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2017 October 30 – November 3 Weekly Classroom Web Activity

Fun Facts Challenge: American Cancer Society – Great American Smoke Out Tobacco, Drinking and Driving

Language Arts

Social Studies

Art

Here’s Your Challenge!

1. Use the statistics that your teacher presents from her teacher’s Toolbox below to answer the following question in paragraph form.

2. Based on the statistics, does it seem that it is easier for a teen to become addicted than an adult?

3. Look around your class, if one in five people dies from tobacco use, how many of your classmates will die from smoking?

Imagine if one of your classmates named John Doe, was one of the people who would die from smoking. Write a letter to John Doe, telling him how the statistics and losing him would make you feel. Try to give him some information that might persuade him to stop smoking before it’s too late.

Here’s Your Challenge!

Re-write to Remember

Underage Drinking

Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States.1 • Excessive drinking is responsible for more than

4,300 deaths among underage youth each year, and cost the U.S. $24 billion in economic costs in 2010.2,3

• Although drinking by persons under the age of 21 is illegal, people aged 12 to 20 years drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States.4 More than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks.4

• On average, underage drinkers consume more drinks per drinking occasion than adult drinkers.5

• In 2010, there were approximately 189,000 emergency rooms visits by persons under age 21 for injuries and other conditions linked to alcohol.6

Here’s Your Challenge!

Make a protest that will deter teens from underage drinking.

The sign must be one symbol and

no more than 5 words

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

Eighty-eight percent of adults who smoke daily started smoking by age 18. 99% started by age 26.

Seventy percent of adolescent smokers say they would never have started if they could choose again. That's because the nicotine in cigarettes is addictive. The risk of becoming addicted to nicotine is between one in two and one in three.

Tobacco is responsible for nearly one in every five deaths in the United States. It is the largest cause of preventable death.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Read this concern to class

Drinking Levels among Youth

The 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey7 found that among high school students, during the past 30 days

• 33% drank some amount of alcohol. • 18% binge drank. • 8% drove after drinking alcohol. • 20% rode with a driver who had been

drinking alcohol.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

Supply students with supplies that will allow them to make

protest style signs.

Launch a classroom-wide campaign against underage drinking!

Health

Science/Math

Geography

Here’s Your Challenge!

Help someone who is trying to quit smoking but keeps starting again.

If your quitter relapses Research shows that most people try to quit smoking several times before they succeed. (It’s called a relapse when smokers go back to smoking like they were before they tried to quit.) If a relapse happens, think of it as practice for the next time. Don’t give up your efforts to encourage and support your loved one. If the person you care about fails to quit or starts smoking again: Do praise them for trying to quit, and for whatever length of time (days, weeks, or months) of not smoking. Do remind your loved one that they didn’t fail – they are learning how to quit – and you’re going to be there for them the next time and as many times as it takes. Do encourage them to try again. Don’t say, “If you try again...” Say, “When you try again...” Studies show most people who don’t succeed in quitting are ready to try again. Do encourage them to learn from the attempt. Things a person learns from a failed attempt to quit may help them quit for good next time. It takes time and skills to learn to be a non-smoker. Do say, “It’s normal to not succeed the first few times you try to quit. Most people understand this, and know that they have to try to quit again. You didn’t smoke for (length of time) this time. Now you know you can do that much. You can get even further next time.”

Here’s Your Challenge! ABC order. More than 500 ingredients are added to tobacco during the cigarette manufacturing process. You'll find a bunch of those chemicals listed below. (These are just a few from the start of the list. Do they sound good for your body?) Adjust the list to your grade level and invite students to place the list of ingredients in ABC order. (The list below appears in alpha order; mix them up for your students.)

Here’s Your Challenge! .

