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High School Health

High School Health is a health science elective course that introduces students to what good health is, why good health is important, and what students should do in order to achieve good health. 

Students will be able to demonstrate an awareness of health as it applies to their own bodies, minds, and emotions, an awareness of health as it applies to their living environments, identify the components of a healthy lifestyle and set reasonable goals to achieve a lifestyle of wellness, understand that incorporating sound health practices creates a lifestyle of moderation and wellness, and understand the responsibility of properly stewarding the bodies God has given them as directed in the Bible.

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High School Health

UNIT 1 – BODY ESSENTIALS

  1. Course Overview
  2. The Head and Crown of Creation
  3. Anatomy and Physiology
  4. Quiz 1: Building Blocks of the Body
  5. Nervous System and Circulatory System
  6. Activity: Your Adaptive Heart  
  7. Respiratory, Skeletal, and Muscular System
  8. Digestive, Excretory, Endocrine, and Integumentary System
  9. Immune, Lymphatic, and Reproductive System
  10. Quiz 2: Body Systems
  11. Growth and Development
  12. Activity: Fetal Development  
  13. Childhood Development
  14. Adolescence
  15. Adulthood
  16. Quiz 3: Stages of Development
  17. Test
  18. Alternate Test
  19. Reference

UNIT 2 – PHYSICAL HEALTH

  1. Benefits of Proper Nutrition
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Vitamins
  4. Activity: Your Favorite Foods  
  5. Quiz 1: Essentials of Nutrition
  6. Developing Proper Eating Habits
  7. Dairy Group and Protein Group
  8. Activity: Got Calcium?
  9. Food, God’s Tasty Gift
  10. Healthy Eating Habits
  11. Quiz 2: Eating the Right Foods
  12. Exercise and Physical Fitness
  13. Activity: Heart Rate (
  14. Muscular Endurance and Strength
  15. Exercise Program
  16. Quiz 3: Exercise and Physical Fitness
  17. Test
  18. Alternate Test
  19. Reference

UNIT 3 – SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

  1. Aspects of Health
  2. Love
  3. Activity: Examine Yourself  
  4. Mental and Emotional Health
  5. Quiz 1: Mental, Social, and Emotional Health
  6. Social Health
  7. Friends
  8. Speaking in Love
  9. Quiz 2: Social Interaction
  10. Personal Hygiene
  11. Teeth, Mouth, Eyes, and Ears
  12. Activity: Hygiene Habits  
  13. Quiz 3: Personal Hygiene
  14. Test
  15. Alternate Test
  16. Reference

UNIT 4 – PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE AND FIRST AID

  1. Safety
  2. Home Safety
  3. Home Safety II
  4. Home Safety III
  5. Activity: Home Safety  
  6. Quiz 1: Home Safety
  7. Safety Guidelines
  8. Personal Safety
  9. Activity: Moving Violations
  10. Water Safety
  11. Weather Safety
  12. Quiz 2: Personal Safety and the Environment
  13. First Aid
  14. Evaluating the Scene
  15. Wounds and Bleeding
  16. Burns and Other Emergencies
  17. Activity: Making a Splint 
  18. Hypothermia, Frostbite, and Heat Stroke
  19. Quiz 3: First Aid
  20. Test
  21. Alternate Test
  22. Reference

UNIT 5 – RESPONSIBLE LIVING

  1. Disease and Prevention
  2. Childhood Immunizations
  3. Activity: Your Shots
  4. Non-Infectious Diseases
  5. Activity: Major Diseases  
  6. Health Care
  7. Quiz 1: Diseases and Health Care
  8. Drug Use and Abuse
  9. Drug Use and Abuse 2
  10. Alcohol
  11. Activity: Interview on Alcohol Use
  12. Tobacco
  13. Activity: Smoking, A Wise Choice?  
  14. Quiz 2: Substance Abuse
  15. Health and the Environment
  16. Water Essentials
  17. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  18. Quiz 3: Health, Pollution, and the Environment
  19. Test
  20. Alternate Test

UNIT 6 – COURSE REVIEW AND EXAM

  1. Review
  2. Exam
  3. Alternate Exam—Form A
  4. Alternate Exam—Form B