Middle+School+Health

The Chinquapin Health curriculum will focus on the awareness and prevention diseases as well as the promotion of health and wellness, both physically and mentally. Health will promote a healthy lifestyle by providing an environment where our students will increase their knowledge of what is harmful or helpful for the human body. This curriculum will also develop skills for our students to develop a positive self-image, maintain positive interpersonal relationships, and become aware of the harms of substance abuse.


 * Topics of Discussion: **
 * Food and Nutrition (Diet and Exercise)
 * Healthy Lifestyles (Eating/Weight Disorders)
 * Healthy views in other countries
 * Food safety
 * Personal Identity (Body Image and Personality Traits)
 * How your brain works
 * Drugs: Substance abuse and how it effects your body
 * Relating with others (Character building)
 * Sexual Education

First Quarter:

Tracking eating habits Identifying healthy and non-healthy foods Understanding why those foods are healthy or non-healthy Nutrition and Exercise coupled with a healthy eating lifestyle
 * 6th Grade:** New Food Pyramid

Tracking eating habits Identifying healthy and non-healthy foods Understanding why those foods are healthy or non-healthy Nutrition and Exercise coupled with a healthy eating lifestyle
 * 7th Grade:** New Food Pyramid

Salmonella Outbreak in Eggs Food borne illnesses Symptoms and Preventions
 * 8th Grade:** Current event Health topic

Second Quarter:

6th Grade: Staying Healthy Keeping fit and having fun Being good to my body
 * Why exercise is cool
 * Be a fit kid
 * What being overweight means
 * Learning about Proteins
 * What's the big sweat about dehydration
 * Bad breath

**7th Grade:** Food & Fitness Total well-being Feeling and Emotions Sex-ed Financial Health
 * Why exercise is wise
 * Body image and self-esteem
 * Making a change in you life
 * Ways to deal with anxiety
 * Shake shyness
 * Homesickness
 * Gender differences
 * Puberty
 * Menstruation
 * Babies! and how they are made! (even better)
 * STI's and prevention
 * Relationships in all this
 * College debt
 * Salaries
 * Savings
 * Stocks and other ways to grow money

**8th Grade:** Food & Fitness Nutrition basics Sexual Health
 * Food labels
 * Organic and Environmental friendly foods
 * Caffeine
 * Puberty
 * Male reproductive system
 * Female reproductive system
 * Relationships
 * Safe sex