George Ranch High School
Health Science Course Calendar 2015-2016
O: objective of the lesson
M
August 24
1st Day of School!
O: Introductions/ rules/
expectations/syllabus
August 31
O: Begin discussion of
diverse nature of
healthcare. Explore new
terminology of hospital
administration and faculty
H: History of Medicine
Project
September 7
Labor Day Holiday
No School
M: major grade
T
D: daily grade
W
H: homework
TH
August 26
August 27
August 28
O: Students elect class
leaders
H: Use cut out “people”
template to create
introspective biography
O: Students use cut out
“people” template to present
introspective biography
D: Biography “person”
O: Students use cut out
“people” template to
present introspective
biography
D: Biography “person”
O: Students use cut out
“people” template to present
introspective biography
D: Biography “person”
September 1
O: Continue discussion of
diverse nature of
healthcare.
H: History of Medicine
Project- Begin
presentation on 9/2
September 2
September 3
September 4
O: The History of Medicine.
Primitive Cultures- demons,
witch doctors, plants, and
trepanation. 4000 BCE to
3000 BCE
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
O: The History of
Medicine- Ancient Egypt,
3000BCE to 300 BC.
M: Each group is
evaluated by rubric for
major grade
O: The History of MedicineAncient Chinese- 1700 BC220 BC
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
September 8
September 9
September 10
September 11
O: The History of MedicineAncient Greeks 1200BCE-200
BCE
H: Quiz over Primitive
Cultures thru Ancient
Chinese tomorrow
O: The History of MedicineAncient Romans – 753 BCE410 AD
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
O: The History of MedicineThe Middle Ages-800- 1400
AD
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
D: Quiz
O: The History of
Medicine- The Dark Ages
400AD to 800 AD
M: Each group is
evaluated by rubric for
major grade
1st HOSA Meeting!
GRHS Lecture Series-
September 14
September 15
September 16
September 17
O: The History of
Medicine- Renaissance
1350-1650AD
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
O: The History of Medicine16th/17th Centuries
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
O: The History of Medicine18th Century
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
O: The History of
Medicine- 19th Century
M: Each group is
evaluated by rubric for
major grade
September 21
M: Major Exam over
Medical History 9/21
September 28
M: Career Presentations
.
October 5
O: Medicine and the
Law
H: Find article on a
Medical Ethics Dilemma
Bring for discussion on
Weds/Thurs
D: Quiz over Dark AgesRenaissance
September 22
September 23
September 24
O: Students begin preparation
for Gallery Walk presentations
on chosen health career.
H: Prepare materials and
research
O: In class work day for
students to prepare Gallery
Walk presentations.
H: Prepare materials and
research
O: In class work day for
students to prepare Gallery
Walk presentations.
H: Prepare materials and
research
HOSA Meeting- Officer
Nominations
September 29
M: Career Presentations
H: Read DHO Unit 4-Laws
October 6
O: Medicine and the Law
(continued)
H: Find article on a
Medical Ethics Dilemma
Bring for discussion on
Weds/Thurs
September 30
O: Professionalism in the
Healthcare setting
H: Egg Personalities- egg
and biography of patient
due Friday
October 1
(cont)
O: Professionalism in
the Healthcare setting
H: Egg Personalitiesegg and biography of
patient due Friday
October 7
_____________________
OctoberOctober
10
B
8
O: Medical Ethics Debatesstudents consider difficult
dilemmas like euthanasia
and organ transplants
D: Ethical Dilemma Article
H: Prepare for Socratic
Seminar 10/8- Major grade
H: Read Unit 1- pg 2-23
Pay It Forward Friday
Pay It Forward Friday
LGI
H: Quiz over Dark
Ages-Renaissance 9/15
F
August 25
O: Medical Ethics Socratic
Seminar
M: Ethics question
research- both sides!
