1 Session Simplified Chinese Curriculum

Learning Objectives

Obtain accurate knowledge about e-cigarettes, vape pens, and pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) and how they are made to work like a cigarette
Identify marketing strategies employed by e-cigarettes, vape pens, and pod-based system manufacturers to attract new customers
Learn about the effects that nicotine in e-cigarettes, vape pens, and pod-based systems has on the adolescent body and brain

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Instructions

This is a suggested 1-session Simplified Chinese (People’s Republic of China) curriculum that educators can use over a 50-minute period. Before using the curriculum, we suggest that educators become familiar with the material including reviewing the teacher-focused crash courses.

Educators should go through each unit and download the PowerPoint for class presentation. Educators should also download the accompanying activities for in-class activities. Speakers' notes are embedded in the PowerPoint. Activities are meant to be printed for students before class begins.

Simplified Chinese Factsheets

"Tobacco"

"Smokeless Tobacco"

"Risks of E-Cigarette/Vape Use"

"Increasing Addictiveness"

"Hookah"

"E-Cigarette and Vape Pen Generations"

"E-Cigarette Components"

"Cigarette"

"Cigs in a Pod" (PDF)

Facilitator Preparation

We recommend that educators use Educator Crash Courses to review the information that will be covered in class. This 1-session curriculum assumes that presenters are comfortable discussing key topics in addiction and concerns around emerging tobacco/nicotine products. Click on the following links and scroll to the bottom to find the crash course.

Nicotine Addiction Module Unit 1 Educator Crash Course

E-Cigarettes/Vapes and Pod-based Systems Module Unit 6 Educator Crash Course

In-Class Activities

"What do you know? What do you want to know?" Brainstorm 10 min

Unit 1 Activity 2 - Brainstorming Worksheet (Simplified Chinese)

Purpose

This activity will allow students to discuss information they have heard or learned about e-cigarettes/vapes and list any questions they have about them. This will give the educator a sense of what students already know and would like to know and students will be able to track what they learn as the class moves through activites.

Preparation

Materials Needed: Computer, Internet Access, Projector, Large Sheets of Paper and Markers or Printed out Unit 1: Activity 2. Brainstorm Worksheets

Handout: Unit 1: Activity 2. Brainstorm Worksheet

Procedure

Brainstorming (15 minutes): Using the handout “Activity 2. Brainstorm”, ask students to list what they know or have heard about e-cigs/vapes. Then, ask students to list questions they have about e-cigs/vapes. As you go through the following activities, have students track which statements listed are true or false. Have students answer the questions they listed once the information is covered in the activities. The handout can be filled out by students individually or projected and filled out together as a class. Any statements or questions not covered in the following activities can be researched and answered by students as a homework assignment.

Teaching Note: This brainstorming activity can be done with small groups if time allows or as a whole class to save time.

E-Cigarettes/Vape Pens and Pod-Based Systems 101 PowerPoint 30 Minutes

Unit 6: Pod-Based Systems 101 PowerPoint (Simplified Chinese)

Purpose

This activity's purpose is to describe pod-based systems (e.g., JUUL, PHIX, Suorin) and the potential health consequences for adolescents using them. The PowerPoint shows how these products are marketed to appeal to adolescents. This activity will help adolescents counter the appeal of pod-based systems by revealing their similarity to cigarettes and raising concern around the ingredients in these devices, especially nicotine and its effects on the brain.

Preparation

Materials Needed: Computer, Internet Access, Projector, Unit 6 "Pod-Based Systems 101" PowerPoint

Handout: None

Procedure

Present the PowerPoint slideshow using the Teacher Talking Points in the notes section. NOTE: cutting or removing slides is an easy way to allow for more student questions and discussion.

Kahoot 10 Minutes

https://tinyurl.com/TPT1SCH

This activity is a Kahoot quiz, along with instructions, that you can use with your students to gain their understanding of the material presented. You can give this quiz using the Kahoot.it web interface, making the quiz a fun contest between the students, or just the old-fashioned way of handing out a quiz.

If internet connection is not accessible to you, download the PDF version of the quiz below. Be sure to hand out the "Quiz" version to students and not the "Answer Key" version.

Kahoot! Quiz in Simplified Chinese (DOC)

Kahoot! Quiz KEY in Simplified Chinese (DOC)

General Kahoot Instructions

Kahoot (15 minutes)

Go to https://tinyurl.com/TPT-SPA1 This is a public quiz.
Press the purple ‘Play’ button and it will take you to a new screen.
Press the purple ‘Start Now’ button.
Ask students to get their devices ready. They can use any device with a web browser -- phone, tablet or laptop. Students don’t need an account to join.
Project your screen. At this point you should have your device (laptop or tablet) connected to the projector or screen for your students to see. Your screen will display the game pin and instructions for how to join. Students will visit kahoot.it and they will be prompted to enter the game pin, followed by a nickname. Their nickname will appear on the screen at the front as they join the game.
Once everyone has joined the game, click the ‘Start’ button on the right. The game will then load with an “Are you ready?” message. The first question will then be projected.
Click the ‘Next’ button to move through the game. Only the question will be projected at first, then the answer options will appear and the timer counts down. On the student’s devices, they will see answer buttons that correspond to the answers displayed on the projected screen. Each option is differentiated by a color/shape. The question finishes when everyone has answered or the time has run out. Then the correct answer and results are automatically displayed. The faster students answer correctly, the more points they get. The top 5 players are displayed on the projected screen in between each question.
Once you get to the final question, press the purple ‘End’ button to display the winner! The winner’s nickname is displayed on the projected screen.

Kahoot! Tips

Nicknames: Set rules for your students when selecting nicknames. If they join with an inappropriate nickname, you can remove them from the game.
Discussion: While playing Kahoot, you’re students may become louder than normal, but this is a good thing - they’ll be talking about the content you’re teaching - encourage it! Because you click ‘Next’ to move through the game, you can pause at any time to discuss a question and answer in more detail.
Devices and Access: Remind students that they may miss questions if their device goes to sleep. If this happens, Kahoot! will automatically allow them to jump back in on the next question. If your students temporarily drop out of a game due to a slow network, Kahoot! will automatically try to get them back in on the next question.
Sound: Turn the volume up for questions - it adds to the excitement!

Follow Up

Discussion Guide Take home assignment

Pod-Based Systems Discussion Guide in Simplified Chinese (DOC)

Discussion guides are intended to facilitate communication between caregiver and student after the unit is taught. Students can review the content from the classroom with their caregivers and then discuss their thoughts using the Discussion Guide to start the conversation.

Link to image on discussion guide: https://tinyurl.com/ybthmz8q

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