Research to find out which states have the lowest instances of underage drinking/drinking. List the probable reasons their drinking rates are so low: 1. ____________________________

2. ____________________________

3. ____________________________

4. ____________________________

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Review the student tips that will help them support loved ones who have decided to quit smoking.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox acetic acid acetophenone aconitic acid ammonia ammonium bicarbonate ammonium sulfid amyl alcoho benzaldehyde benzoic acid benzoin benzoin resin benzyl alcohol butyl acetate butyric acid calcium carbonate camphene cananga oil castoreum cinnamic acid citronellyl butyrate decanal decanoic ac diethyl acetate dimethylbenzyl alcohol ethyl acetate ethyl alcohol ethyl benzoate

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox 1. Explore the site link below 2. Explore to find out if there a

geographical reason (ie size of state) there is less alcohol consumption

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2013/08/27/which-states-drink-most-and-least-beer.html https://www.thestreet.com/story/12120724/1/10-least-drunk-states-in-america.html

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson034.shtml https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm

2017 November 6 -10 Weekly Classroom Web Activity Fun Facts Challenge: American Cancer Society – Great American Smoke Out

Tobacco, Drinking and Driving

Language Arts Social Studies Art

Here’s Your Challenge! Write a one-page essay explaining why smoking is not a good choice for your life. Don’t forget to include: 1. How smoking effects your health 2. How smoking effects your family 3. How smoking effects your community Ex. Clean up 4. How smoking effects your country Ex. Air quality

Here’s Your Challenge! By deciding not to smoke, you will have $1,250 - $1,875 more in your pocket per year than a smoker. Make a list or explain how you would better spend that money.

Here’s Your Challenge!

Draw a poster to warn younger students about the dangers of smoking.

Make it fun, colorful and informative!

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Every day, several thousand adolescents in the United States light up their first cigarette, according to statistics compiled by the American Cancer Society. That means that more than a million kids will start smoking this year! A third of those new smokers will eventually die of tobacco-related diseases.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox According to a 2011 Daily Finance article, the average smoker smokes 13 to 16 cigarettes a day, or four to six packs a week. That translates to between $1,250 to $1,875 a year. (The average price for a pack of cigarettes in the United States is now $6.01, though the price varies widely by state.) For this activity, have your students work individually or in pairs to come up with other things they might do with the extra money. Challenge them to be creative. Provide store catalogs and other advertisements; let them provide costs of other things they might wish to include.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Invite students to draw pictures/ advertisements to warn younger students about the dangers of smoking. Cut up the posters to make simple jigsaw puzzles for the younger students.

Health Science/Math Geography

Here’s Your Challenge! List ten family members, neighbors, or others over the age of 18. Put YES next to the statement most closely describes their smoking history:

• I smoke now. • • I used to be a smoker, but I no longer smoke. • • I have never smoked.

Here’s Your Challenge!

REMEMBER According to a 2011 Daily Finance article, the average smoker smokes 13 to 16 cigarettes a day, or four to six packs a week. That translates to between $1,250 to $1,875 a year. (The average price for a pack of cigarettes in the United States is now $6.01, though the price varies widely by state.) Work individually or in pairs to come up with other things they might do with the extra money.

Here’s Your Challenge! Use small sticky notes (for example, Post-Its) for this activity. Provide students with the information on the table below that tells how many cigarettes are consumed per person per year in the twenty countries with the heaviest tobacco consumption. Have each student write a country name and the corresponding number from the table on a sticky note and stick it on that country on a world map. Can students draw any conclusions about tobacco consumption by looking at the map? Create questions for students to answer using the map. For example: • Which Asian country has the highest

cigarette consumption? • How many more cigarettes does

Slovenia consume than South Korea? • In how many countries on the map does

the average person consume more than 3,000 cigarettes each year?

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Have each student creates a bar graph to show his/her individual results for each of the three statements. Then all students' results are tallied to create a class graph. (Older students can figure out percentages and show the class results as a pie chart.)

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox For this activity, have your students work individually or in pairs to come up with other things they might do with the extra money. Challenge them to be creative. Provide store catalogs related to science (i.e. lab supplies, microscopes, chemistry sets, environmental items, etc Let them provide costs of other things they might wish to include.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox COUNTRY CIGARETTES COUNTRY CIGARETTES PER PERSON PER PERSON 1. Montenegro 4,125 11. Czech Republic 2,194 2. Belarus 3,832 12. Kazakhstan 2,157 3. Lebanon 3,023 13. Azerbaijan 2,114 4. Macedonia 2,732 14. Greece 2,086 5. Russia 2,690 15. South Korea 2,073 6. Slovenia 2,637 16. Austria 1,988 7. Belgium 2,353 17. Jordan 1,855 8. Luxembourg 2,284 18. Ukrain 1,854 9. China 2,250 19. Estoni 1,775 10. Bosnia 2,233 20. Hungary 1,759 and Herzegovina

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2017 November 13 -17 Weekly Classroom Web Activity

Fun Facts Challenge: American Cancer Society – Great American Smoke Out Tobacco, Drinking and Driving

Language Arts Social Studies Art

Here’s Your Challenge!

