Up in Smoke

How do cigarettes affect the body and environment? Scholars begin a three-activity instructional activity plan with a cigarette dissection to discover what's inside, then draft their own comprehensive ingredient list. To close, small...

Step up your word search game with a puzzle that challenges scholars to sleuth out phrases, not single words. Each phrase boosts making healthy lifestyle choices by choosing not to smoke. 

Students consider their beliefs about anti-smoking laws before and after examining total smoking bans in various countries and the rationales behind them. They write position papers supporting or opposing the institution of a total...

Model an oil spill cleanup. An engaging engineering lesson has groups using aerogels to simulate an oil spill cleanup (vegetable oil in water). Along the way, they learn about nanotechnology and hydrophilia/hydrophobia.

Fifth graders review PowerPoint and how to use it. In this technology lesson, 5th graders view Gotcha! in order to understand advertising techniques. Students print out the Gotcha Advertising Strategies PowerPoint and answer the questions.

Middle schoolers discuss the chemicals found in second hand cigarette smoke. In this second hand smoke activity, students observe a demonstration of a smoke analyzer. Middle schoolers research the chemicals found in second hand smoke and...

Students view photographs to help them see how people live in rural Nepal. In groups, they imagine what it would be like to grow up in this type of community with little food and identify the problems associated with the Nepalise homes....

Students estimate the amount of money a non-smoking teen spends in a week, a month, and a year, and compare it with the expenses of a teen who smokes one, two, and three packs a day. They research other reasons that teens should not smoke.

Learners study the changing public perception of cigarettes over the century. They create a visual timeline for classroom display, and design a survey on people's views on cigarette smoking for homework. In addition, they design and...

Young scholars explore impact of smoking in workplaces. For this health awareness lesson, students act as owners and managers of different types of business locations. They develop smoking policies and defend them by responding to young...