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Students will make responsible and informed choices to maintain health and to promote safety for self and others.
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Personal Health
Students will:
Students will:
1. evaluate the need for balance and variety in daily activities that promote personal health; e.g., physical activity, relaxation, learning, sleep, reflection
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Physical Activity
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Relaxation / Mindfulness
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Sleep / Meditation
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Learning
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5. analyze personal eating behaviours - food and fluids - in a variety of settings; e.g., home, school, restaurants
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2. determine the health risks associated with the sharing of personal care items; e.g., articles of clothing, food/drinks, brushes, lip gloss
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4. examine how health habits/behaviours influence body image and feelings of self-worth
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Safety and Responsibility
Students will:
Students will:
7. identify and communicate values and beliefs that affect healthy choices
Get ready
• As a class, discuss and define values (what is important to you) and beliefs (opinion or facts that you hold to be true).
Explore and apply
• In pairs, make a list of 10 common beliefs and 10 common values on single cards. Trade with another pair and sort the new set of 20 cards into values and beliefs.
• Discuss how your personal beliefs and values affect your health and the choices you make. Generate a class list of examples. Extend and commit
• Discuss what can happen when your personal beliefs and values differ from those of the people around you. How could this affect the different health choices people make? Share examples.
• Draw an outline of a head and inside it write five important personal beliefs that affect healthy choices.
• Draw an outline of a heart and inside it write five personal values that affect healthy choices.
• As a class, discuss and define values (what is important to you) and beliefs (opinion or facts that you hold to be true).
Explore and apply
• In pairs, make a list of 10 common beliefs and 10 common values on single cards. Trade with another pair and sort the new set of 20 cards into values and beliefs.
• Discuss how your personal beliefs and values affect your health and the choices you make. Generate a class list of examples. Extend and commit
• Discuss what can happen when your personal beliefs and values differ from those of the people around you. How could this affect the different health choices people make? Share examples.
• Draw an outline of a head and inside it write five important personal beliefs that affect healthy choices.
• Draw an outline of a heart and inside it write five personal values that affect healthy choices.
8. analyze how laws, regulations and rules contribute to health and safety practices
• https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-concerns/tobacco/legislation/federal-laws/tobacco-act.html
• Use this information to organize a debate on a health and safety issue, such as “Smoking should be an individual choice” or “Education is more effective than legislation.”
• Discuss how, in order for a law or regulation to be effective, it must be enforceable. Discuss the challenge of enforcing many health regulations.
9. evaluate the impact of personal behaviour on the safety of self and others
Personal Health
Students will:
Students will:
3. identify and describe the stages and factors that can affect human development from conception through birth
6. examine and evaluate the risk factors associated with exposure to blood-borne diseases—HIV, AIDS, hepatitis B/C; e.g., sharing needles, body piercing, tattooing, helping someone who is bleeding, being sexually active