Writing. Your school principal has invited you to sit on a committee that will come up with a no-smoking policy. What should the punishment be for getting caught smoking on school grounds? Explain your reasoning for this punishment.

Here’s Your Challenge!

Most people smoke because they have failed to find healthy ways to feel good or deal with pressure. Make a list of healthy, socially accepted, alternatives to smoking. 1. _______________________ 2. _______________________ 3. _______________________ Discuss your list with the class

Here’s Your Challenge!

Make a collage of things that represent the

reasons you have decided to be tobacco free.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox This would be a good time to go over your school’s policy on tobacco use on property.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Guide students through the exercise. Facilitate a discussion of healthy options.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox 1. Provide old magazines for this project. 2. You can have students work alone or in

groups of up to three.

Health

Science/Math

Geography

Here’s Your Challenge!

Optimists are forward-looking. Yesterday is filed away as a joyful or educational experience in the mind of an optimist. There is no day like the present, and hey, tomorrow is looking pretty good too. Pessimists are not forward-looking in general. Yes, they look ahead and see a bleak future, but they often base it on the past, where they like to hang out and drink Slurpee’s. Do you know of any super successful and happy people who see their future as bleak? If so, it’s probably because of some recent news or traumatic event, not their past. Even if your past was rough, it is possible to have a bright outlook if you believe in yourself (next on the list). The past can cripple you if you live in it. It can hold you back if you believe you’ve already hit your ceiling. Or it can teach you if you examine it. If you have begun smoking, now is a great time to be optimistic about your future and stop. Begin a new future today that does not include like altering factors like smoking!

Here’s Your Challenge!

Take a close look at the cotton ball demonstration your teacher has

presented. What does this demonstration say to you about smoking?

Here’s Your Challenge!

1. Learn how smoking is related to cancer? Smoking can cause cancer and then block your body from fighting it:4 • Poisons in cigarette smoke can weaken the

body’s immune system, making it harder to kill cancer cells. When this happens, cancer cells keep growing without being stopped.

• Poisons in tobacco smoke can damage or change a cell's DNA. DNA is the cell's "instruction manual" that controls a cell's normal growth and function. When DNA is damaged, a cell can begin growing out of control and create a cancer tumor.

• Doctors have known for years that smoking causes most lung cancers. It's still true today, when nearly smoking cigarettes cause 9 out of 10 lung cancers. In fact, smokers have a greater risk for lung cancer today than they did in 1964, even though they smoke fewer cigarettes. One reason may be changes in how cigarettes are made and what chemicals they contain.5

• Treatments are getting better for lung cancer, but it still kills more men and women than any other type of cancer. In the United States, more than 7,300 nonsmokers die each year from lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke.6 Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed out by smokers.

2. Find out how many people from your geographical area develop cancers related to smoking.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox 1. Discuss the risk factors related to smoking 2. Explain how these risk factors can prevent

or alter the most promising plans. 3. Use the site below as a guide.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Place a large cotton ball inside a plastic juice bottle. Seal the bottle with a chunk of modeling clay. Poke the filter end of a cigarette through the clay so that it's inside the bottle. Light the other end of the cigarette — the end that's sticking out of the bottle.

Slowly pump or squeeze the juice bottle half-a-dozen times to simulate a person puffing on the cigarette. Then remove the cigarette from the clay. Crush out the lit end. Invite students to take a close look at the cotton ball.

Ask your students: What does this demonstration say to you about smoking?

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

Use the link provided below to help student learn where cancer deaths most frequently are caused by smoking. Discuss the geographical implication from the site. Discuss the health risk ranking per state

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2016/10/26/see-where-cancer-deaths-most-frequently-caused-by-smoking

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2017 November 20 -24 Weekly Classroom Web Activity Fun Facts Challenge: American Cancer Society – Great American Smoke Out

Tobacco, Drinking and Driving Language Arts Social Studies Art

Here’s Your Challenge!

