Author: Catherine Sanderson, Mark Zelman, Lindsay Armbruster, and Mary McCarley

Essential Health Skills for Middle School teaches skills-based health education in the classroom. The abundance of skills-based activities and assessments in Essential Health Skills for Middle School provides flexibility for teaching health and wellness in a relatable, skills-driven way. Students will have multiple opportunities to practice and develop the skills they need to make healthy choices now and throughout their lives. Content and skills align to the National Health Education Standards.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Essential Health Skills for Middle School 2e

• Front Matter
• To the Student
• Unit 1 Taking Charge of Your Health and Wellness
• • 1 - Understanding Your Health and Wellness
  • 2 - Knowing How Your Body Works
  • 3 - Developing Good Personal Hygiene
  • 4 - Getting the Sleep You Need
• Unit 2 Taking Care of Mental and Emotional Health
• • 5 - Understanding Mental and Emotional Health
  • 6 - Understanding Mental Illnesses
• Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity
• • 7 - Nutrition
  • 8 - Physical Activity
• Unit 4 Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
• • 9 - Tobacco and Vaping
  • 10 - Alcohol
  • 11 - Medications and Drugs
• Unit 5 Protecting Your Physical Health and Safety
• • 12 - Understanding and Preventing Diseases
  • 13 - Promoting Safety and Preventing Injuries
  • 14 - Protecting Environmental Health
• Unit 6 Social Health and Wellness
• • 15 - Promoting Healthy Relationships
  • 16 - Preventing and Responding to Violence
• Unit 7 Human Development and Reproductive Health
• • 17 - Human Development
  • 18 - Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
• Appendix Body Mass Index-for-Age Percentiles
• Glossary/Glosario
• Index