Tobacco

In the Grade 9 Health Curriculum there is a Unit on Tobaccoo. In this unit you are to teach the students about tobacco products and the effects they have on your body. The students are also supposed to learn about the different kinds of tobacco products there are and what each of them can possible do to your overall health.
The website that I found is called Tobacco Facts and I believe that it would tie in nicely to this unit is becuase it has tons of information for the students about tobacco and the effects they have. There are several different quizes and games about tobacco and tobacco products. There is also pictures of different types of cancer that are caused by tobacco, to show the students what it looks like. This website also teaches students how to quit and gives you resources to help you quit and also why tobacco products are so addictive in the first place.
To incorporate this website into my lesson plan I would use it at the start of the unit as a kind of tester to see how much my students know about tobacco and the effects they can have. I believe it is a great way to start off the lesson as children can answer questions without feeling ashamed of not knowing the answer. I would have the students go to the website and take the tobacco true or false test and the Are You in The Know Quiz. These quizes teach the students about the effects of smoking and chewing tobacco and it also teaches you about second hand smoke. I would use this webite as a starter for the unit so the students can kind of start to understand about tobacco and the effects they can have.
This website is great to teach studenst about tobacco and its effects. This website will hopefully really get through to my students about how dangerous tobacco products really are.