7th GRADE
TOPICS AND CONCEPTS
(Covered During 9 Week Quarter)
Drug Awareness and Prevention
Project Alert Program
-Why some people use drugs and why most people don’t
-How to recognize the pressures on teens to use drugs
-How to resist these pressures
Internet Safety
ISAFE Program
- Apply refusal skills to potentially harmful situations
- Recognize the key characteristics of predators
- Identify behaviors associated with online predators
- Identify and apply knowledge to avoid risky behavior on the Internet
Human Body Systems
How does each body system work?
How to prevent disease and injury to each system
How to keep each system healthy
Nervous System
-How does the teen brain work?
-Peripheral and Central Nervous systems
Circulatory System
-Resting Heart Rate/Target Heart Rate
-Personal exercise worksheet
Respiratory System
-Air quality and the environment
-Improving breathing capacity
Skeletal System
-Personal Calcium evaluation
-Virtual Knee Surgery
Muscular System
-Home pushup activity
-Steroid abuse and AIDS
Digestive System
-Building a 3D model
-Why does my body do that?
AT THE END OF 7TH GRADE WE EXPECT OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO....
-Identify how positive health practices and relevant health care can help reduce health risks
-Identify careers involved in health promotion, health care and injury prevention
-Explain interrelationships between the environment and individual health
-Explain how body systems interact with each other
-Explain the effects of health-related actions upon body systems
-Demonstrate methods for addressing interpersonal differences without harm
-Apply refusal and negotiation skills to potentially harmful situations
-Recognize the key characteristics of predators
-Identify behaviors associated with online predators
-Identify and apply knowledge to avoid risky behavior on the Internet
IDEAS FOR PARENTS…
-TALK to your teen about your expectations, values and morals
-Go over the “What I know about Drugs and Alcohol” quiz with your child
-Go over and discuss your home plan of action to reduce violence
-Ask your child how their brain works differently than an adults?
-Encourage daily exercise as a family
-Discuss ways your family can improve the quality of our environment
-Encourage more calcium intake and less soda pop
-Discuss and experiment with different exercise programs and activities
-Model and encourage good eating and sleeping habits
-Talk with your child about Internet safety including: what they reveal while online, cyber bullying, Internet predators and identity theft
-Monitor all technology use and check in with children regularly