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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

2/29 & 3/1


1. Go over problem solving steps with entire class. PPT

2. give problem solving handout which shows how to organize paper.)
1. Realize there is a problem
#1 example: drug users
2. List choices #2 example: suicidal people
3. List consequences of choices
4. Make a Decision
5. Evaluate your decision. Is it safe and legal?

2. Do individual problem solving on outlined prob solve worksheet.
1. (I am getting low grades.)
-Get a tutor -org. binder -use assn sht from HR -use Health assn sht
-do extra credit -get help after school -Use portfolios/crates -seek advice from teachers -seek advice from friends

Friday, February 24, 2012

2/27 & 2/28

Trying to catch-up B Day with A days.
Monday: B Day
1. Alcohol power point
2. Ad-libbing video
3. Ad-Techniques ppt

Tuesday: A Day
1. Dr. Lesson answers
2. Review for test 10 mins
3. Test
4. Drug notes ppt> all.
5. Alcohol reading CH

Thursday, February 23, 2012

2/23 & 2/28

1. 10 minutes to review for the test.
2. Take Disease Test Assn #9 16 pts.
3. Notes on Drugs.
4. Write 5 questions from the reading pages. (Make a quiz)

Monday, February 20, 2012

2/21 & 2/22

1. We'll be role playing doctors and patients. Idea is to be able to recognize some of the diseases we have been studying.

2. Tuesday B Day: 8th graders will leave for Oregon Healthy Teen Survey.

Thursday, February 16, 2012


1. Finish HD/Cancer Guide
2. Hepatitis notes. Asn #7
4. HEPATITIS

CC. What is Hepatitis:
A viral inflammation of the Liver.

EE. What is the major difference between Hep A and Hep B
Difference is in how they are spread.

-Hep A: Spread thru Contaminated food or other objects in the mouth. (fecal Oral)
-Hep B: Spread Through blood, such as sharing needles or touching infected blood.

FF. Spread:
-Hep A: Spread thru Contaminated food or other objects in the mouth. (fecal Oral)
-Hep B: Spread Through blood, such as sharing needles or touching infected blood.

GG. Risk factors: Sharing needles, contact with blood, eating/drinking conatminated food or drink.

HH. Jaundice:
When Liver is inflamed it causes it to not filter out the bile in the blood. Therefore, causes skin and eyes to turn yellow.

II. Treatment:
-No cure available.
-rest and treat symptoms.
-Gamma Globulin shots, vaccination to prevent infection, and immunglobulin.

JJ. Symptoms:
Fever, loss of appetite, upset digest sys, muscle pain, Jaundice

KK. Prevention:
-Prevention: immune globulin shots to boost imm sys.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

2/13 & 2/14



1. Research Heart Disease and Cancer.

1. HEART DISEASE
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

H. Prevention:
Do not smoke, eat a low fat diet, exercise regularly, manage stress.

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.

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.

P. Prevention
Eat a High fiber/low fat diet, do not smoke or use tobacco, use sunscreen, reduce stress, stay away from chemicals and high doses of radiation.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

2/9 & 2/10



1. Assn #3: Ways diseases are spread: Air, direct contact, indirect contact, sex, blood, vector, fecal/oral. Mononucleosis: Pathogen is Epstein Barr Virus, spread through saliva, (sharing eating utensils, kissing, pillow cases) Treatment: treat the symptoms, Symptoms: sore throat, fever, swollen glands, headache, fatigue.

Today:
1. Info on Sexually transmitted infections (STI)
2. Worksheet study guide on STI's. Assn #4
3. Correct #4

Thursday, February 2, 2012

2/3 & 2/6

1. Finish reading questions.

2. Correct reading questions for pages 478-486 508-509
Turn-in For Assn # 2 25pts poss.

3. Give notes for how diseases can be spread. PPT
There is a note taking guide printed; one side is notes on spread of diseases and other side is Mono reading guide.


4. Reading CH 9/05 on Mononucleosis; finding Spread, Symptoms, Treatment, and Causes. Students are to present 1 fact.

5. Discuss Mono article.

Disease Spread Worksheet/Noteguide:
Ways Diseases are Spread Side 1

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Chain of Infection:
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Examples:
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Examples:
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MONONUCLEOSIS Side 2:
CAUSES (pathogen):
SYMPTOMS:
HOW IS IT SPREAD:
TREATMENT:
WHAT AGE GROUP DOES IT SEEM TO AFFECT MOST?