9th+Health

Note: This course is being redesigned in 2010-2011

Text: Quests & Quandaries by Carol W. Hotchkiss, 2nd Edition

Chapter 2: Wellness and Your Body Topics include Nutrition and Exercise, Eating/Weight Disorders (Food Labels, Food Planner, Exercise Planner, and Harmful Chemicals in Foods)
 * Food Inc. (Documentary)
 * GMO's
 * Commodity Crops
 * Chemically enhanced foods
 * Thin (Documentary)
 * Anorexia
 * Bulimia
 * Drugs and Codependency

Chapter 3: Chemicals and Your Mind Topics include How Your Brain Works, Uses of Drugs, Drug Information, Use and Abuse, Codependency and Enabling. (Personality Traits, Your Brain; Left vs. Right, and Learning Styles)
 * Dreams and the Brain (Documentary)
 * REM sleep/NREM sleep
 * What do dreams mean
 * Meaningful or Simply Electric Codes

Chapter 4: Relationships Topics include Self-Esteem, Phychological self-Defense, Emotions and Emotional Problems, Gender Roles, Racism, Families, friendship, What's Love Got to Do With It?, Loss, Spiritual Relationships.

Chapter 5: Sexuality Topics include Talking About Sex, Sexual Maturation, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Values, Sexual Decision Making, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Birth Control, STDs and AIDS, Sexual Assault.