D: Questions and
contribution
H: Doctor Essay Questions
PATRIOT’S DAY
Pay It Forward Friday
September 18
O: The History of Medicine20th Century
M: Each group is evaluated
by rubric for major grade
H: Major Exam over
Medical History 9/21
Pay It Forward Friday
September 25
County Fair Day!!!
NO SCHOOL!!
October 2
O: Psychological impact of
patient care; self protection
from trauma and burnout.
D: Egg Project
Pay It Forward Friday
October 9
O: Students consider
compassion, empathy, &
professionalism through the
film, “The Doctor.”
H: Doctor essay is major grade
due 10/13.
Pay It Forward Friday
First Semester Calendar (Continued)
M
October 12
T
W
October 13
October 14
O: Students consider
compassion, empathy, &
professionalism through
the film, “The Doctor.”
H: Doctor essay is major
grade due 10/14.
O: Complete “The
Doctor.”
H: Doctor essay is major
grade due 10/14.
HOSA Meeting-Elections
O: Fire science, evacuation,
haz. mat., safety. Guest
Speaker HFD Senior
Captain Bryant Holmes
H: Building Safety Survey
October 19
O/M: Major Exam over
Law, Ethics, and Safety
October 20
O: Go over exam
results- re-teach
anything not understood
M: “The Doctor” Essay- submit
on TurnItIn
H: Bring stethoscope
tomorrow!! Don’t forget!
GRHS Lecture Series-LGI
October 26
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
November 2
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
November 09
O:Heart Dissection –
Bovine or ovine heart
demonstration- read lab
for hands on 11/10
D: Heart Anatomy picture
colored
H: Read Heart Dissection
Lab
October 27
Paxton
Patterson Lab
Day
HOSA Meeting- Plan for
HOSA Week
November 3
O: Students perform heart
dissection. Learning the
mechanical function of the
heart in prep for electrical
system tomorrow
H: Lab report due Friday
F
October 16
O: Sign up for preferred
career modules
H: Watch the videos of the
modules you want to do (no
promises on the order!)
H: Study for exam
Pay It Forward Friday
October 21
22
23
O: Begin learning patient
assessment thru vital signs.
H: VS Practice sheet for 5
“patients”
O:Continue learning pt
assessment thru vital
signs
H: VS Practice sheet for 5
“patients”- add breath
sounds and heart sounds
O: Head to toe survey
plus VS
D: Turn in data for 5
patients
H: PaxPat Labs start
Monday! Watch your
video!
October 28
October 29
October 30
Paxton
Patterson Lab
Day
November 4
Paxton
Paxton
Patterson Lab Patterson Lab
Day
Day
HOSA Officer Meeting
November 10
TH
October 15
O: Safety (DHO Ch 8)ergonomics, sharps
disposal, etc
D: Safety Survey
H: Study for exam
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
November 5
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
November 11
O: Electrical system of
the heart and EKG’s
H: Lab report due
Friday- Major Grade
November 12
O: Continuation of
electrical system of the
heart and EKG’s
H: Lab report due
tomorrow- Major Grade
HOSA General Meeting
Paxton
Patterson Lab
Day
Pay It Forward Friday
November 6
Paxton
Patterson Lab
Day
H: Heart Anatomy Drawing
Pay It Forward Friday
November 13
O: This period is a
work group day to
finalize lab report
M:Cardiac Physiology
Lab report
Pay It Forward Friday
November 16
O: American Red Cross
CPR/First Aid/AED
Certification Course
D: Skills Practice
November 17
O: American Red Cross
CPR/First Aid/AED
Certification Course
D: Skills Practice
November 18
O: American Red Cross
CPR/First Aid/AED
Certification Course
D: Skills Practice
November 19
O: American Red
Cross CPR/First
Aid/AED Certification
Course
D: Skills testing
November 20
O: American Red
Cross CPR/First
Aid/AED
D: Final skills testing
and retesting
Pay It Forward Friday
November 23
M: American Red
Cross Adult CPR
Certification Exam
November 24
O: Students review or
re-test certification
exam. ARC cards will be
sent in the mail and
should arrive in Dec.
