the 21 sophomore health students at Parkway North High School on the importance of tobacco prevention and how they, as parents, can help prevent use in their children. the parents of Proposition B and encourage them to vote yes. student’s normative beliefs. By sending an email containing helpful tips on how to prevent tobacco use in their children, the students will see that parents may express to their children that they do not approve of the behavior. Lecture By the end of Snuff Out Tobacco, 86% of the sophomore health students will be able to identify the health consequences of using tobacco products. The lecture will be on November 8th, last 10 minutes, and make sure the students are ready to learn and participate in the other activities. We will need a PowerPoint, computer, and projector to perform this lecture. This will change the attitude of the behavior. By showing the and short-term harmful effects of tobacco, and teaching about the different types and consequences, the students will be encouraged not to use tobacco products. Different Cost of Tobacco Products By the end of Snuff Out Tobacco, 100% of the sophomore health students will be able to correctly indicate the cost of using tobacco products. The activity will take 10 minutes and will make the subject of tobacco and its costs relevant to the students. We will use social math to help us meet this objective by relating the tobacco costs to items and purchases that the students would be interested in, like UGG boots, Halo 4, and an iPad. This activity will affect their behavioral belief. We will be giving the students all of the knowledge needed to make the wise decision not to use tobacco products, because they will see that spending their money on tobacco products will affect their financial obligations. Chewing Tobacco Content By the end of Snuff Out Tobacco, 86% of The demonstration will be on November This activity will change their attitude
Demonstration the sophomore health students will be able to identify one ingredient contained in chewing tobacco. 8th. The demonstration will take 15 minutes and will get the students active in the learning process. We will need examples or props to represent the following contents of chewing tobacco: polonium 210, (latex gloves), formaldehyde, nicotine (Raid), cadmium (batteries), cyanide (Raid), arsenic, benzene (toy car/gasoline), lead (pencil), ammonia (toilet bowl cleaner). toward the behavior of using tobacco products. By demonstrating the harmful contents, the students will be persuaded and informed into not using them. Pop Rocks Activity By the end of Snuff Out Tobacco, all students will be able to identify that nicotine enters the gums through absorption. The activity will be done on November 8th. It will take 5 minutes and appeals to the student’s senses. Each student in attendance will receive a Dixie cup with a bag of Pop Rocks inside. They will insert them in between their lower lip and gums to give them the chewing tobacco sensation, as well as to demonstrate how the tobacco enters the mucus membrane. This activity will affect their attitude toward the behavior. The pop rocks will be inserted in the space between their lip and gums to demonstrate how the nicotine in chewing tobacco enters the gums via absorption. Big Red Gum Activity By the end of Snuff Out Tobacco, all students will be able to identify the painful The activity will be done on November 8th and will take 5 minutes and appeal to This, too, will affect their attitude toward the behavior. The chewing gum gives