9/30 & 10/3

1. Take Disease Test
2. Notes on Drug use, misuse, and abuse.
3. Reading pages 278-287.
4. Write 5 questions from the reading to quiz a classmate.

9/28 & 9/29

1. STI brainstorm
2. Name STI' which are life threatening/cause serious problems
3. List STI's that are curable/noncurable
4. List STI's that show symptoms/don't show
5. List STI's that can be prevented by using a condom/can't
6. STI worksheet. Assn # 5

9/26 & 9/27

1. Finish Cancer study guide.A. Definition Heart Disease:
A Group of diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels.
B. Causes:

-High fat diet, smoking, heredity, not exercising, stress,

C. How HD is spread:
-Heart Disease is a noncommunicable disease.

D. Risk factors (who is at risk for getting this):
Eating a High fat diet, smoking, not exercising, heredity, leading a stressful lifestyle.

E. Atherosclerosis: (be sure to include symptoms)
A build up of fatty deposits on the inside of artery walls. Fat slowly builds up because of the risk factors.

F. What are some different types of Heart Disease?
1. High blood pressure (hypertension)
2. Atherosclerosis: Fat on artery walls.
3. Arteriosclerosis: Hardening of the arteries.
4. Rheumatic Heart Disease: Sometimes follows strep throat and can damage valves of the heart.

G. Treatments (at least 3):
1. Angioplasty: balloon in blocked artery and inflated to open artery.
2. By-pass surgery: Going around the blockage with a blood vessel taken out of the leg.
3. Medication and drugs to dissolve the clot.
4. Heart transplant
5. Pacemakers.
6.diet and exercise: can be prescribed to prevent heart disease.

H. Prevention:
Do not smoke, eat a low fat diet, exercise regularly, manage stress.
Explain and show: Angioplasy (heartcenteronline)
Explain and show bypass surgery (30cm incision) (heartcenteronline)
Show heart transplant online (pbs.org)

2. CANCER

I. Definition of Cancer:
Uncontrolled cell growth.

J. Causes:
Exposure to Sun, tobacco, high fat diet, radiation, chemicals/materials such as pesticides and asbestos, heredity, stress.

K. How is it spread from person to person:
Noncommunicable.
L. Risk factors (who is at risk for getting this):
People who do not use sunscreen, people who use tobacco, eating a high fat diet, being exposed to radiation, chemicals/materials such as pesticides and asbestos, heredity, stress.

M. Carcinogens:
Anything that causes cancer.
Where would you be exposed to radiation?
Show Lung and skin cancer photos (online)

N. Asbestos:
A nonburnable material used in construction that can cause cancer when inhaled.
O. Treatment (at least 3):
1. Chemotherapy: drugs used to kill cancer cells.
2.radiation: x-rays used to stop and or kill cancer cells.
3.surgery: remove the cancer before it spreads.

2. go over information on Hepatitis.

9/22 & 9/23

1. Hand-in Crossword
2. Assn Heart disease or cancer study guides.

3. Find someone who did opposite disease as you and share answers.

4. Show computer animations if possible and give answers to guides.
A. Gross anatomy of the heart (online)
B. Atherosclerosis (online)
C. Heart Attack (online)
D. Treatments:
1. Drugs to dissolve
2. Angioplasty (online)
3. By-pass surgery (online)

5. Risk Factors: genetics, smoking, high fat diet, no exercise, obesity

9/20 & 9/21

1.Small group reading pages 496-499 and take notes on the reading.
What does AIDS stand for.
What does HIV stand for?
What causes AIDS?
What is an opportunistic infection?
How does HIV spread?
What are some ways HIV is NOT spread?
What are some treatments for AIDS?


2. Give class notes on AIDS PPT Students need to finish finding above info from PPT.


3. HIV Crossword puzzle/Attached to reading notes. Assn #3 20pts

9/16 & 9/19

1. Finish Disease reading questions.
2. Correct questions and hand-in for Assn #2
3. Notes on the Spread of Disease.
4. Small group reading on Mononucleosis.

No homework today. Should have 2 Assns turned in.

9/14 & 9/15

1. Finish Wellness Triangle.

2. Reading in the text pages 478-483. (Diseases)

3. Worksheet on Diseases. Work by yourself and then with a partner. Assn #2 23 pts Due next class period.

9/12 & 9/13

1. Intro: class expectations. ppt.

2. Reading in text on Wellness triangle.

3. Create a wellness triangle. Show goals you have for the future in each area.
Examples: Me: physically keep racing and getting better. socially: spend time visiting family in other states. Mentally: enjoy my life as it unfolds.


4. Assn # 1 20pts. Goal written/drawn/colored/ 5 pts each area and 5 pts neatness and effort and heading.
Due next class period.