Alternative Education-Science
Coopers Education Center
Course:
Health (Required)
Course Description: At the present time the alternative education science department at Coopers Education Center is using a curriculum that incorporates the fundamental concepts present in the current New York State Learning Standards. The outline of this course is as follows:
I Mental health
A Personality
B Managing Stress
C Mental Disorders
II Social health
A Developing Relationships
B Marriage and Family
III Physical well being
A Personal Care D FitnessB Food and Nutrition E Fitness and Lifestyle
C A Healthy Diet
IV The human life cycle
A Reproduction and Heredity C Adolescent Years
B Birth and Parenthood D Adulthood, Aging, and Death
V Diseases and disorders
A Infectious Diseases
B AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases
C Noninfectious Disease and Physical Disabilities
VI Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco
A Drug Use and Abuse
B Alcohol
C Tobacco and Your Health
VII Health and society
A A Healthy Environment
B Choosing Health Care
C Public Health
VIII Safety and first aid
A Personal Safety
B First Aid