DNA and Genetics Unit Part 3: Cancer, Skin Cancer, Anti-Tobacco, Anti-Vaping

Part 3 Cancer and the Dangers of Smoking and Vaping includes 8 lessons of 50 minutes and 8 Page Work Bundle. The Work Bundles have students fill-in critical notes, conduct exciting hands-on activities, answer questions, interpret graphs, includes games, built-in quizzes, and much more. The work bundles chronologically follow the detailed and interactive slideshows. A 20 question quiz game concludes most of the parts for a great review and additional assessment. Everything arrives in editable format if you want add in your slides and activities. The slideshows and work bundles can easily be converted into Google Slides / docs for friendly Google Classroom learning. Everything you need to run an amazing unit of science is provided.

The first lesson describes Cancer and describes ways to try and prevent cancer. The dangers of tanning and need to avoid UV exposure is described as well as skin cancer.  The unit then moves towards the dangers of using tobacco products and nicotine addiction. Besides smoking, vaping is also covered. A worksheet that follows the lesson and several video links are provided. The lesson begins having students examine several devices on the screen and they must choose which one is a drug delivery device. After several slides the variety of various vaporizers, vape pens, e-cigarettes, and JUUL are all shown and represented as drug delivery devices and nicotine is addressed. The components and "How they work" are broken down over a series of slides. Students pause at this portion and work on the sheet or you can decide to review at the end. A video link about a school and the student use of JUUL's is provided. Just click the link in the PowerPoint to get to the video. Nicotine addiction is described and the amount of nicotine in a pod of JUUL is compared to a pack of cigarettes. The slideshow then describes how many manufactures target kids with visuals provided. Some of the dangers and ingredients are discussed as well as the unknowns. Wet Lung, Popcorn Lung, and other dangers are provided. A spot on the worksheet has the students list the dangers. The slideshow has the students answer a series of True / False questions. The answers are provided with additional details. Another video link on some recent studies is provided. This video highlights a lot of the uknowns and need for additional research and some of the problems / hurdles to accurate research. JUULing is broken down a bit more as this seems to be the device of choice amoung teenagers. Another short video about JUULing is provided. The teenage brain is addressed next and students learn some of the problems associated with nicotine addiction and brain development. Students have a question about this topic on their worksheet. The overall lesson is informative and will engage your students. The video links are short but fit in nicely. Hopefully this lesson will help educate your students and prevent them from becoming an addict to nicotine.

Students create various projects to get other kids not to smoke. Slides that discuss the project and grading rubric are provided. If running the anti-tobacco campaign plan some on extra time for students to create their projects. This bundle sends a very clear message that smoking causes many serious and negative health effects. 

Caution! This lesson is very graphic, emotional, and powerful. It has on occasion made some students very emotional about a family member who smokes. Please preview the lesson and video links entirely before showing your students. This lesson doesn't water down the effects of smoking in any way! Please delete any slides / video links that you are uncomfortable about showing.

Areas of Focus within this PowerPoint: This PowerPoint begins asking students to describe their connection / someone they know who has had Cancer, Next, Cancer is explained with a red slide (notes) with visuals, A series of pictures of tumors and cancers, some at the cellular level are shown, A list with visuals describes ways to help students avoid cancer. A special focus is placed on skin cancers and describes methods to avoid UV exposure. Also included is the A,B,C,D,E's of moles and skin cancer and a series of which mole may be cancerous questions. Ways to avoid cancer that are described are...Don't smoke or chew, Avoid UV exposure, Exercise Daily, Eat Healthy, Don't drink excessive alcohol, avoid radiation exposure, unprotected sex (HPV, and get regular check-ups with your doctor. The PowerPoint then describes how the number one way to avoid cancer is to not smoke / chew. The PowerPoint then begins an informative journey into the health affects of smoking, deaths with statistics, and much more. A worksheet is provided that has students respond to various videos / ads that they see. They must reflect to the effectiveness of graphic, reality, humor, and emotional ads. This balances some writing, videos, and presentation well. A 1-20 name which of the ingredients in a cigarette you would put in your body (Arsenic, Lead, etc ) and a 1-10 choose which hairy tongue you would kiss from some smokers quiz are provided. Tumors, Neck Breathers, Oral Cancers, and many other topics including advertising is provided. This is a PowerPoint that is powerful and informative. I hold nothing back when it comes to trying to keep my students from picking up a cigarette. Please preview before showing your students as this PowerPoint does include some graphic images and students who have parents that smoke sometimes get emotional. The dangers associated with Meth is also graphic and should be previewed.

This PowerPoint includes critical notes (Red Slides), exciting visuals, challenge questions, activities with directions and more. Text is usually placed at the top of the slide so it can be read from all angles of a classroom. Color coded slides, as well as a shade technique is used to increase student focus and allows the teacher to control the pace of the lesson. These PowerPoints are meant to be interactive as possible and ask many questions, provides built in review opportunities, explains directions to activities, and much more.