Tobacco Web Quest
1. To begin, go to the following website and read about addiction:
http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/background-drug-abuse Then, fill in the missing
information in the statement below.
Although taking drugs at any age can lead to addiction, research shows that the __________ a person
begins to use drugs the more likely they are to progress to more serious __________.8 This may reflect
the harmful effect that drugs can have on the __________ ___________.
2. For this task, you are going to be playing a brain anatomy game. You may benefit from going to the
following website to learn about some brain structures
http://www.mayfieldclinic.com/PE-AnatBrain.htm.
When you are ready to begin the game, go to
http://www.purposegames.com/game/brain-anatomy-quiz and press start. Then, try to identify the
area of the brain by clicking on the small circles on the brain. You have up to three attempts to make a
high score. Record your scores on the spaces below.
1st attempt score = _______
2nd attempt score = _______
3rd attempt score = _______
3. To begin, go to the following website and read about the basic history of tobacco:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9705/tobacco/history/index.html Then, respond to the following:
Explain how nicotine is believed to have become named.
4.
Go to the website http://www.typeordiegame.com/ and play the smoking "type or die" game.
Left-click in the space that says “play game.’ Then, follow the on screen instructions and write
down your score in the blank space
Score ___________
Tobacco Web Quest
5.
This task will expose you to graphic images. Go to the website
http://www.oxygen.org.au/games/InteractiveBiopsy/default.asp
Use the scalpel, syringe and/or tweezers to explore why this tobacco user may have died. Simply
move to the small white spheres that are on various locations on the body, and then left-click on
those areas. You will perform an autopsy on the smoke and write down the one thing for each
white dot that may have happened to this smoker which may have caused their death.
Brain
Eyes
Teeth and Gums
Throat
Heart
Lungs
Stomach
Blood Cells
Fertility
Osteoporosis
Gangrene
Tobacco Web Quest
6.
Go to the website:
http://www.thetruth.com/facts/pages/whats-in-a-butt/
and watch the short video for the useful cigarette. At the end, left-click on all of the little spheres
around the cigarette and read the information. Then, left-click on the “x” on the upper right
corner and repeat until you have covered the entire cigarette.
Define/describe each of the following:
Spy Killer:
Pee:
Anti-Freeze
Dog & Cat Repellant
Batteries
Gasoline
Rocket Fuel
Nail Polish Remover
Pesticides
Embalming Fluid
Rat Poison
Dynamite
Perfume
Hair Remover
Mothballs
Insects
Floor Wipes
Prison Executions
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7.
Follow the link below and define/describe second hand smoke and list 5 dangers of second hand
smoke
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/general_facts/
8.
Tobacco companies use many advertising tactics to entice people to smoke. Follow the link below
and list 5 strategies used by tobacco companies to get kids to smoke.
http://www.tobaccofreeca.com/smoking-problem/tobacco-industry/targeting/youth/
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