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![]() Educational Content: The virtual bar allows students the chance to learn their personal limits with alcohol. Students will input their statistics and then select drinks and see how the drinks affect them differently (based on gender, age, height and weight, as well as if they’ve eaten or not). This program will help students learn their own limits and hopefully make more informed choices if they consume alcohol in the future.
For printable facts, stats & helpful information to create your own handout from, check out http://www.knowyourlimits.info/know-about-alcohol which has “Know Your Limits” facts about alcohol (in general), about units of alcohol, about how alcohol works, about the effects of alcohol, about mixing drugs & alcohol, about women & alcohol, about underage drinking, about when not to drink, about your own drinking & about where to get help if you’ve been overconsuming/have developed an addiction. After playing with the virtual bar (students can each bring their own computer or pass one around), lead a discussion on the following:
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Program Description: The website http://responsibility.org/start-a-conversation/drinking-responsibly/virtual-bar/ is an interactive “virtual bar” where you enter your gender, weight, height and age. You then choose a drink (lots of options from beer to different cocktails) and the amount it took you to consume that drink. If you keep drinking at the virtual bar, every additional drink you add will affect your Blood Alcohol Content and will also give you a current description of your state of consumption.
For example, if I had a standard mixed drink in about 15 minutes and then had a long island iced tea that I drank in another 15 minutes, as a 150lb 25 year old male, my BAC would change from 0.02 to 0.05 between the 1st and 2nd drinks and would say “You are feeling relaxed, talkative and mildly euphoric. Your inhibitions are lowered and your reasoning and memory are impaired slightly. Your coordination may be mildly impaired.” The virtual bar also has an option to eat food (which also affects my BAC), to invite a friend or to reset with different information! The virtual bar is a great opportunity for everyone to get to know their own limits and think about how alcohol can affect them. |
![]() Educational Content: This program will teach/reinforce healthy exercises that can be done with no equipment and a small amount of space -ideally for students living on campus. For every game piece removed without buzzing, player(s) must complete the corresponding exercise. These include (with time locations on the accompanying video):
Cobra to Childs Pose Stretch :31 Cat to Cow Stretch 2:18 Lying Side Jacks 3:41 Pilates Saw 5:49 Toe Touch Swoops 7:31 Butterfly & Chest Stretch 9:19 Squat Circle Stretch 10:32 Back & Hamstring Windmill 11:54 Quadricep Pull Pulses 13:34 ![]()
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Program Description: This program is the game of 'Operation' with a twist. Residents will play the traditional game of 'Operation'; but each piece will have an exercise task that goes with it, so the resident will not only have to remove the piece, they will also have to accomplish the corresponding exercise. All players will be encouraged to join in the exercises, but only the player must complete it to receive credit for removing the piece. A video with easy no-equipment stretches/exercises is provided below to demonstrate the moves.
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