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

Texas Health Skills for Middle School teaches skills-based health education in the classroom. The abundance of skills-based activities and assessments in Texas 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 and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Health Education grades 6, 7, and 8.

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Texas Health Skills for Middle School

• Texas Health Skills for Middle School
• Copyright © 2023 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
• Introduction
• About the Authors
• • Textbook Authors
  • Pedagogy Developers
• Reviewers
• • Professional Reviewers
  • Teacher Reviewers
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Infographics
• Features
• • CASE STUDIES
  • BUILDING Your Skills
• To the Student
• • Start with the Unit Opener
  • Read the Chapter Opener and Complete Chapter Opener Activities
  • Prepare to Read Each Lesson
  • Remember to Read the Captions and Features
  • Answer Questions About Each Lesson
  • Recall What You Learned
  • Act on What You Learned
• Unit 1 Taking Charge of Your Health and Wellness
• • Warm-Up Activity Health Advice: Ask Avalon
• Chapter 1 Understanding Your Health and Wellness
• • Chapter 1 Essential Question
  • Chapter 1 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 1 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 1.1 Learning About Health and Wellness
  • Lesson 1.2 Recognizing Factors That Affect Health and Wellness
  • Lesson 1.3 Building Skills for Health and Wellness
  • Chapter 1 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 2 Knowing How Your Body Works
• • Chapter 2 Essential Question
  • Chapter 2 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 2 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 2.1 Supporting and Moving the Body
  • Lesson 2.2 Moving and Exchanging Substances
  • Lesson 2.3 Digesting and Removing Substances
  • Lesson 2.4 Controlling and Regulating the Body
  • Chapter 2 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 3 Developing Good Personal Hygiene
• • Chapter 3 Essential Question
  • Chapter 3 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 3 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 3.1 Caring for Your Skin, Hair, and Nails
  • Lesson 3.2 Keeping Your Mouth, Eyes, and Ears Healthy
  • Chapter 3 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 4 Getting the Sleep You Need
• • Chapter 4 Essential Question
  • Chapter 4 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 4 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 4.1 Understanding Sleep
  • Lesson 4.2 Recognizing Sleep Disorders
  • Lesson 4.3 Developing Strategies for Getting Enough Sleep
  • Chapter 4 Review and Assessment
• Unit 2 Taking Care of Mental and Emotional Health
• • Warm-Up Activity Prove or Disprove
• Chapter 5 Understanding Mental and Emotional Health
• • Chapter 5 Essential Question
  • Chapter 5 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 5 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 5.1 Being Mentally and Emotionally Healthy
  • Lesson 5.2 Making Sense of Your Emotions
  • Lesson 5.3 Managing Stress
  • Chapter 5 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 6 Understanding Mental Illnesses
• • Chapter 6 Essential Question
  • Chapter 6 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 6 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 6.1 Recognizing Mental Illnesses
  • Lesson 6.2 Getting Help for Mental Illnesses
  • Lesson 6.3 Preventing Suicide
  • Chapter 6 Review and Assessment
• Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity
• • Warm-Up Activity Setting Yourself Up for a Healthy Lifestyle
• Chapter 7 Nutrition
• • Chapter 7 Essential Question
  • Chapter 7 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 7 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 7.1 Getting Enough Nutrients
  • Lesson 7.2 Following a Healthy Eating Pattern
  • Lesson 7.3 Managing Your Weight
  • Lesson 7.4 Having a Healthy Body Image
  • Chapter 7 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 8 Physical Activity
• • Chapter 8 Essential Question
  • Chapter 8 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 8 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 8.1 Understanding Physical Activity and Fitness
  • Lesson 8.2 Knowing About Types of Physical Fitness
  • Lesson 8.3 Staying Safe During Physical Activity
  • Lesson 8.4 Developing a Personal Physical Activity Plan
  • Chapter 8 Review and Assessment
• Unit 4 Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
• • Warm-Up Activity Pros and Cons
• Chapter 9 Tobacco and Vaping
• • Chapter 9 Essential Question
  • Chapter 9 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 9 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 9.1 Tobacco Products and Your Health
  • Lesson 9.2 Understanding Tobacco Use
  • Lesson 9.3 Preventing and Treating Tobacco Use
  • Chapter 9 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 10 Alcohol
• • Chapter 10 Essential Question
  • Chapter 10 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 10 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 10.1 The Effects of Alcohol
  • Lesson 10.2 Preventing and Treating Alcohol Use
  • Chapter 10 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 11 Medications and Drugs
• • Chapter 11 Essential Question
  • Chapter 11 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 11 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 11.1 Medication Use and Abuse
  • Lesson 11.2 Drug Abuse
  • Lesson 11.3 Preventing and Treating Medication and Drug Abuse
  • Chapter 11 Review and Assessment
• Unit 5 Protecting Your Physical Health and Safety
• • Warm-Up Activity Reducing Risks
• Chapter 12 Understanding and Preventing Diseases
• • Chapter 12 Essential Question
  • Chapter 12 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 12 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 12.1 Communicable Diseases
  • Lesson 12.2 Noncommunicable Diseases
  • Lesson 12.3 Preventing Diseases
  • Chapter 12 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 13 Promoting Safety and Preventing Injuries
• • Chapter 13 Essential Question
  • Chapter 13 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 13 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 13.1 Promoting Safety in the Home
  • Lesson 13.2 Promoting Safety in the Community and Online
  • Lesson 13.3 Knowing Basic First Aid
  • Chapter 13 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 14 Protecting Environmental Health
• • Chapter 14 Essential Question
  • Chapter 14 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 14 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 14.1 Common Hazards in the Environment
  • Lesson 14.2 Pollution Prevention and Greener Living
  • Chapter 14 Review and Assessment
• Unit 6 Social Health and Wellness
• • Warm-Up Activity Questions About Relationships
• Chapter 15 Promoting Healthy Relationships
• • Chapter 15 Essential Question
  • Chapter 15 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 15 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 15.1 What Is a Healthy Relationship?
  • Lesson 15.2 Family Relationships
  • Lesson 15.3 Peer Relationships
  • Lesson 15.4 Dating Relationships
  • Chapter 15 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 16 Preventing and Responding to Violence
• • Chapter 16 Essential Question
  • Chapter 16 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 16 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 16.1 Bullying and Cyberbullying
  • Lesson 16.2 Abuse and Neglect
  • Lesson 16.3 Other Types of Violence
  • Chapter 16 Review and Assessment
• Unit 7 Human Development and Reproductive Health
• • Warm-Up Activity Ask Angelique: Going to the Doctor
• Chapter 17 Human Development
• • Chapter 17 Essential Question
  • Chapter 17 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 17 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 17.1 The Beginning of Life
  • Lesson 17.2 Child Development
  • Lesson 17.3 Adolescence and Puberty
  • Lesson 17.4 Adulthood and Aging
  • Chapter 17 Review and Assessment
• Chapter 18 Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
• • Chapter 18 Essential Question
  • Chapter 18 Reading Activity
  • Chapter 18 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 18.1 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
  • Lesson 18.2 HIV/AIDS
  • Chapter 18 Review and Assessment
• Appendix Body Mass Index-for-Age Percentiles
• Glossary/Glosario
• Index
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