Web Link Exercises

Unit 3 Protecting Your Health

Chapter 8, Lesson 2
CDC's TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
"Each year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires—combined!" This is just one of the incredible facts about smoking and tobacco that you will learn at this Web site. Create a brochure incorporating ten facts that you have learned from this Web site. Add an antitobacco slogan and appropriate artwork. Then, share your brochure with the class.

Chapter 9, Lesson 1
NCADI: For Kids Only
You know that alcohol and other drugs can be dangerous, but do you know why? Find out how you can help someone who has a drug problem and how you can refuse drugs. Click on "Be Smart Don't Start!" and choose "Pick a Brain." Create a chart that compares the effects of alcohol, marijuana, drugs, and inhalants.

Chapter 10, Lesson 3
American Red Cross - Disaster Services
If a weather emergency hit your area, would you and your family be prepared? Visit this site to find safety tips for weather emergencies such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Choose one type of weather emergency, and create a pamphlet that would help people be prepared and stay safe.

Chapter 10, Lesson 5
U.S. EPA Student Center
Do you know ways to reduce the amount of waste produced in your home? Visit this Web site to find out how you can help protect the environment by recycling, reducing, and reusing. Click on the "Fun Activities" link, and do at least two of the activities on the list.