Health

Health: Core Ideas

Here are the Core Ideas in the Health Education Standards from OSPI,  Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Washington state:

• Wellness

• Safety

• Nutrition

• Sexual Health

• Social Emotional Health

• Substance Use and Abuse

Resources

You could put together your own plan of study using a variety of individual resources, such as books, articles, websites, field trips, model building, volunteer opportunities, and more. For example, learning about nutrition could incorporate healthy meal planning & cooking, a CPR class would make a great hands-on safety activity for high schoolers, and there are resources such as You Can (Marijuana Can't) for information on substance abuse.

Sources of Health Information

Ideas:

• Concepts of Fitness and Wellness - PDF resource from the University System of Georgia. Designed for college students, but accessible to students in high school. Listed in ALE

• Crash Course Psychology - Some of the episodes could are related to health, such as episode #25: Feeling All the Feelings; episode #26: Emotion, Stress & Health. Listed in ALE

• EHK12 Library Catalog - Look for print and digital health books in our library catalog

• Essential Health Skills for High School and Comprehensive Health Skills for High School - Grades 9-12. Textbooks with reasonably priced workbooks. Listed in ALE

• Gale Encyclopedia of Fitness - Available via our EHK12 Library access to Gale Reference Databases. Listed in ALE

• KidsHealth.org - K-12. Health information for parents, kids, teens, and educators. The education section, KidsHealth in the Classroom, has teacher's guides for different grade bands and includes handouts, articles, activities, and quizzes.

• Mark Twain Health, Wellness and Physical Fitness - Grades 5-8+. Workbook published in 2013

• Georgia Virtual Learning Shared - Free, online. Has sequential digital lessons for middle school and high school students, some in a Canvas format.

  • GVLS Health - Grades 9-12

  • GVLS Food, Nutrition, and Wellness - Grades 9-12

• PBS LearningMedia Health & Physical Education - K-12. Videos, interactives, lesson plans, and audios on a wide range of health topics; resources can be filtered by grade level. Listed in ALE

In addition, there are resource suggestions in the Health & PE resources section of the WA State Department of Education website - OSPI, Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Edmonds School District: Health and Fitness

Edmonds School District curriculum & instruction webpages:

• Elementary Health & Fitness, Kindergarten - 6th

• Middle School Health & Fitness, 7th-8th

• High School Health & Fitness, 9th-12th