Examine statistical data to recognize the relationship of statistics to real-world issues. Pupils navigate e-stat using the Internet and find data about social issues. They complete a worksheet with their data and create an anti-smoking...

Young scholars create a school-wide smoking prevention campaign. In this research lesson, students combine a study of facts with a survey to create a smoking prevention campaign.

Students recognize the intended audience for a certain advertisement They recognize advertising techniques aimed at the intended audience and create their own advertisements about the truth of cigarette smoking. Students begin to see...

Students review the human respiratory system and the effects on the human body.  In this design lesson students brainstorm and create a prototype then present it to the class.     

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.

Students explore impact of smoking in workplaces. In this health awareness activity, students act as owners and managers of different types of business locations. They develop smoking policies and defend them by responding to students...

Students investigate the negative health effects of smoking. They listen to the book "Dog Breath" by Dav Pilkey, watch and discuss a PBS Mr. Roger's video clip, and create a list with their families of activities they like to do together.

Students discover and discuss the effects smoking has on the body. They also discuss secondhand smoke and formulate an opinion about smoking in public places. They monitor their own exposure to secondhand smoke and create a PowerPoint...

Students create an advertisement to convince children to stay away from tobacco products. In this smoking prevention lesson plan, students discuss the health effects of tobacco use and evaluate current tobacco ads. Students work in small...

Students examine the deceptive ads for tobacco products. They choose an ad and draws his or her own version of the ad, using facts about the dangers of smoking. Students may pardody the ad. They glue their ad and the actual ad side by...

Students explore the concept of a mock town council meeting. In this mock town council meeting, students are divided into homeowners, developers, environmentalists, supporters, and those opposed to a new shopping mall. Students discuss...

Fifth graders recognize that tobacco companies target young people with their advertisements. In this tobacco lesson, 5th graders understand why tobacco companies target youth. Students define the word adbuster and create adbusters...

Students explore persuasive writing in advertisements. In this advertisements lesson, students evaluate tobacco advertisements for persuasion techniques. Students then create a counter advertisement against smoking.

Learners recognize different motives even in non-commercial media. They analyze the role of media in a democratic society and wrestle with ethical issues concerning media and the public good. They create a media message with one or more...

Students work in teams to design and carry out experiments which show the effects of tobacco / nicotine on organisms. They write reports which are submitted to "The Company" and prepare oral reports which are presented to the class.

Students investigate how fear can cause problems with policies associated with people with disabilities. In this people with disabilities activity, students study the associated vocabulary, fill in a chart which contains policies that...

Middle schoolers develop an awareness of the behaviors signaling that a friend may be in trouble with alcohol or drugs of abuse. They practice ways to encourage a friend to seek out adult help by viewing a video, role-playing situations,...

Students create ads based on provided topic. For this digital art lesson, students role play as graphic designers working on a project for a client. They research about certain health issues and prepare a public poster about it.

Young scholars create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast wildfires and prescribed fires. In this earth science lesson, students conduct a series of experiment to explore fire characteristics. They describe favorable conditions to...

Young scholars visit Conservation in Action web site to watch three video interviews with Vancouver Aquarium researchers, complete Careers in Conservation worksheet, research threats facing species featured on Conservation web site, and...

Learners explore their self-awareness. They discuss the words unique, extraordinary and irreplaceable and their strengths and weaknesses. They write five things their bodies or Million Dollar Machines can do and investigate their blood...

Students idenitfy that cancer is a growth of mutated cells and that cancer cells are only one type of cell that causes disease in our body. They also identify that all eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus, cytoskeleton, and a cell...

Art forms, especially government-sponsored "poster art", very effectively conveyed specific cultural values during World War II. Understanding the role that visual images play in expressing issues and ideas is critical to developing...