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Standard 1Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
Standard 2Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors
.Standard 3Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to enhance health
.Standard 4Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks
.Standard 5Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
Standard 6Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
Standard 7Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
Standard 8Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

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Disease Current Event

Go to a news website such as CNN, Google News, Yahoo, Fox News etc.

Click on the Health link and find an article that has to do with disease.

Answer the following questions.

Who or what is the article about?

Where does it take place?

Summarize in 3-5 sentences.

Why did you chose the article?

Does the article relate to your life?

Why should somebody read this article?

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Create a blogger account.

Find out about a disease that a family member has or had. This can be an immediate family member or somebody from your extended family. If you are unable to find a family member, use a friend or neighbor for help. Diseases you can use can be lifestyle (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, etc.) or infectious (mono, pneumonia, meningitis, AIDS).

Reflect in your blog about some of the information you found. This could include risk factors, causes, symptoms, percentage of people that get this, treatments ect.

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Living to 100 assignment:

Directions:
1. Take out a separate sheet of paper

2. Log on to the website www.livingto100.com

3. Proceed to the area “Take the Calculator”

Directions: Answer the questions to the best of your ability. When you are finished, write down your results and answer the following questions, according to your test results:

1. What is your predicted life expectancy in years?

2. What are the suggestions that were made to you in regards to the following categories? List as many suggestions that are provided to you. If none are made for some areas, leave that area blank. (6 pts.)

a. personal

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b. lifestyle

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c. nutrition

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d. medical

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3. Choose one of the above specific behaviors (from above) that requires improvement and devise a plan to improve this behavior. Describe your plan in a well developed paragraph (i.e. I need to reduce the amount of soda I drink. I will eliminate the soda I have every day after school. I will do this by having water bottles in my locker instead of buying soda). Why would this behavior need changed and how could it benefit you? (5 pts.).

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Disease debate - Chose a controversial health topic related to disease. Create a google slide with important points supporting your stance.

Topics may include:

Should people have to prove they are in good health before undergoing elective surgery?

Should people be able to chose how much soda they drink or should that be regulated like in France?

Should we end Obamacare?

Should children be vaccinated?

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Create a short jingle in google docs that explains a disease including some of its symptoms, treatments, and cures.

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- Create a Wanted poster in a word document about a disease you want to look into.

1.  Choose a disease and write it neatly

1.  Answer the following about your disease:

What is its alias, or other name it goes by?

How common is it?

Does it have a cure?

In which system of the body can it be found or does it affect?

What are its main symptoms?

What are three ways it can cause damage?

What are some other diseases that are similar?

Can another person get this disease from you?

Can a person live without this organ or is this disease deadly?  Explain.

3.  Draw  something pertaining to the disease on your poster

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Complete the six assignments for the Disease Unit based on the different learning styles.