Innovative+Project

Teacher: Ryan Johnson Class: Current Health Issues Grade: 10th-12th

Lesson: Short-term and Long-term Effects of Tobacco on the Body

__Objectives:__ 1. Students will demonstrate some of their current knowledge about tobacco products by taking a short pre-quiz titled "Tobacco: What do you know?" 2. Students will use their skills to develop tow graphic organizers, pertaining to both short-term and long-term effects of tobacco use.

__Materials:__ Laptop for each student

__Activity #1__ Once the students have accessed my wiki http://rjohnsonaustin.wikispaces.com they will be directed to enter the pre-quiz [] The students will complete this in short time. (approx. 5 mins)

__Activity #2__ The students will be divided to do some project-based learning and collaboration. Each group will have 2-3 students. They will be given the link to Mind42 [] where they will have to create their own account. Once they have completed this, the students will create a mind map of what they already know about "Short-term Effects of Tobacco Use". (approx. 15-20 mins)

__Activity #3__ Keeping the same students in their groups, they will create another mind map of "Long-term Effects of Tobacco Use". (approx. 15-20 mins)

__Conclusion:__ Explain to the students that the three activities completed in class today will not be graded, just checked for basic knowledge and content. The purposes of the activities were to introduce the students to some new technological skills and tools and to see how much they know before we cover the new material. The students will be given similar projects again later in the unit that will be counted towards their grades.