Nicotine Lesson
Overview
This is a lesson that can be used in teaching middle school students about the specific health effects caused by the use of nicotine devices such as cigarettes and vaping.
How Nicotine Effects the body
Lesson Plan Title: Nicotine lesson 2
Teacher’s Name: Jordan Miller
Unit: Nicotine Subject: Health Grade: 6
Lesson Objective(s): SWBAT
| Assessments:Formative: exit ticket: have students identify, in their opinion, the three worst diseases that come from tobacco use. Summative: N/A | |||
| ELL/SPED & Brain-Based Strategies:ELL: Visual aid-cdc infographic, Small group instruction and workBrain-Based strategy: Movement, students will use movement during the tobacco lab to learn about how nicotine affects the heart. | Technology Tools: Student LaptopsTimer | |||
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| ISTE Student Standard: Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions. | ||||
| Time | Materials | Strategy | Lesson Directions | |
| 5 min | QAR | Introduction: Bell Ringer: Besides lung cancer, what are some other health problems that nicotine products can cause? | ||
| 20 min | CDC WebsiteEffects of smoking worksheet | Small group instruction | Lesson: In small groups Students will Use the infographic from the CDC website to show some of the negative health effects caused by nicotine product usage. While students are using the website they will fill out their health effects worksheet. The teacher will help with comprehension of certain diseases, as well as encourage teamwork in the small groups, to help everyone get involved. | |
| 15 min | Tobacco Lab | Independent discoveryBrain based movement | Practice: Tobacco experiment: Go through the tobacco experiment with the students first. Each student will squeeze a tennis ball as many times as possible in 1 minutes. Students will follow the directions on the worksheet to complete the lab experiment. Talk about smoking afterwards and how it affects the heart. | |
| 5 min | Independent | Check for Understanding: Ask students to write down,in their opinion, what are the top 3 worst diseases that come from tobacco use. Have students turn this in as an exit ticket. | ||
| 5 min | Conclusion:What is one reason you would choose not to use nicotine products? | |||
| Assessment Goal:Students will complete the assignment with __ % accuracy. | Assessment: Exit ticket |
| Resources: |
| Gonzalez, J. (2018, September 21). 12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom. Retrieved March 6, 2020, from https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/supporting-esl-students-mainstream-classroom/Lynch, M. (2019, May 29). Brain-Based Strategies for Your Classroom. Retrieved March 6, 2020, from https://www.thetechedvocate.org/brain-based-strategies-for-your-classroom/ |
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