Mrs. Worthy’s
HEALTH EDUCATION PACING PLAN
Units that need to be covered in Health:
 1. Introduction to Health~Mental/Emotional/Social
 2. Personal & Community Health
 3. Nutrition & Physical Activity
 4. Injury Prevention & Safety
 5. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
 6. Growth, Development & Sexual Health
Units and Activities
 I start the unit with Class Procedures and
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Guidelines:
I explain to set up the interactive notebook
Rules, Expectations and Guidelines
Parent Letter
Standards, Rubric & Grading
Daily Journal Guidelines
1. Intro to Health/Wellness
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Cover Page
Vocabulary
Activity: Getting to know you
Activity: Give yourself a hand
Activity: Airing your dirty
laundry
Health Triangle
My Self Assessment and Essay
My Personal Health Triangle
Goals Map
Mental/Emotional Foldable
Song Activity
 Notes: What Influences your
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health
Activity: What Influences your
health puzzle
Sleep smarts and Quiz
Lesson One Quiz
Self Injury and Suicide Notes
Teen Stories on Cutting, etc.
Notes and Video: Bullying
Videos: Bullied, Rudy, Blindside,
Brain Pop, YouTube Elephant
and Dog Story, Freedom Writers,
Speak, If you really new me MTV,
Stress and Anxiety Video, Reality
Matters Cruel School, Bronx
Tale, Drama Queens & Tough
Guys, Trevor Project (suicide),
Scenarios USA
2. Personal & Community Health
 Cover Page
 Videos: Sonrisa..Dental
 Vocabulary
Hygiene, Teens and
Tanning, Personal
Hygiene Video,
Circulatory and
Respiratory Systems,
Body Systems Videos,
The Flu Video, Osmosis
Jones, The Sneeze
 Teeth, Mouth, Eye and
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Ear Diagrams
Hygiene Project
Teens and tanning
questions with video
The Ear and the Eye
Worksheets and
Foldables
Lice Book
3. Nutrition & Physical Activity
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Cover Page
Vocabulary
The Food Guide Pyramid
Color My Pyramid
Nutrition Foldable
Power point on Food Groups
Exercise your options
How sweet it is Lab…
Eating Disorder Notes
Eat Well, Be Active
Coke vs. Water
Digestion Coloring Page
Grocery Store-Ads Foldable
Nutrition Facts Projects
Fast Food Analysis
Energy Drinks Powerpoint
 Videos: Jamie Oliver’s Food
Revolution, Supersize Me,
Obesity in a bottle, Exercise your
options, the new food pyramid,
Salina Video, BV Eating
Disorders, Digestion Video,
Metabolism , Heart Attack,
Portion Distortion, Do you have
an Eating Disorder, Bodies Talk:
Bodies & Eating Disorders, Buzz
in a Bottle
 Brain pop
 You Tube
4. Injury Prevention & Safety
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 Safety Title Page and
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Vocabulary
First Aid at your finger tips
Coloring Page
Signs of Safety
My Escape Plan
Safety Booklet
Draw p. 415 figure 14.8
Fire Safety in the Kitchen
Read the Label
Internet Safety
www.netsmartz.org and
Megan’s Law
Videos:
Burn Prevention Tips
Brain Pop: CPR, First Aid
Think Before You Click –
Online Safety
 Be Careful When U Text
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5. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
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Title Page and Vocabulary
Tobacco Notes
Project Alert
Tobacco Letter
Tobacco Controversial Issues
Dear Abbey Letter
Circle of Friends
DUI Story and Activity
Walk the line
Alcohol and your body worksheet- reaching
out now guide
Alcohol and your brain worksheet- reaching
out now teaching guide
My mom poem
Test your drug IQ
Meth Poem
Foldable on Stimulants, Depressants,
Amphet.
Poster Project on Drugs
Drug Chart
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Videos/Movies: HBO Smoke Alarm, Down
will come baby, Channel 3 news video (old),
Video MTV-smoking, project alert videos,
Kevin Tunnel Story, Every 15 minutes,
Oprah-Chantell, and Chantell 6 months later,
Intervention Christy, The Worlds Most
Dangerous Drug, Dangerous Decisions,
Marijuana Exposed, Smoking Kills No and ifs
and Butts, Tobacco and Death, Up in Smoke,
Gateway Drugs, Ecstasy above the influence
website
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Brain Pop
Above the Influence
Don’t Think Know.org
NIDA
6. Growth Development & Sexuality
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Ground Rules
Individual Growth and Development Title Page and
Vocabulary
Body Changes During Adolescence worksheet
Male and Female Reproductive Systems- Notes
Male and Female Reproductive Systems (drawing,
worksheets)
Birth of A baby and Development of a baby
Ovulation Calendar
Contraception
Stages of Pregnancy
10 good reasons NOT to be a teenage parent
Read Where Willy Went Book
Sexual Pressure Flyer
When No means No Flyer
Latex Condoms Instructions
50 things you need to know about STDs
STD/HIV Notes
Female Heath Concerns
Male Health Concerns
Examine Yourself
Who is who?
Parent Interview
HIV Transmission Game
Book-Sex Education Activities
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Videos: Puberty, Conception to Birth, Inside the
Womb, 16 and Pregnant, HIV Joey-HBO, MTV STD’s
, Journey to Life, Thinking about Abstinence,
Understanding HIV & Aids, HIV and STI Education,
Just for Girls, Just for Boys, SOY…. (LAUSD Video)
Inside the Living Body
Brain Pop
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Order of lessons:
Abstinence
Puberty
Male and Female Anatomy
Periods/Tampons
Ovulation
Pregnancy/Childbirth
Contraception
STD’s
Hiv and Aids