H: PaxPat labs on
Monday so watch the
video over break
November 25
November 26
November 27
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 30
December 1
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
December 7
December 2
Paxton
Paxton
Patterson Lab Patterson Lab
Day
Day
December 8
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
December 14
O: Students receive a
comprehensive review
for semester final exam
H: Study for exams!!
A
December 3
December 9
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
16
H: Study for exams!!
17
B
Semester Exams
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
17
Semester Exams
B
18
A
Semester Exams
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
Pay It Forward Friday
December 11
December 10
Paxton
Paxton
Patterson Lab Patterson Lab
Day
Day
December 15
O: Students receive a
comprehensive review
for semester final exam
December 4
Paxton
Patterson
…
Lab..Day
18
Semester Exams
19
B
Semester Exams
Semester Exams
A
20
27
A
Semester Exa
Winter Holidays
21
23
24
December 19-January 4
January 4
TEACHER WORK
DAY
January 5
O: Preparing for the
world of work –resume
writing
H:Draft Resume due
tomorrow
January 6
O: Preparing for the
world of work –
Interviewing
D: Draft Resume due
H: Prepare for guest
interviewers
January 7
O: Guest Interviewers
allow practice and give
feedback to “job
seekers”
D: Evaluation by guests
January 8
January 11
January 12
January 13
January 14
O: Diversity in the clinical
setting - “Freedom
Writers” Movie
H: Freedom Writers
Essay from Blackout
Bingo card
M: final polished resume
O: Diversity in the clinical
setting (cont)- Results of
Experiment and “Freedom
Writers” Movie
H: Freedom Writers Essay
submitted on Turn-It In
O: Group 1-Students
complete consideration of
diversity in healthcare at
Houston Holocaust Museum
D: Freedom Writers Essay
H: Butterfly and Field Trip
Report
O: Group 2-Students
complete consideration of
diversity in healthcare at
Houston Holocaust
Museum
H: Butterfly and Field
Trip Report
January 15
O: Students review and
discuss this week’s
experiences
M: Diversity experiment
M: Butterfly and Field
Trip report
H: PAX PAT next 2
weeks
January 18
No SchoolNational Holiday
January 19
January 20
January 21
January 22
Paxton
Paxton
Patterson Lab Patterson Lab
Day
Day
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
O: Guest Interviewers
allow practice and give
feedback to “job
seekers”
D: Evaluation by guests
H: Final Polished
Resume due Monday
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day
M
T
January 21
LIDAY- No School
W
A
TH
January 23
A
O: Child Birth and
Development
D: Prenatal Quiz
H: Review Maslow
PPT
22
B
January 29
A
O: Begin Chapter 8Lifestages w/ Prenatal
Development DVD
D: Final Resume
H: Open Note quiz Jan 23read ch 8
F
24
B
B
nuary 27
A
Jan. 28
B
ERNSHIP ROTATION
B
30
B
31
A
O: Diversity in the
clinical setting
D: Draft resume
H: Diversity
Experiment
Faculty Meeting
February 6
A
February 7
B
14
A
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
February 4
A
February 5
B
O: Erikson’s 8 Stages of
Development and Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs
H: Maslow and Me project
O: Maslow continued.
Students present modified
Hierarchy of Needs.
M: Modified Maslow
D: Clinical Logs due
A
11
B
A
13
B
FORMER VAMC GROUP
TO MD ANDERSON
ORIENTATION
Faculty Meeting
ruary 17
B
A
18
A
O: Maslow (cont)
D: Clinical Logs Due
M: Modified Maslow
presentations
H: Read Ch 8 and 10
February 25
B
ERNSHIP ROTATION
rch 3
12
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
SHIP SWITCH DAYVAMC for orientation by
Ervin group
B
19
Happy Valentines Day!!
