Being a Teenager
Drugs
Stress
Refusal Skills
Random
100
*ALL PLAY*
Write the name of an adult that a teen could talk to when they are stressed or need help
Teachers, parents, aunts and uncles, guardians, social worker, counselor, etc.
100
Prescription pills should only be taken by this person
The person they were prescribed for
100
Give 2 examples of a healthy coping skill
Lots of them!
100
We spent a whole day talking about peer pressure. Who are your peers?
Friends and people your age
100
Give 2 reasons why a person would choose not to use drugs
Health, relationships, to avoid legal problems, want to do well in school, involved with sports or activities, many answers
200
Intense feelings that change quickly, caused by changes to the emotional part of the teen brain
Mood swings
200
This addictive substance, found in cigarettes and vapes, has been found to be as addictive as heroin.
Nicotine
200
Give 2 examples of a negative coping skill.
Drugs, drinking, running away, fighting, etc.
200
Choose a team to compete against. Both of you will send someone up to the front to do the next challenge.
Instructions: Blow a plastic spider across a table using only a straw. Race to push yours off the end of the table first.
200
Name a resource or person you could go to if you were feeling stressed
Different Answers
300
List three things that change or cause stress during the teen years
Lots of answers!
300
In a 2025 anonymous survey of Comstock Park 7th graders, only 5.5% of students said they had done this in the last 30 days.
Used a vape
300
1 in ______ kids had a family member who struggles with addiction
1 in 4
300
You refuse to smoke cigarettes with a friend and he keeps asking why. Give two (truthful) reasons
All sorts of answers!
300
Name a celebrity that grew up in a household with addiction or other family problems
The Rock, Eminem, Robert Downey Jr, Selena Gomez, Cardi B, Kevin Hart...
400
Teens require this much sleep at night (must guess the entire range)
8-10 hours
400
Marijuana has over _______ chemicals in it. (Looking for a number)
300
400
These are the 3 cs
Cause, Change, Cope
400
These are the 4 Refusal Skills that make up the acronym S.T.O.P.
Say No
Tell the Truth
Offer an Alternative
Peace Out
400
*All Play*
Mrs St Andre is the name of your science teacher.
Correctly spell the name of the other 7th grade teacher.
Mazurkiewicz
500
The human brain develops by this age
25
500
The symptoms and emotions (like headaches and irritability) a person experiences when they stop using something their body is dependent on
Withdrawal
500
*ALL PLAY*
Choose one person from each team to draw a picture of what you imagine Mrs St Andre is does on a day off. She will decide the winner!
Choose one person from each team to draw a picture of Mrs St Andre on her day off
500
This type of communication gets your point across in a way that is clear and respectful, but firm
Assertive
500
This drug comes from the leaves of a plant and can stop your heart the first time you use it.
It is often mixed with other, more powerful substances and comes in different forms.
Cocaine