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Curricular Units and Descriptions
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Rationale: Students will discover contributions made to the study of blood throughout history; noting how these advanced scientific knowledge. |
Keywords: plasma, blood type, blood transfusion, blood supply, organ donation, blood disorder, scientist, timeline, history, scientific knowledge |
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| Rationale: Students will recognize changes in skeletal development and bone health (including bone density) and the roles of genetics & healthy choices. |
Keywords: density, bone ratio, fracture rate, osteoporosis, demineralization, halloween, day of the dead, jolly roger, skeleton, skeletal structure, etymology |
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Rationale: Students will investigate brain development and brain function and be sensitive to different mental capacities in the elderly. |
Keywords: nerve pathways, anatomy, dementia, neural function, sensory, motor, homunculus, cerebrum, cerebellum, memory, learning style |
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Rationale: Students will explore structure & function of the cardiovascular system as well as the consequences of disease processes. |
Keywords: arteries, anatomy, atherosclerosis, stroke, pulmonary embolism, heart attack, organ damage, aneurysm |
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Rationale: Students will learn about the symptoms, signs, and complications of diabetes among all age levels (Type 1 & Type 2). |
Keywords: glucose, blood sugar, insulin, pancreas, hypoglycemia, glucose tolerance test, atherosclerosis, nutrition, obesity, thrifty gene
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Rationale: Students will explore the physics of movement, assessment of gait and ways in which they can preserve mobility throughout their lifespan. |
Keywords: mobility, movement, physics, gait, gait cycle, laboratory, chart, graph, calculate, mobility compromise, balance, sway, stabilometer |
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Rationale: Students will be able to select and use relevant career information to create a presentation of health-related careers. |
Keywords: health, career, job, health care professional, education, salary, doctor, physician, nurse, dentist, therapist
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Rationale: Students will be able to explore the concept of health care including Medicare, Medicaid and Workmen’s Compensation. |
Keywords:
health care scenario, health care, Medicare, Medicaid, Workmen’s Compensation |
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Rationale: Students will recognize the importance of sensory function in daily living including exploring the basic anatomy and process of hearing.
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Keywords: audiogram, ear, auditory pathway, auditory cortex, temporal lobe, decibel, sound wave, vibration, amplitude, hearing disorder, frequency, amplification |
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Rationale: Students will explore language differences and the effects of these differences through the use of a spreadsheet database. |
Keywords: idiomatic language, culture, Spanish, stereotype, age, drawing, art, language difference, meaning, literal meaning |
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Rationale: Students will recognize life events that are associated with aging across the lifespan, and appreciate the diversity among aged individuals. |
Keywords: interviewing, sensitivity, aging, youth, biography, story writing, timeline, lifeline, research, note taking, life span, historical context |
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Rationale: Students will observe how muscles and bones work together to move joints and investigate lever systems in the human body.
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Keywords: lever, muscle, bone, joint, flexion, extension, contract, percentage, fulcrum, effort, resistance |
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| Rationale: Students will develop media evaluation skills to assess advertising about health-related topics such as sleep aids, diet, exercise, and medications. |
| Keywords: media, persuasion, bias, stereotype, body image, logo, slogan, message, audience |
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Rationale: Students will explore the physics of movement, assessment of gait and ways in which they can preserve mobility throughout their lifespan. |
Keywords: mobility, movement, physics, gait, gait cycle, laboratory, chart, graph, calculate, mobility compromise, balance |
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Rationale: Students will recognize that nutritional habits affect both the quality and quantity of life and understand what constitutes good nutrition. |
Keywords: food group, food pyramid, recommended serving, combination food, nutrition, food journal, food diary, calorie, food label, nutrient
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Rationale: Students will understand the early development of good eating habits plays a role in decreasing the incidence of health problems as they age. |
Keywords: dietary habit, energy balance, fad diet, activity level, algorithm, basal metabolism rate, body mass index, caloric intake, perceived overweight |
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Rationale: Students will understand the relationship between energy intake, energy usage and body fat and the consequences of an imbalance.
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Keywords: calorie, energy, balance, mass, volume, density, exercise, physical activity, adolescent obesity, cause and effect, research |
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Rationale: Students will understand the components of oral health and recognize that good oral health is an essential part of good general health and nutrition. |
Keywords: brushing technique, calcium, mineralization, demineralization, caries, dietary habit, flossing technique, fluoride, oral hygiene |
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Rationale: Students will investigate factors that affect the quality of life for all including life expectancy and population demographics.
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Keywords: quality of life, statistic, population, percentage, longevity, life expectancy, graph, map, population pyramid, entrepreneurship |
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Rationale: Students will explore the pulmonary system including issues related to obstructed breathing and air pollutants.
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Keywords: pulmonary, diaphragm, lung, breath, restrictive, obstructive, pollutant, air, air quality, long term data, disease, disorder
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Rationale: Students will explore a stepwise method for organizing the research process by using a graphic organizer.
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Keywords: research, research process, organize, graphic organizer, Big 6, strategy, source, synthesis, evaluation, citations |
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Rationale: Students will recognize life events that are associated with aging across the life span including family trees, timelines, and health factors.
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Keywords: personal narrative, lifeline, timeline, measurement, family role, goal, family tree, calculation, kindred, disease pattern, past, present, future |
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Rationale: Students will explore many aspects of sleep and its importance in their overall daily functioning and in their long-term health. |
Keywords: sleep, sleep hygiene, sleep habit, sleep pattern, sleep deprivation, sleep myth, sleep monitoring, sleep disorder, nightlight, light pollution |
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Rationale: Students will explore language differences and the effects of these differences through the use of a spreadsheet database.
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Keywords: computer skill, graph, scattergram, calculation, mean, statistic, median, mode, range, sampling, frequency |
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Rationale: Students will appreciate the diversity among aged individuals, especially cultural differences in attitudes toward aging. |
Keywords: attitude, survey, ageism, elderly, bias, media, character portrayal, character analysis, book analysis, media analysis, poetry
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Rationale: Students will recognize the importance of sensory function in daily living including exploring the basic anatomy and process of vision. |
Keywords: visual acuity, depth perception, eye, sight, optic nerve, occipital lobe, visual cortex, presbyopia, myopia, astigmatism, hyperopia |
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You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the worksheets and handouts.
Funding:
Positively Aging® Curriculum Program Funding 1997-2008:
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Research Resources
National Institute on Aging
Science Education Partnership Award
Grant # R25 RR 18549
M.O.R.E. Curriculum Program Funding 2003-2008:
National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Minority K-12 Initiative for Teachers and Students
Grant # R25 HL75777
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