B
20
A
21
B
MOVIE DAY
O: Death and Dying
D: KWL sheet on
“Dragonfly”
H: Entrepreneurship
Project handed out-work
ongoing
26
A
February 27
B
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
March 4
A
O: Nutrition and Diet
D: Clinical Logs Due
H: Nutrition Log thru
H: Grand Rounds
Assignments handed
out-research begins
March 5
March 11
March 12
B
28
A
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
March 6
A
March 7
O: Overview of Mental
Health- Lecture and
“Thinkblots”
March 13
SPRING BREAK
March 14
B
A
March 18
B
OTATION
March 19
A
March 20
B
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
March 21
A
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
End of 3rd 9th weeks
B
March 25
A
March 26
B
O: Entrepreneurship in
healthcare. Lecture and
projectect introduction.
D: Next project progress
report
A
AR testing English 1 & 3
B
April 1
B
2
A
STAAR English II Writing
A
April 9
B
O: Entrepreneurship Projects
Final week to work on them
H: Entrepreneurship projects
due 5/1
A
15
B
OTATION
A
A
TAAR TESTING
April 3
B
STAAR English II Reading
April 10
A
April 22
B
April 4
A
B
A
April 16
A
April 23
A
April 30
B
O: Entrepreneurship
Projects Presented
M: 200 point project
May 6
B
STAAR TESTING
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
April 11
B
H: Entrepreneurship
projects due 5/1
Faculty Meeting
April 17
B
April 24
B
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
April 29
March 28
O: Entrepreneurship
Projects Final week to work
on them
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
ERNSHIP ROTATION
B
A
O: Entrepreneurship
continued Salaries, Benefits,
applications, rules and
regulations, invoices, and
financial transactions
D; Marketing plan
STAAR Eng I&3 reading
April 8
March 27
18
Good Friday
Holiday-No School
April 25
A
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
May 1
A
22
B
O: Entrepreneurship
Projects Presented
M: 200 point project
May 7
A
STAAR TESTING
May 8
B
STAAR TESTING
May 9
A
STAAR TESTING
May 13
B
A
May 14
B
May 15
GRAND ROUNDS
preparation day
A
20
A
May 16
B
GRAND ROUNDS
preparation day
B
21
A
22
B
23
A
FINAL INTERNSHIP
ROTATION
29
B
30
A
GRAND ROUNDS
PRESENTATIONS IN
AUDITORIUM
INTERNSHIP ROTATION
ERNSHIP ROTATION
Awards Night
26
HOLIDAY
NO SCHOOL
27
B
28
A
GRAND ROUNDS
PRESENTATIONS IN
AUDITORIUM
M: Grand Rounds
Presentations 200 points
B
June 3
A
June 4
B
M: Grand Rounds
Presentations 200 points
June 5
A
June 6
Teacher Work Day
Semester Exams
June 10
June 11
June 12
June 13
ACADEMY
FISH CAMP
SUMMER MEDICAL CAMP
June 17
18
19
20
order!)
October 5
October 6
O: Medicine and the Law
H: Bring article or story
about a medical ethics issue
for 10/6
October 7
O: Team discussion of Health
Care Ethics
D: Medical Ethics article
October 10
B
First Semester Calendar (Continued)
M
T
W
TH
October 9
at happened!
O: Second day of
medicolegal and ethical
studies
H: Study for exam over
medicolegal chapter 10/8
F
October 12
October 13
O: Students begin study
of the Language of
Medicine- Medical
Terminology
M: "The Doctor Essay"
H: Read Unit 5- Bring
Index Cards to class
10/14
October 14
O: The use of medical
abbreviations
H: Interpret physician
orders and charting via use
of abbreviations.
H: Make flash cards of word
parts A-C
October 15
O: More word partsD-H
D: Abbreviations Quiz
H: A-C quiz on 10/19
October 16
Paxton
Patterson
Lab Day