Teacher-Made Anti-Smoking Videos

Maryland science teacher Colleen McGuire created a series of short, Podcast-type videos that tackle the topic of anti-smoking. The videos were created for the Worcester County, Maryland Health Department and are appropriate for students in Grades 4-7. They include 3000 Kids Anti-Smoking Video, Smoke Screens, What Will You Do, Second Hand Smoke, and videos of anti-smoking drawings by fourth and fifth grade students. In the past, McGuire has written and produced short musicals about anti-smoking and had high school students present them for younger students. This year she decided that online video was the way to go to help students learn about the problems of tobacco use. McGuire's videos are an example of what can be done when using the inexpensive flip video cameras.