Introduction
You have been learning about the effects of smoking and/or vaping as you studied the respiratory system. In this lesson, you will research secondhand smoke or vaping. You will share an interesting article on the topic with your classmates. Then, you will use your classmates' posts to create a summary of evidence of the effects of secondhand smoke and vaping on your health.
Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Research secondhand smoke or vaping.
- Summarize the evidence that secondhand smoke and vaping have a negative impact on your health.
Essential Questions
- How do environmental/genetic factors affect the respiratory system leading to pathological conditions?
Enduring Understandings
- Human anatomy is the study of the organizational structure of the human body from cell to organism.
- Human physiology is the study of the organizational function of the human body from cell to organism.
- There are 11 body systems that interact to perform specific functions in the body.
- Homeostatis is an equilbrium the body maintains to ensure survival.
- Pathology of the body occurs when homeostatsis is not maintained.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Human Human Anatomy and Physiology standards: 9, 9a.