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Drugs and the Brain and Synapse

Research and write a one page paper describing how a specific drug affects the nervous system specifically the brain, neurons, and neurotransmitters.

Rubric Code: KXAWAAA

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Subject: Biology

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Drugs & Nervous System
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Introduction - Drug	Poor The introduction or paragraph describing the drug is minimal or not relevant.	Fair Either too much or too little info regarding the drug is given. The focus	Good There is a good introduction of the drug one page paragraph may be too much or too little information.	Excellent There is a detailed, relevant, consist one paragraph that describes the drug.
Neurotransmitters	Poor There is little information on how the drug interacts with neurons and neurotransmitters.	Fair There is a some information on how the drug interacts with neurons and neurotransmitters but the explaining is lacking a connection to the science/biology.	Good There is a good and fairly accurate information on how the drug interacts with neurons and neurotransmitter some of the biology/science may be missing.	Excellent There is detailed and accurate information on how the drug interacts with neurons and neurotransmitters. This information is well explained using scientific terms.
Brain	Poor There is little information provide on how the drug affects the brain.	Fair There is some information on how the drug affects the brain may be lacking some relevance and/or scientific terminology.	Good There is good and fairly accurate information on how the drug interacts and affects the brain.	Excellent There is detailed and accurate information on how the drug interacts and affects the brain. This information is well explained using scientific terms.