Ask students to respond to this debate question: Assume smoking is illegal in your state for anyone under age 21. Your state is considering a law that would take away the driver's license from anyone under the age of 21 who is caught smoking or who tests positive for nicotine when a urine test is administered. Is this a fair policy? Yes or No?

Here’s Your Challenge! Pretest Guess what year span did second hand smoke became a national concern. Trick Question What year did smoking become legal in US? Post-Test What year did second hand smoke become a national concern. When did you first become aware about the dangers of second hand smoke

Here’s Your Challenge!

Make a pencil drawing or cartoon this Poster.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

(Note: students should think first about the question on their own. Next, they should join with a partner to share ideas. Then two pairs of partners join to decide on one idea that they wish to present to the class for discussion.)

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox 1. Have student research the year span

second hand smoke became a national topic.

2. Help them realize that many serious concerns take a while to be recognized and address.

3. Help them realize how important it is to make good decision for themselves because national movements sometimes take a while.

https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/great-american-smokeout/history-of-the-great-american-smokeout.html

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Have students decide if they would like to do a pencil drawing or cartoon this poster. Select a few for Great American Smokeout Display at your school

Health Science/Math Geography

Here’s Your Challenge!

Help a Smoker Quit: Do’s and Don’ts General hints for friends and family

Do respect that the quitter is in charge. This is their lifestyle change and their challenge, not yours. Do ask the person whether they want you to ask regularly how they’re doing. Ask how they’re feeling – not just whether they’ve stayed quit. Do let the person know that it’s OK to talk to you whenever they need to hear encouraging words. Do help the quitter get what they need, such as hard candy to suck on, straws to chew on, and fresh veggies cut up and kept in the refrigerator. Do spend time doing things with the quitter to keep their mind off smoking – to get past a craving (what many call a “nicotine fit”). Do try to see it from the smoker’s point of view – a smoker’s habit may feel like an old friend that’s always been there. It’s hard to give that up. Do make your home smoke free, meaning that no one can smoke in any part of the house. Do remove all lighters and ashtrays from your home. Remove anything that reminds them of smoking Do wash clothes that smell like smoke. Clean carpets and drapes. Use air fresheners to help get rid of the tobacco smells – and don’t forget the car, too. Do help the quitter with a few chores, some child care, cooking – whatever will help lighten the stress of quitting. Do celebrate. Quitting smoking is a BIG DEAL! Don’t doubt the smoker’s ability to quit. Don’t judge, nag, preach, tease, or scold. This may make the smoker feel worse about him or herself. You don’t want your loved one to turn to a cigarette to soothe hurt feelings. Don’t take the quitter’s grumpiness personally. Tell them that you understand the symptoms are real and remind them that they won’t last forever. The symptoms usually get better in about 2 weeks. Don’t offer advice. Just ask how you can help with the plan or program they are using.

Here’s Your Challenge! 1. Survey to at least ten people. 2. Respondents must put a checkmark in one

of the three columns (agree, disagree or don't know) next to each statement.

3. Tally the results 4. Create a chart to show those results. 5. Gather all the sheets and tallied together

to come up with the class's results.

Here’s Your Challenge! Did you know tobacco companies target geographical areas in their marketing campaigns?

• The tobacco industry has historically targeted young rural men by presenting advertisements with rugged images as cowboys, hunters, and race car drivers.3,14

• Youth in rural areas are less likely to be exposed to anti-tobacco messages in the media.3,14

• Low income and predominantly minority neighborhoods often have more tobacco retailers and more tobacco advertising than other neighborhoods.15,16

• People who see tobacco promotions in places where tobacco is sold are more likely to smoke.17

• African American communities have a high number of exterior and interior point-of-sale advertising for tobacco products.18

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Review the student tips that will help them support loved ones who have decided to quit smoking.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Statement Agree Disagree Don't Know 1. Seeing someone smoke turns me off. ___ ___ ___ 2. I'd rather be friends with people who don't smoke. ___ ___ ___ 3. It's safe to smoke for only a year or two. ___ ___ ___ 4. Smoking can help you when you're bored. ___ ___ ___ 5. Smoking helps reduce stress. ___ ___ ___ 6. Smoking helps keep your weight down. ___ ___ ___ 7. Chewing tobacco and snuff cause cancer. ___ ___ ___ 8. I strongly dislike being around smokers. ___ ___ ___

Print the Survey above from this link: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_smoking_survey.shtml

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox 1. Explore the link below 2. Discuss how people are targeted to become

tobacco customers based on geographical location and other factors as well.

