Hands Off Smoking!

State WV

Status Ready for Users
Stage Public
Subject Health
Mathematics
Science
Author Carolyn Falin
Bonita Miano
Diana Nash

Kimball Elementary School
Description This unit will introduce students to the history
of tobacco and its harmful effects on the body.
Students will learn refusal skills, anaylize
advertisement messages, and discover alternatives
to smoking.
The 21st Century Tools Comupter with internet access
Calculators
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Excel
Data projector
Overhead projector
Scanner
Grade Level 5
6
National Standards Health
2 Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community health
3 Understands the relationship of family health to individual health
9 Understands aspects of substance use and abuse

Math
3 Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation
7 Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of probability
9 Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics

Language Arts
1 Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
4 Gathers and uses information for research purposes
7 Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
8 Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
9 Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media

Science
4 Understands the principles of heredity and related concepts
5 Understands the structure and function of cells and organisms
11 Understands the nature of scientific knowledge

Keywords tobacco
smoking
peer pressure
harmful effects of smoking
smoking alternatives
analyzing advertisements
cancer
Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) Overview: Hands Off Smoking!
Lesson 1: Tobacco Facts
Lesson 2: Harmful Effects of Tobacco
Lesson 3: Refuse to Use
Lesson 4: Analyzing Advertisements
Lesson 5: Smoking Alternatives
References Kidshealth.org
American Cancer Society
Microsoft Instructional Resources
C.O.S.T.
The Toll Tobacco On West Virginia
National Library of Medicine
American Lung Association
Healthteacher.org
Harcourt Brace Your Health Teacher's Edition
Badvertise.org
Joe Chemo
Funbrain
Atlanta Kids
Elementary Corner
Fitness Online
English IGO or CSO 5.8, 5.14, 5.16, 5.26, 5.33, 5.59, 5.64, 5.69
6.6, 6.18, 6.20, 6.23, 6.54, 6.63, 6.64, 6.66
Health IGO or CSO 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.2.1,5.4.3, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.5.4, 5.5.6,5.6.1, 5.6.2
6.1.2, 6.4.2, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.6.2, 6.7.2
Math IGO or CSO 5.11, 5.23, 5.54, 5.55, 6.9, 6.10, 6.14, 6.24, 6.56. 6.58, 6.59
Science IGO or CSO 5.9, 5.25, 5.63
6.3, 6.7, 6.9