Health
The focus of health education program at DAMS is to educate students about health concepts through a comprehensive focus. The health course includes the topics: physical/social/mental health, environmental health, consumer health, disease prevention, human growth and development, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, healthy lifestyles, interpersonal skills, goal setting, decision-making, and CPR/first-aid/AED.
Human Growth and Development Unit: Units are from the DPI curriculum: Human Growth and Development: My Sexual Health, "Power up to speak out", and other additional resources that were viewed both by staff and parents.
To begin the middle of December 2017
Video for 8th grade human growth and development: "Life's greatest Miracle"
http://www.pbs.org/video/nova-lifes-greatest-miracle/
7th grade "Birds and Bees" video:
Letter sent through Skyward Messenger about Human Growth and Development Unit:
file:///C:/Users/cokeefe.DASD/Downloads/human%20growth%20and%20deve%20letter%20for%20email.pdf
CURRICULUM
The .pdf files below are worksheets that are used in our 7th and 8th grade human growth and development unit. The files are organized with grade levels at the beginning of the file name. Files found below on this page.
RESOURCE LINKS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND NUTRITION LINKS...