Welcome to 8th Grade Health....
This half year course will teach the necessary skills and knowledge young
teens need so that they will have the ability to create and maintain a safe
and healthy environment both present and future through positive health
behaviors and choices.
The following units will be taught:
- Wellness (Physical, Social, Mental & Environmental Health)
- Nutrition (Food Pyramid / Making Healthy Choices)
- Tobacco (Addiction / Prevention)
- Alcohol (Teenage Drinking / Facts / Laws)
- Drugs (Stimulants, Depressants, Hallucinogens, Inhalants, Steroids)
- Reproduction - Birth Control - Abstinence
- STD's (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
The following list is comprised of the top ten misused drugs in the world
today:
TOBACCO : stimulant drug - biggest killer (400,000 deaths/year)
ALCOHOL : depressant drug - most widely abused legal substance
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS : dangerously addictive, rising in popularity
METHAMPHETAMINE : stimulant drug - labeled an epidemic problem
MARIJUANA : most widely abused illegal substance in the U.S.
MDMA (ECSTASY) : popular stimulant/hallucinogenic drug used by teens
CRACK/COCAINE : destructive stimulant drug - very addictive
HEROIN : highly addictive drug making a comeback in some areas
STEROIDS : stimulant drug used to bulk muscle - rage effects from abuse
INHALANTS : common household products inhaled or huffed for quick buzz