Health Units

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Unit 1: Fitness

Lesson 1: Health-Related Fitness Components

Fitness Basics

Lesson 2: Choosing and Designing the Right Fitness Program

Benefits of Activity

Finding Your Fitness Routine

Stretches and Exercises

Lesson 3: Lifetime Fitness

An Article about Walking

Lesson 4: Importance of Sleep and Rest

Sleeping Cycles

Sleep Disorders

Sleep: A Forgotten Component of Fitness

Unit 2: Mental Health

Lesson 1: Expressing Emotions

Importance of Emotions

Defense Mechanisms

Lesson 2: How Stress Affects the Body and Managing Stress

Recognizing Stress

Types of Stress

Psychosomatic Disorders

Managing Stress

Lesson 3: Mental and Eating Disorders

Mental and Somatoform Disorders

Eating Disorders: Facts for Teens

Lesson 4: Depression and Suicide

What is Depression?

Suicide and Teens

Unit 3: Relationships

Lesson 1: Friendships

What is Friendship?

How To Grow a Friend

Lesson 2: Healthy Relationships

"I" Statements

Listening and Empathy

Lesson 3: Violence Prevention

Violence and You

Unit 4: Adolescence

Lesson 1: Adolescence

Information for Boys

Information for Girls

Information for all Teens

Lesson 2: The Endocrine System

The Endocrine System

Lesson 3: Pregnancy and Parenthood

Teen Talk: Many Teens Are Saying "NO"

Teen Pregnancy: By a Teenage Mother

Unit 5: Nutrition and Diet

Lesson 1: Nutritional Needs

Nutrition

Lesson 2: A Balanced Diet and Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating

Lesson 3: Digestive and Excretory Systems

The Digestive System

The Excretory System

Unit 6: The Human Body

Lesson 1: The Skeletal System

The Skeletal System

Lesson 2: The Muscular System

The Muscular System

Lesson 3: The Nervous System

Lesson 4: The Cardiovascular System

The Cardiovascular System

Lesson 5: The Respiratory System

The Respiratory System

Unit 7: Making Healthy Choices about Drugs and Alcohol

Lesson 1: Alcohol and Health

What is Alcohol?

Lesson 2: Smoking and Health

Smoking and Your Health

Lesson 3: Drugs and Health

Information on Drugs

Drug and Addiction

Unit 8: Infectious Diseases

Lesson 1: The Immune System

The Immune System

Lesson 2: Common Infectious Diseases

Colds, Pneumonia, Influenza

Hepatitis, Measles, Mononucleosis

Lesson 3: STD's, HIV, AIDS

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

HIV AIDS Information

Unit 9: Healthcare and First Aid

Lesson 1: How to Choose Healthcare

Healthcare Basics

Talking to Your Doctor

Lesson 2: Prevention

Electrical Safety

Home Safety

Home Safety Checklist

Lesson 3: First Aid

First Aid Kit and CPR

Administering First Aid