Alcohol and

Caffeine
Year 9 HPE
Learning Goals
Today I will be able to: 
1. Understand that alcohol and
caffeine is a dangerous drug not
suitable for growing bodies.
2. Understand the health effects of
energy drinks.
 1. What is the difference between nicotine
and tobacco?
2. What is 1 short term and 1 long term
Rapid Recall effect of smoking tobacco?
3. What is the difference between vaping and
smoking?
Classification Group
of Alcohol
•Which drug classification do you think
alcohol is?

•Alcohol is classified as a 'depressant drug',

which means that it slows down the actions
of the central nervous system in your body

• It lowers your heart and breathing rates

• It slows down the time it takes for a
person to respond to things, which often
results in being uncoordinated, having
slower reflexes and making poor
decisions
 - Copy down three that are
most likely to occur in your life

Short Term Effects - Copy down three that you

would least like to happen to
you

Depending on how much is taken and • Breathing difficulties 

the physical condition of the individual, • Distorted vision and hearing 
alcohol can cause:
• Impaired judgment 
• Slurred speech
• Decreased perception
• Drowsiness and coordination 
• Upset stomach • Blackouts (memory lapses, where the
• Vomiting  drinker cannot remember events that
• Diarrhoea occurred while under the influence)
• Headaches • Unconsciousness /coma
Long Term Effects
Binge drinking and continued alcohol • Increased family problems,
use in large amounts are associated broken relationships 
with many health problems, • Alcohol poisoning 
including:
• High blood pressure, stroke, and
• Unintentional injuries such as other heart-related diseases 
car crash, falls, burns, drowning 
• Liver disease 
• Intentional injuries such as
sexual assault, domestic violence
 2 min YouTube 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY37BFmVxwQ
Did you know...?
• Alcohol causes nearly 6,000
Australian deaths in one year which
is one person every 90 minutes.
• In 2018, 4 in 5 Australians aged 18+
drank alcohol in the past 12 months.
• Alcohol was the reason for 53% of
drug-related hospitalisations in
2020.
• The proportion of Australians
drinking in excess has steadily
decreased since 2001.
 Harms the type of alcohol drunk
from
Alcohol  the speed of consumption

The harms from alcohol

are not necessarily from the mood of the individual 
the drug itself (physical
harm).

There are other things

the setting where alcohol is
to consider, such as: consumed
 • List all possible harms (physical, social,
emotional/mental, financial, legal) that COULD
occur in the following scenario.

Scenario  - • Use these as headings.

Harms from Scenario

A party is held at a friend's house whilst their
Alcohol parents are away. Approximately 50 people are
in attendance and not all are over the legal age
to drink. There are a large number of boys
drinking heavily, some are getting a little
aggressive to others in the group. One girl has
consumed her drinks too quickly, is clearly
intoxicated and beginning  to talk with an older
guy at the party. 
What is Caffeine?
• Caffeine is a drug that is naturally
produced in the leaves and seeds
of more than 60 plants.
• It's also produced artificially and
added to foods, drinks and
medicines.
• Caffeine is in tea, coffee,
chocolate, many soft drinks, pain
relievers and other over-the-
counter medications. 
Classification Group
of Caffeine
• What is the classification group of
caffeine? Why do you think this?

• Caffeine is a stimulant because it

stimulates the central nervous
system, causing increased
alertness.
• Caffeine gives most people a
temporary energy boost and
elevates mood.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?
app=desktop&v=4YOwEqGykDM

3-minute YouTube
What happens
to your brain on In dot points, write down three
coffee? facts that you learnt from this
video.
Caffeine Activity
Re-write each drink below in order from what you believe to be
the least caffeinated to the most. Label them 1-10 (least to
most). All products are in one cup/can.

• Black tea  •Cappuccino or latte​

• Long black •Red bull ​ Use a pencil or
• Monster •Decaf coffee​ an erasable
• •Plunger coffee ​ pen!
Instant
coffee •Coca cola can 
• Green tea 
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
How Much is OK?
•Teens should try to limit caffeine consumption to
no more than 100 mg of caffeine daily, and kids
should get even less (none is best).

•This is equal to one cappuccino or latte

What About Energy Drinks? 
How much caffeine is in energy drinks? Remember, teens should only
be having 100mg of caffeine a day

155mg  160mg  180mg!!

Copy down five of these in
your notebook under the
subtitle, 'Effects of Energy
Drinks'
Effects of Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVwBMuYCDe4

15 minute video
Drinks A real life story
Due next week at the start lesson is...
1. What is the definition of a standard drink?
2. List 3 examples of a standard drink (Beer/Wine/Spirits)
3. When you are an adult, how many standard drinks are you allowed
to have and still be safe to drive? (Male and Female)
4. How long does it take for the liver to break down and remove one
standard drink?
5. How many standard drinks in one session is considered a binge?