Spring+2018+Health+and+PE

Chapter 1: Introduction to Health and Wellness >
 * https://quizlet.com/183667346/health-chapter-1-making-healthy-decisions-vocabulary-flash-cards/
 * [[file:Wellness Health Skills Project.docx]]

Chapter 2: Risk Factors Quality of Life Index Example https://qli.org.uic.edu/questionaires/pdf/genericversionIII/generic.pdf


 * 2/19/18
 * Select two careers that you have a strong interest in. Compare and contrast the physical demands and risk factors of each career, as well as the life spans of people in those careers. Document this information on a Venn Diagram.

Chapter 3: Nutrition https://quizlet.com/194014001/chapter-3-food-and-nutrition-pre-assessment-flash-cards/

Dietary Guidelines https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/executive-summary/

Chapter 4: Body Weight and Composition

Write an editorial article for your local newspaper in which you expose your audience to a fad diet. As a part of your article, you will explain the eating patterns, claims, and costs of your fad diet. After explaining these topics, you will take a stance on whether or not this fad diet is a healthy and cost effective diet. Your article must be a minimum of 200 words. Please put direct quotes from sources in quotations and paraphrase as much information as possible. Cite all sources at the bottom of the article.

Chapter 6: Physical Fitness Take a 25 question matching quiz to see what you know. Next, play the matching game to see how quickly you can match key words to definitions. https://quizlet.com/234277650/chapter-6-physical-fitness-flash-cards/

Chapter 9: Tobacco Read the following resource https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/index.htm

Answer the following questions using the video we watched and the article read above.

1. Are E-Cigs (vapes) completely safe? Why or why not? 2. Do E-Cigs offer less health risks than smoking cigarettes? Why or why not? 3. Some E-Cigs use liquid that claim to not contain any nicotine. Does that make these types of E-Cigs safe? Why or why not? 4. According to the CDC, how many young people use E-Cigs/Vapes?



4/13/18 ==== Next, using the information from chapter 9 and all concepts learned in the Tobacco unit, write a letter to someone you know, yourself, or your future self in which you persuade them or yourself to stop using tobacco products or to not use tobacco products. This letter must be a minimum of 200 words, completed on a Google Doc, and shared with me simmonsa@wilkes.k12.nc.us. ====

Chapter 10: Alcohol 

=4/18/18= All work is individual (NOT GROUP) and must be turned in to Mrs. Dowell before you leave.

Assignment #1 - Read pages 294-299 and answer questions 1-6 on page 299.

Assignment #2 - Read pages 301-305 and answer questions 1-6 on page 305.

Assignment #3 - Read pages 307 -311 and answer questions 1-6 on page 311.

Assignment #4 - Complete Chapter 10 Practice Test using your textbook for a quiz grade.

=4/23/18=

The following websites may be used to help your research:
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 * [|https://teens.drugabuse.gov]

=5/14/2018=
 * Complete the first and 3rd assignment.
 * [[file:Chapter 15 Achieving Mental and Emotional Health Assignments.pdf]]

=5/16/18= Read the following article that explores the controversy between // 13 Reasons Why // and its connection to suicide
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 * Next, open a Google Doc and, using the article, respond to the following questions. Copy and paste the questions to a Google Doc. Share with me at simmonsa@wilkes.k12.nc.us when you have finished. This is DUE TOMORROW AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS!!! All work is to be completed individually.
 * 1) List 5 concepts that can be learned about suicide from this article (actual facts about suicide, not //13 Reasons Why//).
 * 2) Paraphrase 2 varying (different) perspectives about //13 Reasons Why// and its connection to suicide.
 * 3) Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) in which you respond to the article. Is this book/Netflix series appropriate for young viewers/readers or any viewers/readers? Provide supporting details from the article along with your own personal commentary.