Health 10/29- 11/2

This week in health is the beginning of a new rotation. All grades will be spending time with our guest speaker Mr. Shiliga from the Downers Grove Township. 7th graders will be focusing on Drugs and Alcohol and how it affects their health. 8th graders will be spending time on goal setting and stress management. 6th graders will be focusing on bullying and how other people feel. All grades will be turning in their Life Skills packet on FRIDAY November 2nd, before they leave class.

Health the week of 10/22-26

This week in Health has been very busy. The 7th graders have started the Alcohol unit. We have been talking about the various effects that it has on the body and how to say no to it. On Friday they will have a short quiz on the unit as well as Folder Check #3. The 6th graders have also been very busy this week. This week we started the personal health unit, focusing mostly on personal hygiene. 6th graders will be working in groups the next couple of days finding out how to take care of a certain area of the body and then present their findings to the class.

Health 10/15-19

This week in Health we start a brand new rotation. Students have made 1 full rotation around to all three teachers and we are now starting our second rotation! During this first week in Health both grades, 7th and 6th, are working with a guest speaker about different life skills. Jason Shiliga of the Downers Grove Township will be with us for the next 5 days. 7th graders will be talking about Drug Awareness before starting their alcohol unit next week. 6th graders will be focusing on Anti-Bullying.

This week in health was the beginning of our 3rd rotation. 8th graders have started their disease unit and have been studying all about Non-Communicable Diseases. Next week they begin Communicable Diseases which includes learning about the Immune System, HIV/AIDS and STDs. This week the 8th graders also began working on their disease projects. For this project they have chosen a disease and will study all the various aspects to that disease; symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and causes. This week 6th graders studied all about the Health Triangle and the different aspects of health. From Physical health to Social health, they have been learning all about the various things that can effect their health, and what happens when the Triangle is threatened. In the last couple days they have started the Safety unit and will be exploring various topics from weather emergencies to first-aid. At the end of next week, they will have a test over both the Health Triangle and Safety and then it is back to the beginning of the rotation!