HEALTH EDUCATION

 

Instructor: Mr. Nolan

Phone: 676-6575 ext. 7156

Email: dnolan@bham.wednet.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 1:15-2:15pm, Wednesday & Friday 12:30pm-2:15pm

 

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

TEXTBOOK: Health-Skills For Wellness

 

CHAPTER 1 “Making Healthy Choices

Wellness Inventory

How is your Health?

 

CHAPTER 2 “Personality and Self-Esteem

Self-Esteem

 

CHAPTER 3 “Managing Stress”

What Is Stress?

Stress Test

 

CHAPTER 4 “Mental Disorders and Suicide

Mental Illness Research Project
Publishing Guidelines
MLA Electronic Media

www.nami.org

www.nimh.nih.gov

www.surgeongeneral.gov/cmh/childreport.htm

http://www.mayoclinic.com/index.cfm

www.mhsource.com/disorders

www.nas.com/~stretch/Directories      (local psychologists as resources)

 

CHAPTER 5 “You and Your Family”

 

CHAPTER 6 “ Building Healthy Relationships”

 

CHAPTER 8 “Reproduction and Heredity”

 

 

CHAPTER 9 “ Pregnancy and Birth”

Fetal Development

Fetal Development: The Nine Month Journey

 

CHAPTER 10 “Childhood and Adolescence”

Planned Parenthood

 

CHAPTER 11 “Adulthood, Aging, and Death”

 

CHAPTER 12 “ Food and Nutrition”

Dietary Intake Record Sheet

Nutrition Analysis & Food Label Assignment

My Pyramid Web Site

Fast Food Nutrition Web Site

Fast Food Nutrition Assignment

How to Read a Food Label

 

CHAPTER 13 “Making Healthy Food Choices”

 

CHAPTER 16 “Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health”

Heart & Circulatory System

Blood

CHAPTER 17 “Exercise, Rest, and Recreation”

 

CHAPTER 19 “Alcohol”

 

CHAPTER 20 “Tobacco”

 

CHAPTER 21 “Preventing Drug Abuse”

Drug Report

Publishing Guidelines

 

CHAPTER 22 “Infectious Diseases”

Epidemic Internet Assignment

 

CHAPTER 23 “Aids and Sexually Transmitted Diseases”

Facts & Answers about STD’s

Teens Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Planned Parenthood

 

CHAPTER 24 “Noninfectious Diseases and Disabilities”

 

HEALTH CAREERS

U.S Department of Labor

Health Career Internet Search Assignment