Health and the Environment Schedule
Week
1
January 21-24
Date
Readings
Chapter 1
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January 27-31
Topic
Introduction to Health
& Wellness
Stress Management/
2
Audio/Video
Chapter 2
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3
February 3-7
Psychological Health
Chapter 3
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3
February 10-14
Relationships &
Communication
Chapter 4
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4
February 18-21
Sexuality
Chapter 5 & 6
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5
6
February 24-28
March 3-7
Drug Use
Alcohol & Tobacco
Use
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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7
March 10-12
Consumer Health
Chapter 15
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8
9
March 18-21
March 24-28
Mid-Term
Nutrition
Chapter 9
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10
March/April 31-4
Fitness
Chapter 10
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11
April 7-11
Weight Management
Chapter 11
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12
April 14-17
Chronic Disease
Chapter 12
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Work Sheets Due
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1, 2, 3, 6
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10 (3 days instead of 7)
11, 17
21, 24, 27
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31 or 32 (which ever fits you better)
34
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35, 44
38 (don’t answer question 8)
39, 42
40 (turn in internet activity only)
47, 50
51, 53
56 or 57 or 58 (whichever one fits you
best)
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Study for Mid-Term
109, 112, 113
Freakonomics: You Eat
What You Are Part 1 & 2
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Freakonomics: What’s the
“Best” Exercise?
Freakonomics: 100 Ways
to Fight Obesity
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Radiolab: Update: Famous
Tumors
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Mid-Term
65, 68
3 Day food diary on the nutrient tracker of
your choice (livestrong, my fit pal,
myplate) submit your results
69, 73, 74
75 (first page only)
76, 83, 85
80 (modify if you are trying to maintain or
gain weight)
8, 89, 91, 94
TED Talks Health: Russell
Foster: Why do We Sleep?
Freakonomics: The Suicide
Paradox
TED Talks Health: Esther
Perel: The Secret to Desire
in a Long-Term
Relationship
Freakonomics: The Perils
of Drunk Walking
Freakonomics: Help
Wanted. No Smokers Need
Apply
TED Talks Health: Eric
Dishman: Healthcare
Should be a Team Sport
13
April 21-25
14
15
April/May 28-2
May 5-9
Communicable
Disease
Environmental Health
Personal Safety
Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
Chapter 16
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15
May 12-16
Aging Well
Chapter 17
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16
May 19-23
Final Exam
Radiolab: Rodney Versus
Death
Radiolab: The Man Behind
the Maneuver
Freakonomics: How to
Think About Guns
Radiolab: The Bitter End
TED Talks Health: Jared
Diamond: How Societies
Can Grow Old Better
TED Talks: Cynthia
Kenyon: Experiments that
Hint of Longer Lives
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96, 97, 101
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103, 105
116
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Study for Final
121, 124, 125, 126
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Final Exam