This 4-H curriculum, designed for informal education audiences, provides five inquiry-based lessons to help high school youth understand the harmful effects of improper disposal of medicines and what they can do to help. Each lesson contains a complete instruction plan, centered on a hands-on activity for the students.

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Curriculum activity where students role-play different scenes that characterize the impact of European settlement on the Great Lakes. Created in 2005.