Smoke and Mirrors
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Students develop a persuasive peer-to-peer case against vaping e-cigarette devices, with the goal to understand how language usage can influence perception, attitudes and behavior.
Second-hand smoke from cigarettes has been a major cause of indoor air pollution, especially in buildings that are unable to circulate and filter the air fast enough to keep the air clean. In the last 20 years, e-cigarettes have grown in popularity. Although e-cigarettes do not produce smoke, they do produce secondhand emissions. Today little is known about these emissions or the potential harm they may cause. Organizing and presenting a persuasive and convincing argument to the public or government representatives on a topic such as improving indoor air quality is often the job of an engineer.
After this activity, students should be able to:
- Learn how secondhand smoke from cigarettes is a major cause of indoor air pollution.
- Learn how e-cigarettes expose others to secondhand emissions.
- Incorporate source materials into their speaking and writing (for example, interviews, news articles, or encyclopedic information).
- Write and speak in the content areas using the technical vocabulary of the subject accurately.
- Read, respond to and discuss literature that represents points-of-view from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar.