Killers That Travel in Packs

Grade Level(s):         9-12

Subjects(s):     Health, Business Computer Literacy, Physical Education

Learner Outcomes:

1)    Students will study and understand how smoking damages the human body.
2)    Students will recognize the effects of smoke on the lungs, the heart, and the circulatory system.
3)    Students will cite reasons that identify why smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable death in America today.
4)    Students will research tobacco using assigned URLs.
5)    Students will access information from the Hands Off Tobacco CD. 

Duration of Lesson:    90 minutes

Materials: 

Coffee stirrers or drinking straws for each student
Users are Losers Smoking Facts
The Truth About Tobacco and Performance
Top 10 Reasons to be Smoke Free

Technology Tools/Courseware:

LCD Projector
Internet Access
Computer for each student
Hands Off Tobacco CD

Teacher Notes:
Secure computer laboratory access.
Make sure that all students have signed county/school Acceptable Use Policy.
The Hands Off Tobacco CD is distributed through Fairmont General Hospital Inc.

Procedures:

1)  Focus activity:  Ask students if they have had any relatives or friends who have died or been sick from smoking-related problems.  Describe how the illness effected the individual and how long the person had been smoking.
2)  Background information:    Lecture notes are available from Health:  Making Life Choices, pgs. 377-381.  or use any other source available for basic information.
3)  Hands Off Tobacco CD

• Teacher will load CD and project the computer screen with the LCD projector for all students to see.
• From the teacher menu items, teacher will go to Dirty Rotten Truth and  click on the truth about tobacco ads.
• Click on each picture to learn about the effects of tobacco on the body.
• Click on the menu.
• Click on the chemicals found in tobacco.
• Click on each picture to find out about each chemical.
• Click on the menu, go to Virtual Autopsy.
• Click on autopsy of a smoker's lung.
• Go through numbers 1-7.
• Click on the menu, go to Games & Activities.
• Click on impaired breathing activity and follow the instructions.  This activity simulates emphysema.

Modifications:

Possible special education modifications include the following:

For physically impaired students:

If available, use a touch screen.
Use a trackball or IntelliMouse.

Allow for additional time when necessary.
When necessary, place students in cooperative learning groups.

Provide large print worksheets.

Enrichment Activities:

Browse this site for information on smoking, teenage addictions, and the health risks that come with the use of tobacco.

American Cancer Society  (Click on tobacco and cancer)

Evaluation/Assessment:

Students will receive one grade for this lesson:
 

Killers That Travel in Packs Answer Key

10 points (one point for each question)

State and National Goals:

West Virginia IGOs:
Physical Education (Secondary) :  P.E. 9, P.E. 27
Health (Secondary) : HE.42, HE.59, HE.63
Business Computer Literary : BCL 20

National Standards:
Health Standards K-12 : 7, 9
Technology Standards K-12: 3
Correlated National Standards are not available for the following subject(s):  Business Computer Litaracy and Physical Education

References:
Hands Off Tobacco CD
The Truth About Tobacco and Performance
Top 10 Reasons to be Smoke Free
Health:  Making Life Choices
American Cancer Society

Bridgeport High School
Belinda Moss
Pat Ramsburg
Gladys Williams