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Mrs. Brownlee iangelini@bcps.org 8046
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The Health curriculum addresses the following topics:

6th grade topics will be posted soon

7th grade:

Foods and Nutrition
Cooking in the labs room
Food guide pyramid
Nutrients
Cooking projects at home
Labels
Eating Disorders
Food Brone Illnesses

Family and Friends
Life Stages
Types of Families
Friends- qualities, characteristics, pressure, peers, decision making



Tobacco and Alcohol
Tobacco - effects, costs, creating posters and hanging around in hallways, simulated pig's lung
Creating fliers, and pamphlets and distributing them- Anti smoking campaigns, smokeless tobacco- Mr. Dip Lip
Alcohol - effects, addiction, BAC levels, alcoholism, treatment

Healthy Body
Eyes, ears, skin, hair, teeth- tips on how to keep healthy, poems

Safety/ Injury Prevention
Wearing Helmets/ Seatbelts
CPR
Responding to emergency

8th grade:
Family relationships
Self-awareness, Self -acceptance, self- concepts
Communication
Stress reduction activities with biodots
Types of family
Family conflicts
Family Coat of Arms
Family Interviews

Sexuality issues - dating, friendships, puberty, etc
Communicable vs. non communicable diseases
Male and Female reproductive systems
Values-using values auction
Decision making model/problem solving
Influence from the media
Teen pregnancy - costs, projects, etc
Sexually Transmitted Diseases- HIV, Abstinence, Contraption, Dating Violence

     
Resources on the WWW:

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthfinder
Kidshealth
World Health Organization
American Dietetic Association
Discovery Health Channel


 

 

 
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