Tar Jar
2nd and 3rd Grade
What to say when making a presentation…
- This is a Tar Jar
- Tar is in cigarettes. It is just like the sticky black stuff on roads and it is also used on roofs to make shingles stick to the roof.
- Tar is in cigarettes and it is why the pig lungs turned black.
- This is about ½ pack of cigarettes a day for a year
- Tar can NEVER be removed from your body.
- Someone who has smoked a pack a day for 20 years has 40 jars of this in their body!
Tar Jar
4th and 5th Grade
What to say when making a presentation…
- Review what tar is: It is the stuff that you find on blacktop to seal the cracks – it sticks to your shoes when it’s hot. It is also used on roofs, when attaching shingles. Make the point that it is very sticky.
- This EXACT SAME THING is found in cigarettes!!
- The tar jar is how much tar gets into a person’s body if they smoke: ½ pack of cigarettes everyday for One Year
- Tar carries all of the ingredients in tobacco smoke – including the ones that cause cancer.
- Tar mixes with the water in a persons’ body. Blood is 90% water. The tar mixes into this blood and travels throughout a human’s entire body. This is how people can get cancer anywhere in their body from smoking. (It mixes with the water in a person’s body like Kool-Aid mix dissolves and mixes with water in a pitcher.)
- Tar can NEVER be removed from your body.
- Someone who has smoked a pack a day for 20 years has 40 jars of this in their body!
