Frank's The Outsiders Science Lesson Plan

As part of the unit lesson using the S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders I created a science lesson to have the students take a look at the effects of smoking.  All the major characters in the book are young smokers and we wanted to ensure the students understand the effects on the health of these characters.  Here is the lesson:

Frank's Lesson Plan

The Effects of Smoking on Teenagers Lesson Overview Title: The Effects of Smoking on Teenagers Author: Frank McDonald Subject: Science Grade Level(s): 6–8 Duration: 5 days Unit Description                This section would be part of a grade level study on the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.  Students will be expected to create a presentation using PowerPoint or Prezi describing the long term effects and the short term effects of smoking on teenagers.           Lesson Description for Day Students will be divided into four groups.  Each group will be responsible for creating a presentation using PowerPoint or Prezi.  Each group will receive a topic in which to cover in their presentation; 1)Short Term Effects of smoking. 2)Long Term Effects of smoking. 3)Methods of quitting smoking. 4)Methods of prevention of smoking. Each group will create the presentation, present the presentation and provide an assignment that will allow students to practice their newly gained knowledge.  Each group will also be responsible for creating a 3 question quiz which will be given to the class as a formative assessment.             State Standards          TEKS 6th (5)  Health behaviors. The student engages in behaviors that reduce health risks throughout the life span. The student is expected to: (C)  Describe chemical dependency and addiction to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs and substances. (D)  explain the relationship between tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and other substances and the role these items play in unsafe situations such as drinking and driving and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) transmission; (E)  identify ways to prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and other substances such as alternative activities; TEKS 7th & 8th(5)  Health behaviors. The student engages in behaviors that reduce health risks throughout the life span. The student is expected to: (J)  identify ways to prevent the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs such as alternative activities;                  Goals Unit Goals: To read, comprehend, interpret, and analyze S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders using Universal Design Lessons.   Lesson Goals: To understand the short term effects of smoking on teenagers. To understand the long term effects of smoking on teenagers. To understand methods of prevention of smoking. To understand methods of quitting smoking. To create a presentation using PowerPoint or Prezi.   Methods Anticipatory Set: Students are to read S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders.  Student's will have had to have worked with PowerPoint or Prezi, along with technology basics such as saving work, accessing files, etc.                 Students are to read S.E. Hinton's <em>The Outsiders</em>.  Student's will have had to have worked with PowerPoint or Prezi, along with technology basics such as saving work, accessing files, etc.     Introduce and Model New Knowledge:   Student will be asked if anyone they know smokes and if they have ever been asked if they want to smoke.  Provide Independent Practice: Individual practice will be an assignment pertaining to the topic being covered by each group.  Each group will be responsible for including an assignment to go with their presentation.        Wrap-Up Review of long and short term effects. Review of methods of quitting and more importantly methods of prevention of smoking.                      Assessment Formative/Ongoing Assessment: Students will create a 3 question quiz as part of their presentation.                                                       Summative/End Of Lesson Assessment: Multiple choice test as created by Eduphoria.   When I give students assignments like this I like to tell them that I am tired of teaching and I want them to take over.  The amount of pride they take in their work is incredible and I normally have to be very clear on the amount of information that is included in the presentations.  I give them enough guidance to keep them from overwhelming their classmates with data.  I will normally have to edit the quizzes as well.  A lot of times the quiz questions are more specific than needed.  I will remind the students of their goals for the presentation.