TEKS & Objectives
7.12.B. identify the main functions of the systems of the human organism, including the circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, digestive, excretory, reproductive, integumentary, nervous, and endocrine systems;
We will explore how the use of vapes and tobacco harm health.
I will simulate the effects of lung damage from vaping and smoking.
1. Watch videos.
If that’s not bad enough, these things even explode!
They can explode when you’re not even using them.
(Occurs at about 30 seconds.)
Ok, but that doesn’t happen often, right?
Hmmm…
2. Review vocabulary.
Vape (or e-cigarette) is a battery-powered device that heats up a chemical liquid, turning it into a mist or “cloud” that the user breathes into their lungs.
Transplant a special surgery where doctors take a healthy working part (called an organ) from one person and put it into another person whose own organ is sick
Nicotine Nicotine is a chemical found in tobacco plants, cigarettes, and vaping liquids that makes them very addictive.
Addiction A very strong urge to do, take, or use something, even when it causes harm or you want to stop.
3. Conduct an experiment.
Option 1: Model lung damage with straws and a brief workout.
- Place a coffee stirrer and a regular straw (or preferably, a wider, boba straw) on your desk.
- Work out to get your heartrate up.
- Pinch your nose closed with one hand and try breathing through the coffee stirrer. This simulates how injured lungs feel to breathe through.
- There is less space for air when your lungs become damaged by smoking or vaping.
- You can also try with the regular/boba straw and contrast how that felt, compared with the coffee stirrer.
Option 2: Model lung damage using straws and balloons.
- You will need a coffee stirrer, a regular or wide, boba straw, and a balloon.
- Put the end of the larger straw into the ballon and seal it closed with your hand or a rubber band.
- Try inflating the balloon a little.
- Now, switch straws to use the coffee stirrer and repeat trying to inflate the balloon.
- Compare how it felt to exhale through each straw.
- Remember the lung model you made yesterday. This relates to it directly.
Complete the lab report below:
Bonus word search:
Sorry, there’s no joke today.
There is nothing funny about lung disease.
4. “Teens and Vaping: The Real Health Consequences”
