As you come into class…

On the backside of the cover of your packet, answer these questions: Answer these questions (you do not have to share!): 1.  Do you consider yourself healthy? Why/why not? 2.  What health-related behaviors do you want to change?

WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO TODAY...

1.     Identify the three sides of the health triangle   2.     Understand how health is affected by heredity, environment, and available health care.    3.     Distinguish between reasonable and unreasonable risks.

Health & Wellness 7th Grade Health - PFMS

WHAT IS HEALTH??

WHAT IS HEALTH? Health – a combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being (3 components) These 3 areas work together to build overall good health.

Health Triangle Activity You will need: 1)  A textbook 2)  A partner 3) Your packet/worksheet

Turn to page 5. Read “The Health Triangle” section. On your worksheet, define each side of the triangle. You have 5 minutes.

THE HEALTH TRIANGLE The health triangle represents physical, social and mental health, which needs to be balanced to achieve total health. The three equal sides of the triangle symbolize that all three factors must be equal.

PHYSICAL HEALTH Everything about the body 1.  Measured by what you do and what

you don’t do 2.  Things you do and don’t do that keep

your body healthy or not. 3.  Health choices = avoiding ATOD,

balancing the time you watch TV/play on computer/cell phone, physical activity

4.  Being physically active means taking care of your body

5.  This also includes nutrition, sleep, and hygiene.

SOCIAL HEALTH How you interact with others 1.  Measured by how you interact and

communicate with others 2.  Good social health = communicating

well with others, having respect for family, friends, peers, teachers, etc.

3.  Building relationships with people you can trust and who can trust you

4.  Having someone you can talk to about anything

5.  Treating your friends well, disagreeing without fighting

6.  Making and keeping friends

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL HEALTH The mind and emotions 1.  Measured by the way you think and

express your feelings 2.  You can develop good M/E health by

learning to think positively and to express your feelings in healthy ways

3.  Healthy ways to increase M/E Health = positive thinking when feeling sad, focusing on the good things in your life, focusing on things you enjoy, recognizing and building your strengths

4.  Reading and learning!

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL HEALTH If a problem feels overwhelming, don’t be afraid to talk to someone you trust (friend, adult, coach, teacher) Knowing when you to ask for help is a sign of good M/E health.

HEALTH TRIANGLE

Three sides of your health are connected and each side affects the other two sides. -- Being depressed for a while can make you feel physically weak -- Being tired or hungry can make you grouchy  -- Being healthy means to have a balanced triangle

WAKE UP!

FITNESS BREAK!

Health Triangle Activity 2

Go to page 6 of your textbook. Read page 6. Then do the activity in figure 1.2 on page 7.

HEALTH TRIANGLE SURVEY

Please take the health triangle survey in your packet. Read the statements and circle either YES or NO. Then, score it according to the guidelines listed at the end of the survey.

MOVING ON...

Have you ever thought about…

1. What you like to eat?

2. Where you live? 3. What your hobbies are?

… and how these things affect your life?

FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOUR HEALTH...

Choices affect your health, but there are things that affect your health that you have no control over. HEREDITY   The biological traits your parents give to you   eye, skin, hair color, body build, growth patterns   Can inherit athletic ability or musical talent   Developing diseases/allergies is genetic ENVIRONMENT   sum total of your surroundings   Place you live, school, people you see often   Air you breathe, water you drink   Can be positive or negative (natural disasters, healthcare)

FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOUR HEALTH...

PEERS 1.  Friends and other people in your age group influence

your actions and behaviors 2.  Peer pressure can influence healthy choices 3.  Can be positive a friend influences you to volunteer

at an animal shelter, to join a sports team, etc 4.  Can be negative…

TECHNOLOGY 1.  Access to health info, education about diseases 2.  Technology to detect disease, treat disease, etc 3.  Access to info that can be bad influence (drugs, alcohol)

YOUR HEALTH, YOUR CHOICE

Obviously, some of these factors are out of your control, while some are not. You have control over your behavior and the choices you make. Many of the choices you make affect your health.

TAKING RISKS

Some risks are reasonable; Others are not. It is good to take risks! If you never take a risk, you never know what you can achieve. Volunteers to the board to write down something they thing is a risk.

UNREASONABLE vs. REASONABLE RISK

Risk = possibility that an action may cause harm, injury, or disappointment to you (not always a bad thing!) Reasonable = talking to someone you never met Unreasonable = skateboarding on the street without a helmet

What will we do in health class?

1. Build your health skills! 2.  Health skills = skills that help you become

and stay healthy 3. In health, you will learn about your body and

learn ways to take care of yourself physically, socially, and mentally

4. Just like math and reading, health is a skill that you will use the rest of your life (practicing healthy habits).

5. Last part of packet – Write down 1 thing you want to learn in health this year.

IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH EDUCATION