8th Grade Health Online
The grade 8 health course helps students develop the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions to stay active, safe, and informed as teenagers and as adults. The lessons and activities introduce important aspects of the main types of health: emotional and mental health, social health and wellness, and physical health. Among other topics, students explore nutrition, understanding and avoiding disease, violence prevention and safety, body systems, and building character through maintaining healthy relationships. They also explore topics related to the use and abuse of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol; green schools and environmental health; dating, abstinence, and human sexuality; and mental and emotional health and disorders. The course engages students with relevant health and wellness topics, and real-world concepts and health issues. Quizzes and tests assess student understanding of the various health topics and concepts from the course.
KEYSTONE PROVIDES-
Glencoe Teen Health 2014
Unit 1: Health Skills Handbook
Unit 2: Building Healthy Relationships
Unit 3: Dating Relationships and Abstinence
Unit 4: Building Character
Unit 5: Bullying and Cyberbullying
Unit 6: Your Mental and Emotional Health
Unit 7: Mental and Emotional Disorders
Unit 8: Conflict Resolution
Unit 9: Violence Prevention
Unit 10: Nutrition
Unit 11: Physical Activity
Unit 12: The Life Cycle
Unit 13: Personal Health Care
Unit 14: Body Systems
Unit 15: Tobacco
Unit 16: Alcohol
Unit 17: Drugs
Unit 18: Using Medicines Wisely
Unit 19: Communicable Diseases
Unit 20: Noncommunicable Diseases
Unit 21: Safety
Unit 22: Green School and Environmental Health