Health & Fitness 6

PEIMS Course Title/Number:
Health 6/02860000

Prerequisite Requirements:
None.

Course of Instruction/Lesson Description:
In the Health & Fitness program students acquire the health information and skills necessary to become healthy adults and learn about behaviors in which they should and should not participate.

Major course expectations include the following:

Students will:

• Explore the structure, function, and interdependence of body systems.
• Examine the reproductive cycle and heredity.
• Examine the physical, mental, and emotional changes that accompany adolescence.
• Explore healthful choices that support the body's growth.
• Explore the care of hair, skin, and nails.
• Examine the ways to care for teeth and gums.
• Explore the care of ears and eyes.
• Examine safe uses of technology products, such as computers and cell phones.
• Explore how to shop wisely for health-related products.
• Explore ways to identify reliable resources for health information.
• Explore how the body uses nutrients to maintain healthy systems.
• Explore the food groups and serving recommendations in the USDA Food Guide Pyramid.
• Examine how foods from other countries contribute to a healthy diet.
• Explore how food package labels provide nutritional information and how to use that information to make healthful food choices.
• Explore food safety practices.
• Examine how exercise improves physical fitness and overall health.
• Evaluate level of personal fitness and plan an exercise program.
• Explore exercise and sports safety.
• Explore potential hazards in the home and our daily activities and ways to avoid them.
• Explore boating and swimming safety and how to respond in case of a water emergency.
• Examine strategies for preventing and avoiding violence and gang conflicts.
• Explore how to prepare for and respond to emergency situations such as fires and natural disasters.
• Explore common and severe injuries and how to provide first aid.
• Examine how heredity, environment, and behavior all influence our health.
• Explore how communicable diseases are transmitted.
• Examine ways in which the body fights illness.
• Examine the different types of noncommunicable diseases and how they can be prevented and treated.
• Examine how prescription and over-the-counter medicines can be used safely to prevent, treat, and cure illnesses.
• Examine the dangers of abusing medicines and illegal drugs.
• Explore strategies for refusing illegal drugs.
• Examine the harmful effects of alcohol and tobacco use.
• Explore strategies for refusing alcohol and tobacco.
• Explore how setting and achieving goals contributes to a positive self-concept and self-respect.
• Examine ways to deal with anger, stress, and grief.
• Explore ways to make and keep friends through positive communication and conflict resolution techniques.
• Explore how responsibility and self-discipline are part of becoming mature.
• Explore how successful families communicate and cooperate.
• Examine the conflict resolution process.
• Explore the changes that families experience and how to cope with change.

Lesson Numbers/Duration:
66 total.

Online Importance:
K12's Health and Fitness program provides step-by-step guidance in each lesson that provides detailed instructions for each online and offline activity. Activity Instructions provide an outline of the lesson as well as information about assessment and supplemental material. Most Activity Instructions are available to print from the Online Lesson.

Monitoring Student Progress:
Most health lessons end with an assessment. The assessment generally includes two or more questions or problems based on the lesson objectives.

In most cases, students and parents can access student-specific screens to determine (1) progress in the number of lessons completed, (2) the lesson assessment (percentage mastered), (3) the semester assessment (percentage mastered), and (4) the number of times the student has taken the assessment instruments. Families who enroll their children in the eCP program have the benefit of help and guidance from an experienced teacher. The teacher will contact students daily through email and phone conferences. Consistent progress monitoring by the teacher will be utilized throughout the project period.

Schedule for Monitoring Student Progress:
Each teacher will establish a daily contact schedule for their assigned students at a time of day that is reasonably convenient for both parties. Contacts may be asynchronous/synchronous or one-on-one/groups. The avenues of teacher-initiated contact will be adjusted as determined by the progress a student makes through their learning plan. Parent- and student-initiated contact with teachers can happen at any time. The Acting Director, or their designee, will monitor the communication logs to ensure that parents are being routinely supported and informed regarding the student's ongoing progress and participation.

In addition, teachers will monitor progress in mastery of objectives and lesson completion on a weekly basis. Continuous progress monitoring by the assigned teacher ensures that parents are informed on a regular basis regarding progress and participation.

Required Instructional Materials:

Materials K12 provides:

• Student Textbook

Grading/Credit Award Criteria:
The Texas Virtual Academy at Southwest Schools issues formal report cards every nine weeks. Students who complete a significant amount of coursework after the conclusion of the final term will receive a supplemental report card in July. The final grade in each content subject, English/Language Arts, mathematics, Social Studies, and Science, is determined by a combination of the grades from each reporting period and the proctored course completion (CCE) exam. The average of the grades for each reporting period is comprised of 90% of the final grade. The scores of the CCE comprise 10% of the final grade.

The final grade for electives is based on cumulative progress recorded in the Online School (OLS). A grade of Completed, or C, is reported for 80% or more of the lessons marked as completed. A grade of Incomplete/Unacceptable, or I, is reported when less than 80% of the lessons are marked as completed. No Grade, or NG, is assigned if the student has administrative approval to waive the course requirements in a particular elective course.

To be promoted to the next grade, the student must meet the Student Success Initiative requirements for that grade. Additionally, the student must have a final score of 70 or above on at least three content courses and the average of the four content courses must be at least 70. For each reporting period, the grade in a content area subject is the average of at least six distinct grades. Those grades include, but are not limited to, the progress in the OLS converted to a numerical grade, response to the daily questions, online quizzes following the weekly grade-level study halls, work samples, and benchmark assessments.

Contact Information:
Students will be assigned a teacher upon acceptance into TXVA@SW. The teacher will provide the student and family telephone and email contact information. The student and/or family may contact a help desk at 1-886-YOUR K12 for additional technical, material, or logistical support. Students will be provided with online assistance 24/7 through the TXVA website.