Lungs: Lungs-Individual and Community Choices
Constructive Learning | Entry Level | Science
Objectives
- The students will understand the functions of the human body system.
- The students will know how personal health behaviors influence individual well-being.
- The students will know the ways in which the environment impacts health.
- The students will recognize the costs and risks to society and the environment posed by the use of nonrenewable energy.
- The students will know that reusing, recycling, and reducing the use of natural resources improve and protect the quality of life.
Procedure
- Review lungs and breathing.
- Use BrainPop to review air pathway in body.
- Discuss dangers of smoking and reinforce with pictures of black lungs.
- Investigate other sources of black lungs, i.e coal mining. summarize and end on individual health choices and community health decisions.
Sunshine State Standards
- HE.A.1.2.1
- HE.A.1.2.2
- HE.A.1.2.5
- HE.B.1.2.1
- HE.C.1.2.1
- SC.A.2.2.1
- SC.B.2.2.2
- SC.D.2.2.1
- SC.H.1.2.5
NETS Profiles for Technology Literate Students
- Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities.