Course Overview
High School Health is a health science elective course that introduces students to what good health is, why good health is important, and what students should do in order to achieve good health.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to do the following:
- Demonstrate an awareness of health as it applies to their own bodies, minds, and emotions.
- Demonstrate an awareness of health as it applies to their living environments.
- Identify the components of a healthy lifestyle and set reasonable goals to achieve a lifestyle of wellness.
- Understand that incorporating sound health practices creates a lifestyle of moderation and wellness.
- Understand the responsibility of properly stewarding the bodies God has given them as directed in the Bible.
- Describe health as it applies to broader society, the world, and their own responsibility to stimulate good health around them.
Unit Overview
Unit 1: Body Essentials
This unit introduces the different systems in the human body, showing how the body develops.
Unit 2: Physical Health
This unit demonstrates to students how they may develop good practices as they promote proper physical health.
Unit 3: Social and Mental Health
This unit teaches how to establish strong social and mental health though true health wisdom.
Unit 4: Preventive Healthcare and First Aid
This unit focuses instruction on safety, emergency care, and disease prevention.
Unit 5: Responsible Living
Lastly, this unit discusses how students may apply the principles of good stewardship, covering topics like pollution, drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
Additional Resources
Included at the end of the last unit is a lesson on sexually transmitted diseases, thoughtfully and discerningly presented by a Christian physician.