☃️ December 2024 🎄

Physical Education

Dec: Kid's Heart Challenge (by American Heart Association) & other Physical Challenges

Jan/Feb: Floor Hockey

Feb/Mar: Volleyball

5th Health: Unit: Bones (Skeletal System)

"The skeletal system is your body's support structure. It gives your body its shape, allows movement, makes blood cells, provides protection for your organs and stores minerals."

   *Review Nov. 20 and Dec. 4.

   *Test Dec. 11.

6th Health: Unit: Muscles (Muscular System)

"The muscular system is composed of specialized cells called muscle fibers. Their predominant function is contractibility. Muscles, attached to bones or internal organs and blood vessels, are responsible for movement. Nearly all movement in the body is the result of muscle contraction."

   *Review Nov. 20 and Dec. 4.

   *Test Dec. 11.

7th Health: Unit: Nutrition

"Nutrition is the study of food and how it affects the health and growth of the body. Nutrients are substances found in foods that our bodies use to grow, reproduce and survive."

   *Projects due at end of class on 12/2.

   *Presentations on 12/9 & 12/16.

   *Review and test in January.

8th Health: Unit: Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs

Classifications; How they affect your middle schooler's growing bodies; Pros and cons; How to say no; Healthier alternatives

   *Second test: Tobacco, Nicotine, Marijuana, Meth, Heroine, Cocaine, Ecstasy, LSD, Steroids, How to say No!

   *Test: Dec. 11.