Course NameHealth Science 1

SubjectHealth

Credit1 credit

Length of1 semester / 18 weeks

Course

Standard Met

National Health Standards:

  1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health informationand health-promoting products and services.
  3. Student will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.

4. Students will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and

other factors on health.

5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal

communication skills to enhance health.

6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-

making skills to enhance health.

7. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family,

and community health.

Minneapolis Public Schools Health Education Content Standards:

  • Family and Community Relationships: Students understand the mutual connection and responsibility of individuals, families and communities.
  • Health and Consumer Information: Students access and analyze information about products and services that promote a healthy life.
  • Health-Enhancing Behaviors: Students demonstrate the ability to use goal setting, decision-making, and self-reflection to reduce personal risks and enhance health and family living.
  • Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: Students understand concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
  • Influences: Students analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health, personal and family relationships.
  • Interpersonal Communication: Students demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health, personal, and family relationships.

Course Description

Health Science 1 is designed to enable students to obtain the knowledge and

skills necessary to make healthy and informed decisions for a lifetime. In Health

Science 1 students explore a broad range of health topics that relate to one of

the following priority health areas as determined by the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention:

  • nutrition, dietary practices and physical fitness
  • prevention and reduction of tobacco use
  • prevention of drug and alcohol use
  • intentional and unintentional injuries
  • HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted infections
  • unintentional pregnancies

The topics of study include wellness, nutrition and diet, life-skills, substance abuse, tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, communicable and non-communicable diseases, asthma, sexual health, abstinence and contraception, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, and family relationships.

Scope & Sequence

Module 1: Introduction to Health

  • Wellness
  • Personal health assessment
  • Teen health issues
  • Developing a healthy lifestyle

Module 2: Building Healthy Life Skills –

  • Personal development - self-esteem, goal-setting, values and decision-making
  • Communication - assertive, passive, aggressive
  • Refusal skills, peer pressure
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Advocacy

Module 3: Nutrition

  • Guidelines for healthful eating/food guide pyramid
  • Healthy living skills (labels, eating out, preparation and allergies)
  • Personal diet analysis
  • Weight management
  • Eating disorders

Module 4: Substance Abuse – Tobacco and Alcohol

  • Effects- short and long term
  • Prevention of use and abuse (refusal skills, strategies, choosing abstinence)
  • Risk behaviors
  • Addiction and treatment

Module 5: Substance Abuse – Illegal Drugs

  • Definitions (effects, addiction, laws, abstinence)
  • Inhalants, marijuana, and club drugs
  • Stimulants, hallucinogens, opiates
  • Addiction and treatment

Module 6: Communicable Diseases (respiratory infections, hepatitis, and emerging infections including meningitis, mononucleosis, measles, encephalitis, and lyme disease)

  • Definition/causes/transmission
  • Prevention and role of the immune system
  • Common diseases
  • Emerging diseases

Module 7: Non-communicable Diseases and Disabilities (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast, cervical, and testicular cancer, physical and mental challenges)

  • Definition/causes/risk factors
  • Common diseases
  • Reducing your risk and prevention
  • Treatment and management of diseases

Module 8: Asthma Awareness

  • Definition
  • Symptoms
  • Treatment – action plan
  • Emergency treatment

Module 9: Human Sexuality

  • Reproductive systems, pregnancy and childbirth
  • Risks of sexual behavior
  • Teen pregnancy and parenting
  • Contraceptive choices
  • Reasons to choose abstinence

Module 10: Sexually Transmitted Infections

  • Types (bacterial, viral, parasites) and methods of transmission
  • Symptoms
  • Treatment and complications
  • Choosing abstinence, reducing your risk

Module 11: HIV and AIDS

  • Definition, transmission, and symptoms
  • Testing
  • Treatment
  • Prevention, reducing your risk

Module 12: Family Relationships

  • Role of family relationships (building healthy relationships, dysfunction, love/support, co-dependency)
  • Change and the family (divorce, moving, custody, remarriage)
  • Dealing with family crisis (death, unemployment, poverty, homelessness, prison)
  • Support systems (counseling, community education, social services, support groups, hotlines)

Course Objectives

Students will:

  • Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing personal health.
  • Evaluate a personal health assessment to determine strategies for health enhancement and risk reduction.
  • Develop strategies to improve or maintain personal, family, and community health.
  • Analyze how behavior can impact health maintenance and disease prevention.
  • Analyze how the family, peers, and community influence the health of individuals.
  • Describe how to delay onset and reduce risks of potential health problems during adulthood.
  • Analyze how cultural diversity enriches and challenges health behaviors.
  • Demonstrate skills for communicating effectively with family, peers, and community.
  • Demonstrate the ability to utilize various strategies when making decisions related to health needs and risks.
  • Demonstrate the ability to influence and support others in making positive health choices.

Course Requirements

Attendance, participation, and completion of all assignments, quizzes, exams and a semester project are required for students to be successful in this course.

Grading Policy

Grades will be based upon the quality of the student submissions and participation in classroom activities. The grading scale that is used for this course is as follows:

A 90-100%

B 80-89%

C 70-79%

D 60-69%

F 59% or below