This well-respected program gives students the skills they need to stand up to peer pressure, avoid risky behaviors, and develop the resilience they need to handle the changes they'll face during their school years ... and throughout their lives.
Reading age for native speakers: High School students
Features:
Real-world, hands-on activities integrated throughout the program allow students to practice and apply essential health skills.
Reading and writing strategies help students with comprehension and give numerous opportunities for writing practice.
CONTENTSHealth Skills Activity
Hands-On Health Skills Activity
Real-Life Application
Resilient Teens
Unit 1: A Healthy Foundation
Chapter 1: Living a Healthy Life
Chapter 2: Building Health Skills and Character
Chapter 3: Being a Health-Literate Consumer
Unit 2: Physical Activity and Nutrition
Chapter 4: Physical Activity for Life
Chapter 5: Nutrition and Your Health
Chapter 6: Managing Weight and Body Composition
Unit 3: Mental and Emotional Health
Chapter 7: Achieving Good Mental Health
Chapter 8: Managing Stress and Anxiety
Chapter 9: Mental and Emotional Problems
Unit 4: Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships
Chapter 10:Skills for Healthy Relationships
Chapter 11: Family Relationships
Chapter 12: Peer Relationships
Chapter 13: Violence Prevention
Unit 5: Personal Care and Body Systems
Chapter 14: Personal Care and Healthy Behaviors
Chapter 15: Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous Systems
Chapter 16: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
Chapter 17: Digestive and Urinary Systems
Chapter 18: Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
Unit 6: Growth and Development
Chapter 19: Prenatal Development and Birth
Chapter 20: Adolescence and the Life Cycle
Unit 7: Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
Chapter 21: Tobacco
Chapter 22: Alcohol
Chapter 23: Medicines and Drugs
Unit 8: Diseases and Disorders
Chapter 24: Communicable Diseases
Chapter 25: Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
Chapter 26: Noncommunicable Diseases and Disabilities
Unit 9: Injury Prevention and Environmental Health
Chapter 27: Injury Prevention and Safe Behaviors
Chapter 28: First Aid and Emergencies
Chapter 29: Environmental Health
Appendix
- A Health Skills and National Standards
- B Healthy People 2010
- C 40 Developmental Assets
- D Physical Activity and Fitness Guidelines
Glossary
Glosario
Index
