Course Description:
The Health Education program in grades 7-8 encourages the development of physical, mental, social, and emotional health, which will be carried over in the high school program. The emphasis in the 7th – 8th grade Health Education program is to develop personal health goals and general understanding of the skills needed to live a healthy lifestyle. Every decision is a health decision in some way.
Students will be in Health class for 6 weeks. With time limited in the classroom, some of the health units will be taught during the physical education sections. For a students overall health education, the following units will be used to develop a general understanding of personal Health:
~Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
~HIV & STI's Prevention
~Sexuality Education
~Social & Mental-Emotional Health
~Communicable and Chronic Disease
~Nutrition & Fitness (Covered in the Physical Education section)
~Personal Health, Hygiene & Wellness (Covered in the Physical Education section)
~Safety
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Apply health promotion and disease prevention concepts and principles to personal, family, and community health issues
- Access valid health information and appropriate health promoting products and services
- Practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks
- Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, and technology on health
- Use goal-setting skills to enhance health
- Use and develop decision-making skills to enhance health
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication and other social skills that will enhance health
- Demonstrate advocacy skills for enhanced personal, family, and community health
Course outcomes were created by, Michigan Department of Education, Grade 7-8 Health Content Expectations, 2006.
The Health Education program in grades 7-8 encourages the development of physical, mental, social, and emotional health, which will be carried over in the high school program. The emphasis in the 7th – 8th grade Health Education program is to develop personal health goals and general understanding of the skills needed to live a healthy lifestyle. Every decision is a health decision in some way.
Students will be in Health class for 6 weeks. With time limited in the classroom, some of the health units will be taught during the physical education sections. For a students overall health education, the following units will be used to develop a general understanding of personal Health:
~Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
~HIV & STI's Prevention
~Sexuality Education
~Social & Mental-Emotional Health
~Communicable and Chronic Disease
~Nutrition & Fitness (Covered in the Physical Education section)
~Personal Health, Hygiene & Wellness (Covered in the Physical Education section)
~Safety
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Apply health promotion and disease prevention concepts and principles to personal, family, and community health issues
- Access valid health information and appropriate health promoting products and services
- Practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks
- Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, and technology on health
- Use goal-setting skills to enhance health
- Use and develop decision-making skills to enhance health
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication and other social skills that will enhance health
- Demonstrate advocacy skills for enhanced personal, family, and community health
Course outcomes were created by, Michigan Department of Education, Grade 7-8 Health Content Expectations, 2006.