HEALTH – 6th Grade
Week 1 – Intro (Syllabus, Practice Health News, CD Cover – All About You)
Week 2 – Health and Wellness (4 sides of Health, Influences on our Health, Making good decisions and being responsible for your health, Test)
Week 3 – Nutrition (Calories, Fat, Digestion Process)
Week 4 – Cont. Nutrition (6 Essential Nutrients, Food Pyramid)
Week 5 – Cont. Nutrition (Substances found in foods, Test/Project)
Week 6 – Fitness (Heart rate, Blood Pressure, Benefits of an active lifestyle)
Week 7 – First Aid/Safety (Preventing Accidents, Basics of First Aid)
Week 8 – Puberty/Personal Health (Endocrine System, Changes during adolescents, Personal Health – teeth, skin, hair)
Week 9 – Tobacco (Harmful effects of tobacco use, Tobacco Brochure)
**extra units = Body Systems – computer lab group project, anorexia/bulimia, mental health – illnesses and handling stress.