School Wiki Assignment: Addiction

Sign into Health II Day 2 Block 1 WIKI. Look for assignment under week 10/29-11/4. Post all answers to the 7 essential questions in the reply section for each essential question in the wiki, not in your blog. Make sure you do the reading assignment before you post answers. These should be done in class on 11/2. If you do not finish in class finish at home and have completed by 11/4.

testicular-cancer and cervical cancer

http://www.aicr.org.uk/testicularcancerfaqs.stm?source=Adwords

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/testicular-cancer/DS00046

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/std/hpv.htm

http://www.gardasil.com/risk-for-hpv.html?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=GL047

The links above will provide possible lifesaving information to all young men. This information is not just for men but for women as well. Later on in life this information could help save your spouse's life as well as your son. In addition women and men should be informed about one of the leading causes of cervical cancer and what they can do to help prevent this life threatening disease in their spouse or partner. We will go over this information in class. Your assignment will be to do a write up of the shared information in your homework section of your blog. This assignment should be posted by 10/16/07.

Tobacco Unit

Hello Everyone,
Starting 10/9/07 we will be involved in a comprehensive class project on tobacco and the effects it has on everyone in the world. To lighten the load everyone will be assigned a topic to research and post to their blog. In addition to this everyone will do a presentation of their project to the class. You will post your project in your home work section by10/12/07 so that the presentations will begin on 10/15/07. Make sure you use a heading "Tobacco" and then put your "topic title"below that. As usual you will also be required to copy and paste all the other projects in your shared project area under the heading " Tobacco Projects". If all goes well this part should be completed by 10/16/07. If you have any concerns please see me for some guidance. Use the link cancer.org in the resource section of this blog to do your research.

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/flash/index.html

Contraceptive Assignment.

Hello Everyone,

I hope the information presented by Ricky will be useful in your everyday life. This assignment will allow you to make a choice of what you would like to do for a project to show your knowledge of contraceptives. Here Are your choices:

1)Using the handouts given to you by Ricky and the notes that you took in class write a type 3 response to the following FCA's: 1) Completely describe the various methods of contraceptives discussed in class. 2) Using the pamphlets on how to discuss contraceptives with your parents and partner and write a response to both of these issues. 3) Write a response on what you think about who should be allowed to obtain contraceptives ( age related) and why.

2. Go to the following web sites and listen to the following podcasts and write a type 2 write on each podcast session. If you cannot access these sites on your computer then you will need to do the first assignment.

A World Without Cervical Cancer: The HPV Vaccine Show

Sex Myths: BUSTED!

Birth Control

The assignment should be posted in your homework posting area. Assignments should be posted by Thursday, 10/4/07 . Remember !!! Only do assignment 1 or 2 not both!!!

STI Homework

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone took away some thing from Ricky’s presentation on STI’s. Your assignment is to do a write up on the 7 STI’s that Ricky presented. FCA’s for this assignment is to include the following for each of the STI’s: 1) What is it? 2) How do you get it? 3) What are the symptoms? 4) How can you know for sure? 5)How is it treated? 6) What can happen if you don’t take care of it? This assignment should be posted by Friday, 9/28. Please post it in your “Homework “section of your blog. Remember that it will be expected that you use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Juicing Project

Hello everyone. Well we are the end of the juicing unit. Your last assignment is to either make up a juice recipe that you will present and share with the class or research a juicing recipe to present and share with the class. The choice is yours. Your assignment will include the following FCA's. 1) Post in your blog under my projects a copy of your juice recipe. 2) For each vegetable and/or fruit write about what it is traditionally used for in regards to your health and what each ingredient is a good source of for vitamins, minerals, etc. 3) Present your recipe to the class as well as make your juice for the class to share. 4) copy everyone’s juicing project and paste it in your “shared projects area in your blog. Your project post is due on Tuesday, 9/25.

I will assign everyone a class date to present their project to the class on Tuesday, 9/25.

Assignment Food Pyramid

This assignment will involve how to use the web site http://www.mypyramid.gov. This site provides the following information:

The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an organization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was established in 1994 to improve the nutrition and well-being of Americans. Toward this goal, the Center focuses its efforts on two primary objectives—

1. Advance and promote dietary guidance for all Americans, and

2. Conduct applied research and analyses in nutrition and consumer economics.

The Center's core products to support its objectives are the following:

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• MyPyramid Food Guidance System
• Healthy Eating Index
• U.S. Food Plans
• Nutrient Content of the U.S. Food Supply
• Expenditures on Children by Families

1. Your first task will be done on an individual basis. Go to : http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx and fill out the information to know the amount of each food group you need daily.Copy and paste your results in the project section of you blog. Put your posts under the heading MyPyramid.gov . Your first post will be under the heading “ My Pyramid Plan”. This first activity should be posted by Friday, 9/14.

Your second task will be a group effort. I will assign you into one of five groups in class. The following groups are responsible for the following topics and information to be researched: Your group will divide up the topics to be researched. Each person will post their own work on their topic in their project area in RED PRINT. Then copy and paste your partners information in the same area in BLACK so I can tell who did what work. When finished everyone in each group should have a completed project of the section assigned to them. Each person will go and copy and paste the completed projects of each of the other 4 groups into their shared project posting area in their blog in BLACK and copy and paste their own project in the shared project section in RED. Your groups project should be completed and posted by next Thursday, 9/20/07.

Group 1: Grains

What's in the Grain Group? How much is needed? What counts as an ounce? Health benefits & nutrients Tips to help you eat whole grains

Group 2: Vegetables

What's in the Vegetable Group? How much is needed? What counts as a cup? Health benefits & nutrients Tips to help you eat vegetables

Group 3: Fruits

What's in the Fruit Group? How much is needed? What counts as a cup? Health benefits and nutrients Tips to help you eat fruits

Group 4: Milk

What's in the Milk Group? How much is needed? What counts as a cup? Health benefits and nutrients Tips for making wise choices

Group 5: Meats and Beans

What's in the Meat & Beans Group? How much is needed? What counts as an ounce? Nutrients and health implications Tips for making wise choices Vegetarian Choices