Lesson 1 - Introduction to Smoking and Tobacco


Big Ideas:

Students require knowledge in order to make informed decisions about tobacco use

Curriculum Expectations:

Health and Physical Education

C2.3 Demonstrate the ability to make and support healthy, informed choices about smoking, using their understanding of factors that affect decisions about smoking and a variety of personal and interpersonal skills and thinking processes.

Procedure:


Before (Activation):

  • Have the students visit a Wallwisher page and leave their sticky notes (this could also be done in a previous class or at home ahead of class)
  • Using a media cart or Smartboard, look at the Wallwisher page as a class, read and summarize responses

During (Minds-On):

  • Introduce the unit, using Smart Notebook software or Kidspiration to create a K-W-L chart. Fill in the K (What students know) and W (what students wonder or want to know), based on responses on the Wallwisher page and on class discussion.
  • Play the "Clear the Air" online game - if in the computer lab, each child can play individually. In a classroom, the game can be played using a media cart or Smartboard, either all together as a class, or with the class divided into two teams.

After (Consolidation):

  • Discuss the game as a class, and have students complete exit cards. The question for the exit cards is: Write three things that the "Clear the Air" game tells us about smoking or tobacco use.

Assessment:

Exit cards - formative assessment

Resources:

Kidspiration
Smart Notebook software
Wallwisher
Clear the Air online game from Smoke Free Kids