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| A Webquest On: Showing the Truth. Most Youth Don't Smoke | ST | Group |
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| This webquest has two essential tasks. The first is to prepare a Summary Report on why people experiment with smoking during their teen years. The second task is to locate, summarize and present statistical evidence showing the trends in youth smoking rates | |||
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Authors: Mary Shannon & Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: A School Awareness Campaign on Health and Social Risks Related to Tobacco Use | ST | Group |
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Authors: Mary Shannon & Douglas McCall |
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| A Webquest On: Smoking: Plan to Quit, Plan to Help | ST | Group |
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| To prepare a Personal Health Action Plan that describes a realistic plan to quit smoking or to help someone quit smoking | |||
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Authors: Mary Shannon & Douglas McCall |
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| Let's Squash Tobacco Use | ST | Single/Group | 9-12 |
| Through this web-quest, students will get a better understanding of the dangers that tobacco and other tobacco products can cause not only to teenagers but any age. During the course of this web-quest, they will learn some new and interesting facts about tobacco | |||
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| The Real Scoop on Tobacco | MT | Single/Group | 5-9 |
| Students have been hired by a parent to convince their son to quit smoking. They must show their commitment to the fight against youth using tobacco and create a memorable message for him. | |||
| Sponsor: | Authors: Ginger Nehls | ||
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| Up in Smoke | ST | Group | 4-6 |
| Smoking is to be banned in all public areas, both indoor and outdoor. What are the potential effects of this, and what are the benefits to various members of the community? Students are going to look at this issue from the point of view of doctors, smokers, and anti-smoking lobbyists. After collecting the information and discussing the issues from their point of view, they will join together with others to debate the issue and perhaps reach a consensus. | |||
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| Tobacco Detectives | ST | Group | 4-6 |
| In this webquest, students will create a class book or display that will educate other young people so they will not be fooled by the advertisements around them. The book or display will include graphs constructed and then analyzed to show who various magazines and tobacco companies are targeting by where they choose to advertise. Students will have a list of the magazines that tobacco companies choose to advertise in the most, and those magazines who run no tobacco ads. They will select individual ads and analyze and identify the message the ads are sending to people. They will then redraw and redesign the ad to tell the truth about smoking. | |||
| Sponsor: | Authors: Jennifer Kuehnle | ||
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| Did Someone Say Tobacco? | ST | Single/Group | 4-7 |
| Students must show their commitment to the fight against youth smoking and using tobacco by creating a memorable message to dissuade a friend from looking more uncool than he already is. | |||
| Sponsor: | Authors: Ray Schlitz | ||
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| Teen Smoking and Drinking | ST | Single/Group | 8-12 |
| Students are being asked to decide whether the legal age should be lowered for the purchase and legal use of both tobacco and alcohol. By assuming one of a variety of roles, they will investigate the suitability of changing age requirements. | |||
| Sponsor: | Authors: Kathy Reynolds | ||
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| Teenage Smoking | ST | Single/Group | 8-12 |
| Student will research why teenagers start smoking and then develop an advertising campaign to discourage teenagers from smoking. | |||
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| Smoking is Cool? Not! | ST | Single/Group | 8-12 |
| The purpose of this web quest is to find out about the hazards of tobacco, to search for reasons why young people choose to smoke or not, and to develop presentations to help others to not use tobacco. | |||
| Sponsor: | Authors: Kevin Cooney, Barbara Heverman, Britney Schull, Marck Sherbow | ||
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| Should Smoking Be Illegal? | ST | Group | 7 |
| CBC news has just been notified that the Canadian government is presently holding discussions on the smoking laws in British Columbia. Within the next twelve hours, provincial authorities will decide if smoking will become illegal within our province. This means that stores will not be allowed to sell cigarettes or tobacco products of any kind, and no person will be permitted to smoke anywhere within the boundaries of British Columbia. No smoking inside, no smoking outside. The government is requesting qualified researchers to investigate the ramifications of tobacco use in our province. | |||
| Sponsor: | Authors: Scott Jolly, Sarah Lorimer | ||
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| Teenage Smoking: A Webquest | MT | Group | 9-10 |
| Over the past several years, smoking has become a leading lifestyle choice that can cause several diseases and even lead to death. The student will investigate and evaluates the impact of media and technology on individual, family, community, and world health in regards to smoking. | |||
| Sponsor: | Authors: Amy Zahn | ||
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