Lungs Are For Life

Publisher:

The Lung Association (Ontario Chapter) 2002

Availability:

Free
English and French
www.lungsareforlife.ca

Format:

Classroom based resource with complete lesson plans, blackline masters, fact sheets, activities and outlines (written directly for the specific expectations of the curriculum)

Audience:

Kindergarten to Grade 12

Preparation time:

15 minutes

Resources required:

Stated within the lesson plans/units

Approach:

Lesson plans, school projects, homework assignments.

This cross-curricular program contains easy to use lesson plans and activities that you will need to implement a successful tobacco prevention program. The Lungs Are For Life program is designed to help students develop the skills they need to resist using tobacco, cannabis and other harmful substances. The program for Grades 9-12 takes a peer-led or teacher-led approach which can be utilized with small groups of 4 or 5 students.

Application/relevance to curriculum:

Health and Physical Education, Careers, Marketing, Business, Social Sciences, Science, and Language Arts.

Comments:

Easy to use resource for teachers that provides a comprehensive tobacco prevention program for all grades. Through the support of The Lung Association and Ophea, free Lungs Are For Life workshops, conducted by Lungs Are For Life Master Trainers, are available to teachers across Ontario; .