Smoking - KS3 Science / Biology / PSCHE Lesson

Contains: effects of smoking, definition of a drug, lung disease and emphysema, smoking during pregnancy, laws in the UK and ethical debate activity

Suitable for KS3 Science / Biology lesson in Health topic, or PSCHE lesson for any age group.

Lesson plan
Starter - Make a list of legal and illegal drugs, teacher uses this as an opportunity to resolve common misconceptions e.g medicines are also drugs (5 - 10 minutes)
Main - Print out Slide 5 or ask students to copy the table into their book, print out Slides 6-10 as information sheets and distribute around class or ask students to complete the relevant section of their table from the slide on the board (20 minutes)
Plenary - Class debate on smoking laws in UK (10 - 15 minutes)