Health+Curriculum

Topics of Study:

 * Nutrition and Physical Activity
 * Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
 * Safety
 * Social and Emotional Health
 * Personal Health and Wellness
 * HIV Prevention
 * Sexuality Education

Content Standards:

 * **Application of Core Concepts**
 * Apply core concepts to health promotion and disease prevention to personal, family and community health issues.
 * **Access Information**
 * Develop resources for accessing valid health information and appropriate health promoting products and services.
 * **Health Behaviors**
 * Examples of practicing health enhancing behaviors and reducing health risks.
 * **Influences**
 * Analyze the influence of cultural beliefs, media and technology on health topics.
 * **Goal Setting**
 * Use goal setting to enhance health.
 * **Decision Making**
 * Show how decision-making skills enhance health.
 * **Social Skills**
 * Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication and other social skills which enhance health.
 * **Advocacy**
 * Demonstrate advocacy skills for enhanced personal, family and community health.


 * Students Will:**
 * Participate in development of collaborative media sources that incorporate each content standard within each topic of study.
 * //Examples:// blog, resource websites, a resource wiki, PSA in print or video form, print materials, podcast, interviews, etc...
 * Maintain an individual on-line journal showing individual growth and reflection within each topic of study.
 * A blog that will be included on the blog-roll at [|Elective Chatter]. (blogs may be public or private to class view only)