Sixth Grade Health meets once per week throughout the school year. Students will find all class work and notes posted weekly on Google Classroom. Students are encouraged to bring and leave in class a health folder to ensure they have notes to use for tests & quizzes. They will be allowed to use their notes, not the health unit slides on Google classroom.
All students are invited to join their Google Health Classroom prior to the first day of school.
Health Units (2024/25)
6th Grade Health Summary
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Topic |
Summary |
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Character & Wellness |
Staying healthy is a lifelong process that includes all dimensions of wellness. Physical, Mental and Emotional, and Family and Social Health will all factor in personal growth. Character is closely intertwined with wellness as the everyday decisions that we make impact both our wellness and our character and they can and do impact one another. |
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Nutrition & Physical Activity |
Analyze healthy eating and food choices as well as benefits of physical activity and what factors may influence one's activity level. |
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Personal & Mental Illness |
Examine and explore the stages in life focusing on the changes during adolescence in both males and females. |
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Family Life |
The students will be able to understand appropriate behavior in adolescent relationships. They will be able to implement strategies to resist peer pressure and remain abstinent. They will know the signs of pregnancy and the sequence in which a fetus develops. |
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Drugs & Alcohol |
Identify and recognize important information listed on prescription and over the counter drugs. Recognize the risk factors of drug abuse and how to use refusal skill to avoid drug use. The students will also identify symptoms of various drug abuse such as inhalants, alcohol and other illegal drugs. |
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Community Health Skills |
Students will recognize the importance of their role in volunteering and caring for their community. Students will also evaluate health issues and determine when help is needed from an adult or professional and access reliable health resources. |
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Conflict Resolution |
Students will learn the purpose of conflict resolution. Students will be able to identify both positive and negative communication styles. Students will further learn how to engage actions to assist them in dealing with conflict resolution. Finally, students will be able to correlate between positive conflict resolution and their own wellness. |