VCE HHD Unit 1 Area of Study 1 (11.00-12.10)
Chrissy Collins Greensborough College
Friday 28 Feb 2014 MCG
Introducing the new Study Design!
 Accreditation period 2014 – 2017
 Make sure you get a copy and familiarise yourself with
changes.
 Can be found at:
 http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/studies/healthnh
uman/healthumindex.aspx
 Check the VCAA website and VCAA Bulletin for any updates
or necessary Study Design changes.
 Now available on line www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Course Structure
 Unit 1: The health and development of Australia’s
youth
 Unit 2: Individual human development and health
issues
 Each Unit involves at least 50 hours of scheduled classroom
instruction
VCAA Assessment
 Satisfactory completion of a Unit is based on the
achievement of the set of Outcomes for the Unit.
 Decision based on teacher assessment.
 ‘Teachers must provide courses that provide
opportunities for students to demonstrate
achievement of Outcomes.’
VCAA Assessment
 Satisfactory achievement for Units 1 & 2
will be reported as an S or an N.
 Procedures for the assessment of Units
1 & 2 are a school decision. Check your
school requirements and expectations
early.
Unit 1
 Area of Study 1
 ‘Students develop understanding of the concepts of youth health and
individual human development, and explore the interrelationships
that exist within and between them. Students become aware of the
differing methods for measuring health status and develop a greater
understanding of the health status of youth.’ (HHD Study Design, VCAA
pg 13)
 Outcome 1
 ‘… be able to describe the dimensions of, and the interrelationships
within and between, youth health and individual human development,
an analyse the health status of Australia’s youth using appropriate
measurements.’ (HHD Study Design, VCAA pg 14)
Youth is defined as twelve to eighteen years of
age
Key Knowledge
KK +KeyKS
Skill
Definitions of physical, social, emotional and intellectual
development
Define health and individual human development.
Characteristics of, and interrelationships between,
physical, social, emotional and intellectual development
during the lifespan stage of youth
Describe characteristics of, and interrelationships
between, the different types of individual human
development during the lifespan stage of youth.
Definitions of health and the limitations of these
definitions
Explain the limitations of definitions of health
Characteristics of, and interrelationships between,
physical, social and mental dimensions of health
Describe the characteristics of, and interrelationships
between, the dimensions of health
Measurements of health status, including life
expectancy, incidence, prevalence, trends, morbidity,
mortality, disability adjusted life years (DALYs) and
burden of disease
Explain health status measurements terms
The health status of Australia’s youth
Interpret and analyse data on the health status of
Australia's youth using appropriate measurements
Biological determinants of health and individual human
development of Australia’s youth, including genetics,
body weight and hormonal changes
Explain the biological determinants of health and
development and discuss the impact on the health and
development of youth
The interrelationships between health and individual
human development during the lifespan stage of youth.
Explain the interrelationships between health and
human development during the lifespan stage of youth.
Lifespan intro
 Lifespan game
(evolution)
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Egg
Baby
Child
Youth
Adult
Older adults
‘supreme’
 Timetoast.com – lifespan
timeline
Definitions of development
 1.1 Definitions of physical, social, emotional and
intellectual development
 Cue cards or Quizlet, QuizCast
 Poster - PIES
 Random note activity
 Goodness gracious glossary
 Add examples to timeline
 Pop quiz – tick which development type
Comic Life - definition and four examples
 http://www.comiclife.com/
Characteristics & interrelationships
 Note - During Youth
 Annotate me! (male and female)
 Become an author – write a case study
 Venn diagram
 Puberty - Youtube challenge
 Social media
 Personal photo story
 Raging Teens (Human Body Series, BBC)
Maturity –
Increased social
physically
acceptance,
becoming an adult increase
interactions
Skills developed
such as safe
driving and
making safe
Increased selfesteem with
maturity and
independence.
Definitions of health
Characteristics & interrelationships
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Images – healthy / unhealthy
Wallwisher personal health definition
Wordle health definitions/key terms
Annotate photo story
 Decide and go (revision)
 Puberty publication
 Puberty Youtube – links health and HD a bit.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRyOcLSJDzk
Measurements of health
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Again cue cards
Mini whiteboards
Seek and find AIHW
Bingo!
Look up your own life expectancy
 Data focus every lesson
Sample questions from VCAA
Section A
1a. Define ‘burden of disease.’ (1 mark)
b. Briefly explain the difference between the meaning
of life expectancy health adjusted life expectancy
(HALE). (2 marks)
Source – VCAA sample H&HD exam 2010
Youth Health Status Morbidity and Mortality
 Brotherhood of St Laurence
 Mission Australia Youth Survey 2013
 AIHW – PP, quiz, information sheets
 Speak from experience – class brainstorm
 Rank top 10.
 Survey Monkey – collate and present data
 Find links to Yr 12, define key terms is asthma
 Review another country if you have a sister school
 (application of measurements of health)
 Headspace
AIHW resources
Biological determinants
 Must teach genetics, body weight and hormonal
changes
 genetics
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehz7tCxjSE
 Guest speakers (HYDO)
 What did you inherit from your parent (tongue rolling,
ear lobes, etc)
Biological determinant
 Body weight
 Calculating BMI
 Check out Australia’s obesity stats!
 Hormones
 Annotate me – gland producing hormone, function,
hormones produced (Prezzi)
 Growth spurt – collect height data of class, compare with a
junior class
Interrelationships h & hd
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Venn diagram – Venn Master
Case study
Design an Infographic
Inspiration concept map (include sound)
 Youth focused movie – aso.gov.au
SAC Time
 Assessment tasks for this unit are selected from the
following:
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A case study analysis
A data analysis
A visual presentation
A multimedia presentation
An oral presentation
A blog
A test
A written response
Other thoughts
 Timeline provided in work document
 Think data!
 Brotherhood of St Laurance Youth Unemployment
report.
 Check out Prezzi!
 Social media – Twitter, Insta, Pintrest
 News hunt
 SunSmart – Real Stories of Skin Cancer and Young People
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March 06, 3:30-4:30
Presented by Jane Hill SunSmart Youth and Advocacy Coordinator at The Cancer Council Victoria
Year 9&10 staff and students are invited to enrol in this free online presentation using Blackboard
Collaborate, held on Thursday March 6 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm AEST. A microphone headset and
access to Blackboard Collaborate is required. Hear from two young melanoma survivors who will
share their story about how skin cancer can be a young person’s disease.
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to enrol email your interest to jane.hill@cancervic.org.au