Patrick Anderson
Welcome
Topics covered in Health
Grade 6
NUTRITION
- My Plate
- How to read food labels
- U.S. Dietary guidelines for healthy nutrition
- Benefits of a healthy diet
EXERCISE
- Working in conjunction with our lifetime fitness program to promote healthy lifestyles.
- Benefits of exercise
- Making exercise safe and fun.
- What’s the big sweat about dehydration?
SOCIAL SKILLS/ MAKING GOOD CHOICES
- Maintaining self-control
- Self-respect
- Resolving anger
- Understanding the dangers of Tobacco, Vaping, Juul, and E-Cigarettes
SLEEP
- How consistent sleep helps our body
- Dangers of sleep deprivation
PERSONAL HYGIENE
SAFETY
- Internet Safety
- Keep cool in an emergency.
- Always have a buddy.
- Strangers, seatbelts, helmets,swimming
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Community health
- Health promotion in the school
Grade 7
NUTRITION
- Good nutritional habits
- Digestion
DISEASE PREVENTION
- Risk Factors
- Personal Hygiene (review from grade 6)
EXERCISE
- How to improve your posture
- The running experiment/using your body systems
- Getting started in fitness/physical activities
MAKING GOOD CHOICES/DECISION MAKING
- Understanding the dangers of Tobacco and Alcohol (safety/making good choices)
- Decisions about risk factors
STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE CYCLE
- Prenatal
- Puberty
- Late Adulthood
SOCIAL SKILLS
- Self-esteem
- Depression
- How we treat others
- Relationships
SAFETY
- First Aid
- Managing time in your life.
- Internet Safety.
- Keep cool in an emergency.
- Always have a buddy.
- Strangers
- Seatbelts
- Helmets
- Swimming
STRESS MANAGEMENT
8th Grade
NUTRITION
- Healthy decision making
- Food Safety/ handling
SAFETY
- Managing time in your life.
- Internet Safety.
- Keep cool in an emergency.
- Always have a buddy.
- Strangers
- Seatbelts
- Helmets
- Swimming
EXERCISE
- Getting started in fitness/physical activities
SOCIAL SKILLS
PERSONAL HYGIENE
MAKING GOOD CHOICES/DECISION MAKING
- Understanding the dangers of Drugs and Alcohol
- Refusal skills
- Addiction
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH/ SEXUALITY RELATED RISK BEHAVIORS
- Reproductive System
- STDs
- Pregnancy
- Sexual Harassment
BUDGETING
CONSUMER HEALTH
- Consumer decisions effect on health
- Health care product effectiveness
STRESS MANAGEMENT
