Will we ever find a cure for cancer? What treatments are best for conditions like diabetes and asthma? How are illnesses like meningitis, tuberculosis, and the measles identified and diagnosed? Medical Exploration provides the answers to questions such as these. In this course, students will be introduced to the various disciplines within the health sciences, including toxicology, clinical medicine, and biotechnology. They will explore the importance of diagnostics and research in the identification and treatment of diseases. The course presents information and terminology for the health sciences and examines the contributions of different health science areas.

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This course is created to help you create and implement your own Fitness Plan.
Note: Phy Ed 1 and 2 ARE NOT pre-requisites for this course. Phy Ed courses can be taken in any order.

Students Will:

• Assess their own personal fitness

• Pre- and Post-test a specific component of fitness

• Write weekly fitness goals, plans, execute and evaluate them

• Discover their preferred way to exercise

• Increase physical competence, self-esteem and the motivation to pursue lifelong physical activity

• Exhibit a physically active lifestyle through participation in a choice of activity.

Concepts:

• Components of Health-Related & Skill-Relted Fitness

• FITT Principle

• Target Heartrate Zone

• Perceived level of exertion

• MVPA (Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity)

• SMART Goals.

Assignments include:

• Worksheets (accessing information about various fitness topics)

• Activity Log (recording weekly activity with adult confirmation)

• Writing Goals and Workouts (using the FITT Principle)

• Reflection (summarizing the week and reviewing content)

• Current News (reviewing fitness articles )

• Final Project: Personal Fitness Plan Implementation

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Phy Ed 2: Health-Related Fitness (formerly titled Phy Ed B)

This course is created to help you discover health-related fitness as it pertains to YOU!

[Note: Phy Ed 1: Skill-Related Fitness is not a pre-requisite for this course.]

Outcomes:

Students will…

• Assess their own personal fitness

• Write weekly fitness goals, plans, execute and evaluate them

• Increase physical competence, self-esteem and the motivation to pursue lifelong physical activity

• Exhibit a physically active lifestyle through participation in a variety of lifetime sports and activities throughout the course.

• Discover their preferred way to exercise

Concepts:

Five components of fitness, FITT Principle,Target Heartrate Zone, Perceived level of exertion, MVPA (Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity)

Assignments include:

• Worksheets (accessing information about various fitness topics)

• Activity Log (recording weekly activity with adult confirmation)

• Reflection (summarizing the week and reviewing content)

• Current News (reviewing fitness articles )

• Final Project: Personal Fitness Profile

 

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During this course students will enhance their personal fitness through Individual & Team Sports and Aerobic Activities. Students discover their preferred way to exercise and learn what it takes to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Students will:

• Enhance their personal fitness through Individual & Team Sports and Aerobic Activities.

• Increase physical competence, self-esteem and the motivation to pursue lifelong physical activity.

• Exhibit a physically active lifestyle through participation in a variety of lifetime sports and activities throughout the course.

• Discover their preferred way to exercise

Each week students will complete:

• Physical Fitness Tests and/or Worksheets (accessing information about various fitness topics)

• Activity Log (recording weekly activity with adult confirmation)

• Reflection (summarizing the week and reviewing content)

In addition to this, an Activity Research Project will be created. The topic will be a sport or aerobic activity that the students choose. The outline is clearly defined. The project may be in the form of a Power Point, Podcast, Research Paper, Video (movie or commercial), Magazine Article or a different format that the student proposes.

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Health Science is intended either for students who need one semester credit of Health to meet graduation requirements, or as the second course for students who need two semester credits.

Lifestyle is a major health hazard in our society today. We can make choices that are healthy and positive, or we can make choices that endanger our health. Our main job is to take personal responsibility for our health. We can do this through acquiring knowledge necessary for good health and by taking positive steps to developing our healthy habits for life. Good health is something we can choose to strive for. It is not a one- time decision, but a series of decisions continuing throughout out lives. A major goal of this course is to help you, as students, realize that your daily choices have something to do with the way you feel. Whether it be exercise, thoughts, food, chemicals, or relationships, you have a responsibility to yourself and your body!!!

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Health Prep is intended for students who need two semester credits of Health to graduate from high school. It can be taken in middle school or early high school in preparation for Health Science. Students who need only one credit of Health should register for Health Science instead of this course.

Health Prep is designed to enable students to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed decisions for a lifetime. Students explore a broad range of 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 course is presented in nine parts. In each, students will:

• Be introduced to a health topic (accessing information about various health topics)
• Complete assignments
• Reflection or Quiz (summarizing and reviewing content)

Part 1: Personal Health
Part 2: Nutrition
Part 3: Asthma Awareness
Part 4: Substance Abuse/Illegal Drugs
Part 5: Tobacco & Alcohol
Part 6: Consumer Health (& Description of Final Project)
Part 7: Health & Safety
Part 8: Abstinence & Contraceptives (& Final Project Due)
Part 9: HIV/AIDS Awareness

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