Semester A

Course Description

In this class students acquire skills, fitness, attitude, and knowledge to lead a healthy life. Health A focuses on the impact of personal decisions and healthy well-being. Topics include: peer pressure, self-esteem, nutrition, drugs, and alcohol. To lead a healthy life, a person must have an understanding of the impact of their choices, how to reject peer pressures, and the effects of nutrition. Teens face a difficult transition into young adulthood and this course helps them have an understanding of these changes. This course offers information, suggestions, and examples to help guide a young teen into adulthood with the necessary information. Students will complete writing projects that allow them to express their feelings and thoughts regarding pressures, nutrition, and exercise.

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Semester B

Course Description

This course, Health B, covers human development including emotional, physical, and mental changes into adolescence. Students learn about the body, alcohol, drugs, and effective choices. They also learn about healthy decision-making and how it impacts their future. Many teens struggle with the ability to make effective choices about their own health or well-being. The pubescent years can be very difficult and challenging, leaving a teen full of questions. This course provides factual information that can help alleviate those concerns as well as answer questions. By providing students with answers, they will be able to advocate for themselves and for a healthy future. During this course students put their knowledge to use by completing Checkpoints, exams, and projects designed around the curriculum.

Major Concepts

Requirements

Grade Level
10

Materials
None

Duration
2 Semesters

Prerequisites
None

Technology Skills