CCSSO-SCASS Health Education Assessment
Content Bite Example:
Grade 4 - Letter about being offered a cigarette

Cigarette Smoking

• Short term consequences
  • bad breath
  • smelly hair, clothes
  • faster heart rate
  • shortness of breath
  • burns on clothes etc.

• Long term consequences
  • cancer (lung, throta)
  • heart disease, stroke
  • emphysema

• Effects of smoking
  • damaged air sacs
  • damaged cilia
  • addiction
  • smoke harms others
  • low birth weight in babies of smoking mothers
  • death

• Properties of smoke
  • nicotine -- poison and addictive
  • tar -- causes cancer, coats lungs
  • numerous chemicals

• Types of influences
  • peers
  • parents
  • media
  • internal curiosity

Prepared by Kathleen Middleton midk@aol.com for CCSSO-SCASS Health Education Assessment Project