers Resistance skills
Worksheet 3: You, friends and strangers	Lets students explore the consequences of alcohol for the drinker, their friends and possibly strangers	Behaviour with peers Resistance skills
Worksheet 4: Fact or fiction	Lets students test their knowledge about alcohol and its effects	Factual information Social norms
Worksheet 5: Alcohol education - what do you want?	Asks students to devise their own Alcohol Education programme aimed at their age group	Factual information

PSHE worksheets 14s-16s

Resource	Description	Learning
Worksheet 1: You and the law	Explains the law and prompts discussion about why the laws exist	Factual information
Worksheet 2: Why are young people advised not to drink?	Asks students to rank a list of facts and opinions on why young people should think before they drink	Resistance skills
Worksheet 3: What would you say?	Poses difficult situations for students involving alcohol and asks students in groups how they would respond	Resistance skills Behaviour with peers
Worksheet 4: Drinking and driving	Asks students to think about the skills needed to drive a car and how alcohol impairs these skills	Factual information
Worksheet 5: How well do you know your age group?	Most young people think their peers drink more than they actually do. This allows students to test their preconceptions	Social norms
Worksheet 6: Alcohol education - what do you want?	Asks students to devise a curriculum for a new subject called "Alcohol Education"	Factual information
Worksheet 7: Alcohol and the community	Lets students explore the consequences of alcohol for the drinker, their friends and possibly strangers	Behaviour with peers

Online activity - Personality Zone

Resource	Description	Learning
Quiz 1: Who do you think you are?	Students can complete this quiz to assess what type of person they are	Behaviour with peers Social norms Resistance skills
Quiz 2: Are you a good friend?	Students can complete this quiz to see how they interact with their friends	Behaviour with peers Social norms Resistance skills

Online activity - Fact Zone

Resource	Description	Learning
Fast facts	Some facts about alcohol and drinking alcohol	Factual information Social norms
Myth busters	Students have to decide whether statements are true or false	Factual information
Body watch	Students can click on a map of the body to see how alcohol can affect different areas	Factual information
If you want to know more...	Useful links to related sites	Factual information

Online activity - Challenge Zone

Resource	Description	Learning
Think for yourself	Students are celebrating a birthday in a park with friends and have to choose to respond to a variety of situations	Behaviour with peers Factual information Social norms Resistance skills
Can you get home?	Students choose how much to drink at a virtual party - the more they drink the harder it is for them to overcome obstacles to find their way home	Behaviour with peers Factual information

Online activity - FIVE Zone

Resource	Description	Learning
FIVE Zone	Students are tested on five of the most important things they should know about alcohol in a quick quiz	Behaviour with peers Factual information Social norms Resistance skills

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