Essential Health, 2nd Edition
By: Catherine Sanderson, Mark Zelman, Melanie Lynch, and Melissa MunsellCopyright: 2018
Subject: Health: High School
Grade Level: 9-12
- Essential Health is the most up-to-date skills-based text available for high school health and wellness classes. With its engaging writing and numerous supporting activities, this text presents the study of health and wellness as a dynamic discussion, relevant to students' lives. The second edition contains new information about current topics such as nutrition, opioid abuse, and human trafficking. It also gives in-depth coverage of sleep, body image, and health across the lifespan. Content and skills are aligned to the National Health Education Standards.
- Products & Prices 6-12 Education
- Table of Contents
- Unit I - Introduction to Health and Wellness1. Understanding Your Health and Wellness
2. Risk Factors: Behavior, Genes, EnvironmentUnit II - Nutrition and Food Choices3. Nutrition
4. Body Weight and Composition
5. Body ImageUnit III - Fitness and Personal Health6. Physical Fitness
7. Sleep
8. Personal Hygiene and Basic HealthcareUnit IV - Understanding and Avoiding Hazardous Substances9. Tobacco
10. Alcohol
11. Medications and DrugsUnit V - Diseases and Disorders12. Infectious Diseases
13. Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
14. Noncommunicable DiseasesUnit VI - Mental and Emotional Health and Wellness15. Achieving Mental and Emotional Health
16. Managing the Stress in Your Life
17. Mental Illnesses and DisordersUnit VII - Social Health and Wellness18. Healthy Family and Peer Relationships
19. Dealing with Conflict, Violence, and AbuseUnit VIII - The Human Life Cycle20. Reproduction and Pregnancy
21. Childbirth and Parenting Newborns
22. Human Development across the Life SpanBackground LessonsBody Systems
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- Correlations
- AlabamaHealth Education, Grades 9-12 (118 KB)IdahoHealth Education (PDF, 417 KB)IndianaHealth & Wellness (PDF, 120 KB)National StandardsNational Health Education Standards (PDF, 392 KB)New MexicoHealth Education Grades 9-12 (233 KB)North Carolina CorrelationOregonHealth Education (PDF, 521 KB)South CarolinaTennesseeLifetime Wellness (PDF, 636 KB)Texas CorrelationTEKS for Health Education for High School, Grades 9-10 (PDF, 750 KB)TEKS for Health Education for High School, Grades 11-12 (PDF, 657 KB)UtahHealth II, Grade 9 or 10 (PDF, 117 KB)Virginia CorrelationWashingtonWest Virginia
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