The QuestionListen to this sound. Think about a time when you or someone you know had trouble breathing, maybe you were sick, maybe you fell off of the jungle gym, maybe you were under water and had trouble getting to the surface in time or maybe you were exercising or running. What would it feel like to have trouble breathing all the time?

Activate your prior knowledge and build background knowledge about the respiratory system .

There are many different diseases that affect the lungs, like lung cancer. In this lesson, you will work with a small group to investigate one of these diseases and answer the essential question:

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How is breathing impaired by respiratory ailments?

Fighting for Air™The American

Lung Association

Investigating Diseases of the Lungs

Image Source: Clipart.com

2. Information SourcesUse these resources to help you gather information about the

disease you are investigating:

American Lung Association1. COPD2. Asthma3. Pneumonia4. Lung Cancer

Gale Science In ContextSearch for:5. Asthma6. Emphysema/COPD7. Bronchitis8. Black Lung9. Lung Cancer

The Canadian Lung Association (* If accessed through NetTrekker, you can use read-aloud

and embedded dicationary features)10. Emphysema11. Asthma12. COPD13. Pneumonia

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Image Source: Gale Sciene in ContextPhotograph by Hans-Freider and Astrid Michler

An electron micrograph scan of coal dust (marked by dark patches) in lung tissue infected with black lung disease. A disease found primarily in older coal workers, black lung is characterized by thickening and scarring of lung tissue.

Visual ThesaurusUse to look up the diseases

or words you find in your

articles.

3. Student Activity

First, select a disease to study:

1. Asthma2. Emphysema/COPD3. Bronchitis/Pneumonia4. Black Lung5. Lung Cancer

Use this chart to make notes and answer questions. Include links to pictures and other resources you may want to use in a presentation to the class.

1. How do these diseases affect the lungs?

2. How is breathing impacted?3. How does this disease impact your

overall health?4. What can be done to help prevent

these diseases?

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Image Source: Gale Science in Context

X-Ray showing cancer in the left lung

4. Assessment ActivityCreate a PSA to inform your school community about the respiratory disease you researched. Your PSA must include a precise description of how breathing is impeded by the disease, and should encourage people to keep their lungs healthy. You can choose any of the following Web 2.0 tools or another presentation tool approved by your teacher:

Glogster- Create an interactive poster ShowBeyond - Create and share a Slidecast

in three easy steps Prezi - Presentation  mapping tool Infographic- Example

Use this rubric to guide you.

As you view and listen to your classmates’ presentations, think about and discuss which respiratory ailments might present the greatest risk or be most difficult to prevent.

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Image Source: Gale Science in Context

A normal lung (left) and the lung of a cigarette smoker (right).

• A child who lives with a parent who smokes

• Someone who lives in a polluted city vs. the country

• The air at your school

5. Enrichment ActivitiesWatch this video to learn more about AsthmaBrainPop Video on Asthma

Play this fun game comparing running ability of smokers and non-smokers

Lung Race Game

Another fun game about keeping your lungs healthy

Tar Game

Watch this video to learn more about smoking and how it affects the lungs

BrainPop Video on Smoking

Interactive Tutorial about Lung Cancer

Visit the American Cancer Society to learn more about lung cancer.

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Image Source: Gale Science in Context

Computerized tomographic view of the lungs, showing the trachea (center) splitting to form the two main bronchi, which lead to the lungs. Inside the lungs, many branching bronchi terminate in alveoli, air sacs where gas exchange takes place.

6. Teacher Support MaterialsBCPS CurriculumStudents will analyze data obtained from observations of real-life events and make predictions about the impact of gas laws on the human body.Maryland State Curriculum 3.5.3 The student will investigate how natural and man-made changes in

environmental conditions will affect individual organisms and the dynamics of populations.

3.2.1 The student will explain processes and the function of related structures found in unicellular and multicellular organisms.

Common Core State Standards Reading: 1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.Writing: 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.Standards for the 21st Century Learner 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g. textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real-world situations, and further investigations.

Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students3.0: Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

Time Frame: 75 minutes

Differentiation: Direct students to use comprehension tools included in

databases, such as: audio read-aloud, labeled reading levels, and embedded dictionaries.

Research resources are differentiated by reading level using sliver/gold stars (basic/challenging)

Learning Styles:VisualKinesthetic

AVID Strategies:

Notes to the teacher:

You may want to share the PSAs created with the entire school community on your school WIKI.

Visual Thesaurus Tutorial

Web2.0 Resources from the LIS Wiki:GlogsterPreziShowBeyond

Last updated: July 2014Created by Kim O’Donnell . Library Media Specialist

BCPS Slam Dunk Research Model, Copyright 2012, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved. The models may be used for educational, non-profit school use only. All other uses, transmissions, and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. This lesson is based on Jamie McKenzie’s Slam Dunk Lesson module.

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