Assessment
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As students work on this activity, look for evidence of the following:
- Are students able to understand what each drug does?
- Do students understand the difference between a drug that has a helpful effect and one that has a harmful effect?
- Do students think that their study of drugs has any relevance to their lives? Why or why not?
- Were students able to answer the riddles? Were they able to grasp the information in the second group of riddles?
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