Health
Course (Tentative) Pacing Guide
First 9 Weeks
- Week 1 (Aug 6 – Aug 9)
- Welcome Back, Get to Know You Activities, Begin Exercise/Fitness Unit
- What is Health? What is Wellness? Health Triangle
- Week 2 (Aug 12 – Aug 16)
- 11 Fitness Components, F.I.T.T., Target Heart Rate, Project 1
- Week 3 (Aug 19 – Aug 23)
- Target Heart Rate, Project 1 Due, Exercise/Fit Test, Begin Nutrition Unit
- Week 4 (Aug 26 – Aug 30)
- What is Nutrition?, Essential vs. Non-Essential Nutrients, Food Labels
- Week 5 (Sept 3 – Sept 6)
- BMI, Eating Disorders, Project 2 (MyFitnessPal in Computer Lab)
- Week 6 (Sept 9 – Sept 13)
- Watch Super-Size Me, Turn in Project 2, Nutrition Test, Begin Tobacco Unit
- Week 7 (Sept 16 – Sept 20)
- Tobacco Definitions, Chewing Tobacco Video, Tobacco Activity
- Week 8 (Sept 23 – Sept 27)
- Finish Tobacco Unit, Tobacco Quiz, Begin Alcohol Unit
- Week 9 (Sept 30 – Oct 4)
- Alcohol Definitions, DUI Laws, Officer Stone Guest Speaker, Alcohol Video
FALL BREAK (Oct 7 – Oct 11)
Second 9 Weeks
- Week 1 (Oct 14 – Oct 18)
- Finish Alcohol Unit, Alcohol Quiz, Begin Drugs Unit
- Week 2 (Oct 21 – Oct 25)
- Drugs Definitions, Drugs Group Notes, Marijuana class Debate (Legal vs Illegal)
- Week 3 (Oct 28 – Nov 1)
- Finish Drug Unit, Drug Quiz, Begin Diseases Unit
- Week 4 (Nov 4 – Nov 8)
- Disease Definitions, Notes, Research in Computer Lab/Disease Presentations
- Week 5 (Nov 11 – Nov 15)
- Finish Disease Research Presentations, Disease Test, Begin Relationships Unit
- Week 6 (Nov 18 – Nov 22)
- Relationships, 3 C’s of Healthy Relationships, Personality Types, Active Listening
- Week 7 (Nov 25 – Nov 26)
- Revisit Diseases – Watch Osmosis Jones
- THANKSGIVING BREAK (Nov 27- Nov 29)
- Week 8 (Dec 2 – Dec 6)
- Finish Relationship, Relationships Test, Begin First Aid/CPR
- Week 9 (Dec 9 – Dec 13)
- First Aid/CPR
- FINALS WEEK (Dec 16- Dec 18)
- FINAL TEST over First Aid/CPR