Health Education (Period 1 - 5) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2013-2014 School Year
- Department
- Health/Medical Science
- Description
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Welcome to Health Education Spring Semester.
This class will include units on Nutrition, Medicine, Tobacco, & Alcohol, Disease identification and prevention, and Sex Education.
All classwork and homework are collected approximately every 2-3 weeks in a packet..
I also encourage you to take advantage of the Quizlet links to help you prepare for tests and quizzes.
Please feel free to call or email me if you have any questions or concerns.
I'm looking forward to another terrific semester!!!
GO AZTECS!!!
http://quizlet.com/_8p8w0 - Nutrient Vocabulary
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Our last unit of instruction is Sex Education.
A parent letter was sent home with your student the week of May 5.
This unit contains information on the Reproductive Systems, Pregnancy & Childbirth,
Abstinence and Birth Control and STD's including HIV and AIDS.
Quiz dates are to be announced as we are still finishing up Oral Presentations and
so the timeline will vary.
The final exam will be based on class notes, discussions, and activities.
Although reading the text is encouraged for reinforcement all test questions will come
from notes and class activities as I will be collecting student textbooks the week of
June 2-6.
See the following attachment for the cover page with a detailed list of materials.
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Oral Presentations are scheduled to begin on Monday, May 5
Visual Aides that use technology should be checked for compatibility before the
assigned presentation date.
I attached a grading rubric for the Oral Presentation and the Visual Aide.
Although we will continue presentations the week of May 12, we will only have a few presentations each day and we will continue with regular curriculum instruction.
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The medicine, tobacco, and alcohol unit will include information on different types and uses for medicine, medicine interractions, how to interpret a medicine label and we will also be discussing the impact of tobacco products and alcohol on our health and strategies to avoid harmful situations.
Assigned reading for this unit includes
Medicine - Ch 23 - pages 586 - 591
Tobacco - Ch 21 - pages 540 - 549
Alcohol - Ch 22 - pages 562 - 582
Approximate quiz dates
Medicine - Tuesday, March 25
Tobacco - Monday, March 31
Alcohol - TBD
Unit Test - Friday, April 11
Classwork and Homework Packet is due - Friday, April 11
Please see attached cover page for a list of assignments
Please see the attachments for information about upcoming Oral Presentations
Topic selection - Thursday,March 27th
Outline due - Friday, April 25th
Visual Aides w/ technology - must be approved by Tuesday, April 29th
Presentations - May 1st through May 9th
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We will continue the Nutrition Unit.
A cover sheet with a list of classwork and homework is attached.
Assigned reading for this packet will include
Chapter 17 - pages 442 - 460 (Digestive and Urinary Systems)
Chapter 5 - pages 127 - 133 (Food Labels)
Chapter 6 - pages 144 - 156 (Weight Management and Eating Disorders)
Chapter 5 - pages 133 - 138 (Food Safety)
Quiz Dates are as follows - Quizlet links are on my home page
Digestive and Urinary System - Wednesday, February 26
Food Labels - Friday, February 28 (no quizlet attachement)
Weight Management/Eating Disorders - Friday March 7
Food Safety and Foodborne Illness - Thursday March 13
Classwork and Homework Packet 2 - Due Tuesday, March 18th
Nutrition Unit Test - Tuesday, March 18th
Extra Credit (5 points) - Bring a food label on Thursday, Feb 27th (no beverages)
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Assigned Reading for this packet is Chapter 5 pages 114 - 126
and Chapter 6 Pages 157 - 161
Ch 5 Nutrient Quiz will be on Tuesday, February 11
See attached cover sheet for a list of classwork and homework assignments for this packet.
http://quizlet.com/_8p8w0 - Chapter 5 Nutrient Vocabulary for Quiz
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Welcome to Health Education
Our first unit of instruction is Mental Health. We will cover influences on our health, emotions, stress management techniques, and mental disorders.
Assigned reading for this unit is Chapter 1, 7, 8 & 9
Chapter 1 & 7 Quiz - Friday, January 10
Chapter 8 Quiz - Friday, January 17
Homework Packet 1 due - Friday January 17
Homework Packet 2 due - Final Exam Day
Mental Health Unit Exam - Final Exam Day (See attached Schedule)
All classwork and homework are collected approximately every 2-3 weeks in a packet..
I also encourage you to take advantage of the Quizlet links to help you prepare for tests and quizzes.
Please feel free to call or email me if you have any questions or concerns.
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Mental Health Packet Due
Chapter 8 Quiz
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Chapter 1 & 7 Quiz
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Our fourth unit of instruction is Post Secondary Options.
In this unit we will be exploring college options, trade and technical schools, military service and career options. The Esperanza Counseling Staff will visit our class and guide the students through a 4 year plan for high school as well as presenting options for continuing their education after high school.
We will have two quizzes
Thursday, November 14th - College System Quiz - use your booklet to review
Friday, November 15th - College Vocab Quiz
http://quizlet.com/_dlzvp - college vocab quizlet link
EHS Counselor Presentation - Wednesday, December 4th
Classwork & Homework Packet is due - Friday, December 6th
Post Secondary Unit Test is - Friday, December 6th
K-Navigator Activity in Library - Wednesday, December 10th
Students will input their 4 year plan
Students will also have a college comparison activity
Below you will find attachments for the Cover Page (assignment list) as
well as a practice 4 year plan.
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Our third unit of instruction is Self Assessment.
We will participate in a variety of activities that will help us to identify
our interests, values, and current skills.
This unit will not have a formal quiz or test.
We will however be registering for a program called K-Navigator which will
help the students develop an academic plan for the next four years of high school
and will also allow them to obtain information about a variety of post secondary
options and career paths. On Wednesday, October 30th in the Esperanza Library,
we will register for the program and participate in three short surveyswhich will help
the students identify interests and career values. If students are absent on October 30th
they will have to complete this assignment at home.
Packet 3 is due on Tuesday, November 5th.
The K-Navigator Activity is worth 100 points will count as a test grade for this unit.
There are no quizlet links for this unit as there are no formal tests or quizzes in this unit.
I will attach a cover sheet and K-Navigator Directions in the next few days...(sorry the attachment
device is temporarily disabled)