Syllabus: Health

Alpine Academy: Fall 2017

 

Instructor: Mikaela Dold, B.S. Community Health Sciences

Contact: mdold@alpineacademy.net

 

Objectives:

1. Achieve health literacy in a variety of health topics including emotional health, mental health, physical health, nutrition and common infectious and lifestyle disease.

2. Understand the anatomical structures and physiological process of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, digestive, reproductive system and nervous system as they relate to maintaining wellness and preventing disease.

3. Apply the concepts of health to real life in a dynamic and connective way, through homework assignments, in class projects, journaling and other interactive activities.

4. Explore their responsibility in maintaining and striving for health throughout the lifespan and establish goals, tangible skills, and general knowledge that can help them make health promoting decisions.  

Grading:

1. Participation points (75 points per week): There will be class activities, work sheets, openers, exit tickets and other assignments completed on a daily basis. Participation in, completion of and quality of work in these areas will result in the participation points for the day. Each week will average about 75 points in this category.

2. Quizzes (10 points per week): A quiz will be given every Monday (or the first day of the school week in situations when Mondays are excused). These will be primarily a review from the previous weeks work along with a few comprehensive topics from weeks past. It is intended that students take home all assignments from the week each Friday and study for this quiz over the weekend. Length and format will vary but may consist of up to 20 questions of multiple choice, true or false, short answer or essay.

3. Midterm Exam (100 points): This exam will be comprehensive and the format will include, true or false, multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. As a basis for studying students are expected to review power point presentations, any class handouts, work sheets, homework, quizzes and any other material presented. A study guide will be distributed in class prior to the exam.

4. Final Exam (200 points): The final is comprehensive and cover material from the entire semester. Health is a comprehensive topic and it is expected that students will be able to apply and connect material from the entire semester. This exam may contain true/false, multiple choice, short answer, lists, definition and matching. A study guide will be distributed and reviewed prior to this exam.

5. Homework (varied points): There will be several opportunities for students to apply their classroom learning at home. A majority of these assignments will be journaling, behavior modification, self-evaluation or other self-reflection assignments. They will be assigned and explained during class with written instructions to review at home.    

Small point variation may occur throughout the semester but the general distribution will be similar to the above breakdown.

 

General Guidelines:

1. Constructive comments: All comments made during class should be adding to the lesson, building up a fellow class mate or enriching the curriculum in some way. Please be respectful of differences in background, personality, health, and other areas when commenting in class. Any comments that degrades, hinders, bullies or belittles a fellow classmate or interferes with positive learning in this class will be discussed with the student, parents, and administration.

2. Asking Questions: Health is an interactive topic and as such sincere questions are appreciated during or after class. Questions involving application of topics to your life are welcomed and encouraged so long as they are appropriate for a group setting and maintain a level of respect for classmates and the instructor.

3. Plagiarism: This is taking credit for work which is not your own (copied from the internet, uncited work). Anything within this category will be reported to administration, result in a 0 on the assignment and may result if further disciplinary action.

4. Cheating: All assessments (not indicated as group work) should be completed independently, with no talking, no electronic resources, no notes, or other external information. Disciplinary action may follow if such behavior arises.

5. Group Work: Group projects should be a collaborated effort and involve each member of the team. Should a member of the team not contribute or reach expectations the individual’s grade will reflect this. Should problems arise please bring this to the instructor’s attention immediately so that corrective action can get the group back on track.  

6. Alpine Standards: All rules indicated in the student handbook will be enforced in this class room and it is expected that students are familiar with and follow through on each of them. Should a correction occur it is expected that the student change their behavior to adhere to Alpine’s standards.

 

Curriculum:

Textbook: Pearson Health by Pruitt, Allegrante, Prohrow-Stith. This is to be supplemented by online and additional reading materials that complement the objectives.