8th Grade Health

Week #1: January 21-23 ....Classes 1 and 2

Tuesday 1/21.....Welcome to 8th Grade Health Class


Due: 

In class: Welcome. Review of Course Description and Classroom Procedures. Pass out Health textbooks.  Review from last year: 
  • Discuss 3 sides and how they are correlated.
  • What is the decision-making process and why is it important?
  • What are refusal skills?
  • What is abstinence?
*Pass out handouts for students health binder.
Chapter 5 lesson 1 and 2 definitions

Homework:  Parents signed course outline AND a health binder with tabs -- due next class.  Bring your textbook and binder with you to EVERY class.  Any definitions not finished in class.

Thursday 1/23

Due: Parent signed course outline, health binder with tabs, and textbook.

In class: Set up health binders with dividers. Sections are: handouts, notes, definitions, assessments, and loose-leaf paper.  Begin class discussion on Chapter 5 lesson 1 and 2.  Have students take notes on character and how family affects social health.  Discuss Family.

Homework:  Read pages 124-133.  Complete worksheet, vocab for lessons 2 and 3, and Chapter 5 Assessment page 138-139 1-15.  Study for Chapter 5 Test.


Week #2: January 28-30....Classes 3 and 4

Tuesday 1/28

Due:  Chapter 5 Assessment, worksheet, and vocab.

In class: Check homework as a class and hand in.  Take Chapter 5 Test on the computer.  Start Chapter 15 lesson 1 and 2 definitions.  Class discussion on Chapter 15 lesson 1.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/3169182.html

Homework:  Finish any definitions that were not completed in class.

Thursday 1/30

Due:  Chapter 15 lesson 1 and 2 definitions

In Class:  Finish class discussion on the Skeletal System, begin Muscular System and begin Circulatory system.  Worksheets for enrichment.

Homework:  None

Week #3: February 4-6....Classes 4 and 5

Tuesday 2/4
Due:

In Class: Finish discussion on the Cardiovascular system and begin Respiratory and Digestive/Excretory.  Notes and worksheets that go along with each body system.

Homework:  None

Thursday 2/6

Due: 

In Class: Discuss the Respiratory and Nervous SystemsNotes and worksheets that go along with each body system.

Homework:  

Week #4:  February 11-13....Class 6 and 7

Tuesday 2/11

Due: 

In Class: Discuss the Digestive/Excretory Systems Finish class discussion on Endocrine System and Review for Chapter 15 Test on The Body Systems.

Homework:  Pages 410-412 1-30.  Study for Chapter 15 Test.

Thursday 2/13


Due: Pages 410-412 1-30.

In Class:  Check and collect Chapter 15 Assessment. Take Chapter 15 Test Chapter 16 vocab



Homework:  Any definitions not finished in class.

Week #5: February 25-27....Classes 7 and 8

Tuesday 2/25

Due:  Check in Chapter 16 vocab

In Class:   Introduce heredity vs environment.  

Thursday 2/27


SNOW DAY

Week #6: March 3-5....Classes 9 and 10

Tuesday 3/3

Due:  Check in Chapter 16 vocab

In Class:   Ericksons stages of life and Heredity vs environment.  Aging Process worksheet

Homework:  Page 440-441 1-18.  Study for Ch 16 Test next class

Thursday 3/5


Due:  Check in Chapter 16 assessment 1-18

In Class:   Check and collect homework.  Take Chapter 16 Test.  Chapter 17 vocab.
Homework:  Chapter 17 vocab lesson 1 and 2


Week #7: March....Classes 11 and 12

Tuesday 3/10


Due: Ch 17 Vocab

In class:  Learn about Communicable Diseases and how they are spread

Homework:

Thursday 3/12


Due: Ch 17 Vocab

In class:  Go through Chapter 17 and complete packet.  Learn about our immune system and how is protects us from pathogens.

Homework:  Chapter 17 page 472-473 assessment 1-12



Week #8: March 17-19....Classes 13 and 14

Coronavirus has caused us to miss some lessons.  I will be posting the notes from Chapter 17 on the blog in the next few days, so please look for that.  After I post the notes and you review than you can take the Chapter 17 Test.  When we resume class we will be learning about the male and female reproductive systems, STI's, and media influences on our choices.  Stay Tuned

Tuesday 3/17

Due: Ch 17 homework 1-12


In class:  Check and Collect homework.  Take Chapter 17 Test.  Take Reproductive pretest.  Talk about parent notification
Homework:  

Thursday 3/19