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/disparities/geographic/index.htm

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson034.shtml https://responsibility.org/get-the-facts/research/statistics/underage-drinking-statistics/

2017 November 27 - December - 1 Weekly Classroom Web Activity Fun Facts Challenge: American Cancer Society – Great American Smoke Out

Tobacco, Drinking and Driving Language Arts Social Studies Art

Here’s Your Challenge!

Read the five magazine ads and kids comments presented by your teacher from our Surgeon General’s website for kids.

Here’s Your Challenge! Discuss the Consequences of Underage Drinking Youth who drink alcohol 1,5,10 are more likely to experience • School problems, such as higher absence and poor or

failing grades. • Social problems, such as fighting and lack of

participation in youth activities. • Legal problems, such as arrest for driving or

physically hurting someone while drunk. • Physical problems, such as hangovers or illnesses. • Unwanted, unplanned, and unprotected sexual

activity. • Disruption of normal growth and sexual

development. • Physical and sexual assault. • Higher risk for suicide and homicide. • Alcohol-related car crashes and other unintentional

injuries, such as burns, falls, and drowning. • Memory problems. • Abuse of other drugs. • Changes in brain development that may have life-

long effects. • Death from alcohol poisoning.

Youth who start drinking before age 15 years are six times more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse later in life than those who begin drinking at or after age 21 years.8

Here’s Your Challenge!

Use the CD that your teacher provides or Use a print out of a CD Decorate and design the disc with a cleaver anti-drug or anti-alcohol slogan.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

Review the first Surgeon General publication about smoking and kids.

Help students to learn how the tobacco industry markets with certain “language” in order to intentionally target teens and other sub groups.

SGR 4 KIDS: The Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking. https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/access/NNBCTG.pdf

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Discuss the Consequences of Underage Drinking Youth who drink alcohol 1,5,10 are more likely to experience consequences. Discuss how social acceptance plays a role in practices like smoking.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

Supply students with old or scratched DVDs or CDs. Have them decorate and design the disc with a clever anti-drug or anti-alcohol slogan?

Health Science/Math Geography

Here’s Your Challenge! Last week we encouraged you all to be a support for those who are trying to quit. This week we would like to prepare you in case your ex-smoker “slips.”

Here are some tips: Don’t assume that they will start back smoking like before. A “slip” (taking a puff or smoking a cigarette or 2) is pretty common when a person is quitting. Do remind the quitter how long they went without a cigarette before the slip. Do help the quitter remember all the reasons they wanted to quit, and help them forget about the slip as soon as possible. Do continue to offer support and encouragement. Remind them they’re still a “quitter” – NOT a smoker. Don’t scold, tease, nag, blame, or make the quitter feel guilty. Be sure the quitter knows you care about them whether or not they smoke.

Here’s Your Challenge!

Hands-on science.

1. Place a large cotton ball inside a plastic juice bottle.

2. Seal the bottle with a chunk of modeling clay.

3. Poke the filter end of a cigarette through the clay so that it's inside the bottle.

4. Light the other end of the cigarette -- the end that's sticking out of the bottle.

5. Slowly pump or squeeze the juice bottle half-a-dozen times to simulate a person puffing on the cigarette.

6. Then remove the cigarette from the clay.

7. Crush out the lit end.

Here’s Your Challenge! .

Find out how your state ranks in smoking as compared to other states in the U.S.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

Review the student tips that will help them support loved ones who have decided to quit smoking.

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox Instruct and supervise this fun and interactive experiment above.

Invite students to take a close look at the cotton ball. Ask your students: What does this demonstration say to you about smoking?

Fun Facts Teacher Toolbox

1. Pull up the thematic map from the link below.

2. Click your state to see how you compare to other states in the US.

3. Discuss whether the smoking trend is rising or falling in the US.

http://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/2015-annual-report/measure/Smoking/state/ALL

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