The A+LS™ Health course is designed to move the student from a narrow focus to a broad perspective of health. With an emphasis on nutrition and exercise, students also learn about health risks, types of illnesses, functions of the major systems of the body, and health career options. Objectives from elective courses are not tested on national or state achievement tests. As a result, there are no course and adaptive assessments developed for our elective course titles.

1090L

Curriculum Planning Manual (CPM) –
Contains Teachers’ Guide and Scope and Sequence

 


   

 


• Health is presented as a semester-long high school elective course.

• Most of the thirty-nine lessons contain a study guide, a practice and mastery test, and an essay or constructed response.

• Lessons include a variety of essay types such as descriptive, narrative, persuasive, compare and contrast, and letter writing. Additional activities include journals, short reports, summaries, and creating a collage, brochure, or graph. Directions for essays and rubrics for grading are provided for each of the writing assignments. Students will also complete a self-evaluation form to assess their
performance.

• Students will be engaged in four major projects: researching family health history, researching health topics, analyzing a diet, and exploring health careers. A diverse selection of health reading resources is also provided.

• A+ PowerPack customers receive Cambridge University Press (CUP) Learning Objects.

• In addition, A+ PowerPack customers receive access to Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition® (EB) workspaces which contain learning materials. Learning materials may contain articles, games, images, maps, and/or videos. Clearvue (CV) video clips may be included as well.

• The content in this course is based on National Standards for Health Education developed by the American Cancer Society.

 


• Students will learn key concepts as described in the National Standards for Health Education.

• The Health course is designed to introduce students to healthy lifestyle choices that center on the basic concepts of physical health and wellness.

• Lessons inform students about disease prevention and ways to enhance their health through the use of decision-making and communication skills.

•Reading selections are used to expand the student's knowledge of health-related issues. Some topics include cholesterol, drug abuse, addiction, eating disorders, and teen driving.

 


• The Health course requires students to read resources that are linked to the lessons. The majority of these documents are provided as Portable Document Files (PDFs). As a result, students will need Adobe Acrobat® Reader® available on their workstations. Available at: www.adobe.com, select the Get Adobe Reader button.

•Numerous links to the Internet are provided in the A+ PowerPack. An Internet connection is not required for completion of this course, but it is required to utilize the CUP and EB components of the A+ PowerPack.

• Due to the interactive nature of the A+ PowerPack, there are a few specific software requirements:

  • EB requires a web browser, the following are recommended:
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer® versions 6.0 or higher
    • Safari® versions 2.0 or higher

    Note: EB requires cookies enabled.

  • EB interactive activities require a web browser equipped with the Adobe® Flash® and Shockwave plug-ins. Available at: www.adobe.com (select Get ADOBE FLASH PLAYER and Get Shockwave Player).

  • EB video clips are offered in Windows Media® and MPEG-4 formats. You’ll need to have a media player installed that will support these formats:

• Students are required to complete the essay section for lesson mastery. This setting must be enabled on the “Settings for Assignment of A+LS Lesson” dialog box. The default setting does not require the completion of the essay for assignment mastery. The circled item shows the proper setting.

 

Cambridge Learning Objects are animations and interactive activities that enhance the concepts presented within Health lessons. Founded in 2003, Cambridge-Hitachi is the result of a joint venture between Cambridge University Press and Hitachi Software Engineering. Cambridge-Hitachi is committed to innovation in e-learning and applies information and communication technologies as powerful tools to enhance the quality of teaching and learning.

  • Health contains learning objects.
  • Each learning object provides animated demonstrations of key health topics.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition has teacher resources and
student learning materials. The materials include a wide range of interactive lessons, research projects, animations, and worksheets that support the Health course.

  • Health contains EB workspaces.
  • Each workspace may contain an article, diagram, study guide, video, or interactive media.

The Health course includes the following lessons, projects, and reading selections.

Lessons

AIDS and HIV
Circulation & Respiration
Diseases
Digestion & Excretion
Endocrine & Reproduction
Human Body 1
Human Body 2
Human Body 3
Mental Disorders
Personality and Dreams
Social Issues
The Brain and Nervous System
Traits

Projects

Project 1: Family Health History
Project 2: Health Related Issue
Project 3: Nutritional Analysis Project
Project 4: Health Career Outlook

Reading Selections

Aging in America
Air Quality
Alcohol and the Brain
Childhood and Adolescence
Cholesterol
Dietary Supplements
Drug Abuse and Addiction
Drugs
Eating Disorders
Food Pyramid and Food Labels
Health Insurance Plans
Healthy Food Choices
Healthy Lifestyles
Hearing Loss
HIV / AIDS
Personal Safety
Physical Activity
Sports Injuries
STDs 1
STDs 2
Teen Driving
Tobacco

 

 

More information on this course can be found in the CPM, which contains the Teachers’ Guide and Scope and Sequence. Links to this PDFs can be found near the top of this page.