In health class we will be exploring the Social, Mental-Emotional, and Physical aspects of living a healthy and safe life. The main focus is on making appropriate decisions and understanding that there are consequences for those decisions, both good and bad.

                         

                        Grading Criteria:

·        Daily effort – 10% (includes everything that makes up a day in class)

·        Homework – 40% (includes in class and homework and also group work)

·        Tests – 50% (includes quizzes and unit exams)

Grading Scale:

A = 94+                       B- = 80-83.x                D+ = 67-69.x  

A- = 90-93.x                C+ = 77-79.x               D = 64-66.x

B+ = 87-89.x               C = 84-86.x                 D- = 60-63.x

B = 84-86.x                 C- = 70-73.x               F = 0-59.x      

 

 

Class Objectives:

 

The students will be able to:

·                    Illustrate how each of the body systems work

·                    Describe how the body systems work

·                    Appreciate the difference between males and females

·                    Accept themselves for who they are

·                    Make healthy and educated nutrition choices

·                    Recognize that every decision that they make has a consequence

·                    Indicate how to make smart decisions while facing their peers

·                    Resolve conflicts in healthy ways

·                    Respond calmly to an emergency situation

·                    Demonstrate how to use CPR and identify the proper time to use CPR

 

 

Class Outline:

 

 

 

Texts: Teen Health, Course 3 and Human Biology and Health