"Mythbusting Marijuana" Fun Zone Activity

Yes 2 Know Summit

Grade 8
2 November 2016
Mercedes DuBois

Rationale:
This is a fun zone activity designed to encourage positive values, asset-building, and social competencies in
students. It tests students' knowledge, encourages critical thinking skills, and provides factual information about
marijuana. The ultimate goal of this activity is to have students make informed decisions about marijuana use in
the real world. Furthermore, because students get to spin the wheel to win prizes just for participating, it is a low
risk, fun activity for them.

Curriculum Connections:
Core Competencies:
Communication: Acquire and interpret information; Connect and engage with others (to share and develop ideas).
Critical Thinking: Analyze and critique; question and investigate.
Personal and Social Responsibility: Personal values and choices; Self-determination; Self-regulation; Well-being.

Learning Intentions: Activity: Assessment:

1. I can use critical thinking skills to
distinguish between marijuana
myths and facts
2. I am open to learning facts about
marijuana use and its effects
3. I can make informed decisions
based on factual knowledge
1. Students answer questions about
marijuana to determine if they are
myths or facts
2. Students listen to facilitator to see
if they busted their myth and find
out more information about
marijuana
3. Students apply knowledge about
marijuana to real-world situations
and make informed decisions
1. Assess students' responses to their
question(s)
2. Assess students' engagement and
active listening
3. Students (hopefully) decline to
use substances such as marijuana

Prerequisite Concepts and Skill: (for student success)

-basic reading abilities
-critical thinking skills

Materials and Resources with References/Sources:

For Teacher For Students
-"Mythbusting Marijuana" questions and answers -passport
(provided by Corporal Cusson)
-prize wheel (provided by Douglas Hardie at
VIHA)
-masking tape
-marker
-passport stamp
-prizes (provided by VIU Education Students
through community donation)
-bucket full of questions for students to choose
from
-poster

Differentiated Instruction (DI):

-students may discuss the questions with a partner
-students can spin the wheel to win a prize for participating (even if they did not correctly bust a marijuana myth)
-facilitator can help students read questions if needed

Organizational/Management Strategies: (anything special to consider?)

-students may come to the station in a large peer group if so, ask students to partner up and/or wait their turn to
answer questions
-ensure that we have enough prizes for each student to spin for a prize (270 prizes total?)

Possible Aboriginal Connections / First Peoples Principles of Learning

-Learning ultimately supports the well-being of the self, the family, the community, the land, the spirits, and the
ancestors
-Learning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational
-Learning involves recognizing the consequences of one's actions
-Learning requires exploration of one's identity.

Lesson Activities:
Activities pacing
Introduction (hook/motivation/lesson overview)
-Possible hooks as students near our activity station:
"Test your knowledge about pot, spin the wheel, and win prizes!" 30
"Come answer trivia questions about marijuana. We've got prizes!" seconds
"Come bust myths about weed and win prizes!"

Body (lesson flow/ management)

-Explain the station:
"For this activity, we're going to have each of you draw a question from this bucket. You have
to decide whether it is true or false. Once you've answered, I'll let you know whether you've
correctly busted your myth or not. Then you get a chance to spin the wheel and win a prize for
participating! Any questions?" 5 to 7
-students pull a slip of paper from a bucket, read the question, and decide whether it is true or minutes
false
-facilitators reveal if the student correctly busted a myth about marijuana, and provide further
information for students (see attached question and answer sheet)
-time permitting, encourage students to answer more than one question
-students may choose to partner up to discuss their myth/answer their question

Closure (connections within lesson or between lessons, sharing successes, summaries)

-students return their slip of paper to the bucket for the next student
-students spin the wheel for participating in activity and receive a prize based on what they
spun 3
-stamp students' passports before they move on to the next station minutes