| Title: The
Baby Experience |
| Subject: Health
Education |
| Grade Level: 9
- 12 |
| Overview:
|
| Students will complete an assignment related to the first days of
parenthood. |
| Approximate
Duration: 5-8 days |
Content Standards:
- Standard 1
Students will comprehend concepts and strategies related to
health promotion and disease prevention.
- Standard 2
Students will demonstrate the ability to access and evaluate the
validity of health information and health promoting products and
services.
- Standard 4
Students will analyze the impact of the media, technology,
economy, culture, and other factors on health through the use of
technological resources.
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Benchmarks:
- 1-H-1
analyze the impact of behavior on health maintenance and disease
prevention; (1,2,3,4,5)
- 1-H-3
describe interrelationship(s) of mental, emotional, social, and
physical health throughout the life span; (1,2,4)
- 2-H-3
identify school and community health services available for self
and others; (1,3,5)
- 2-H-4
analyze the cost and accessibility of health care products and
services; and (2,3,4)
- 4-H-2
evaluate the impact of technology and media on personal, family,
community, and world health; and (1,2,3,4)
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
- English/Language Arts : Standard 5
Students locate, select, and synthesize information from a
variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to
acquire and communicate knowledge.
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Educational Technology Standards:
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills of Internet use and other
resources consistent with acceptable use policies including the legal
consequences of plagiarism and the need for authenticity in student
work through an understanding of copyright issues.
- Refine knowledge and enhance skills in keyboarding, word
processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, databases, multimedia,
and telecommunications in preparing and presenting classroom projects.
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Objectives:
The objective of this activity is to:
1. Help students better understand the responsibilities involved in the
day -to -day care of a newborn baby.
2. Help students realize that having a baby does not always turn out as
they planned.
3. Help students become aware of the many birth defects and diseases
that new born babies may be born with.
4. Help students realize the responsibilities and difficulities of
caring for a handicapped or ill newborn.
5. Design a information pamphlet on their babies problem.
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Lesson
Materials and Resources:
Text - Parenting - Rewards and Responsibilities by Glencoe/ McGraw-Hill
2000
Plastic egg - one for each student.
List of diseases, handicaps, birth defects.
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Technology
Tools and Materials:
Hardware:
Classroom Computer
Software:
Printshop 6
Websites:
Medline Plus -Health
Information <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/>
March of Dimes <http://www.marchofdimes.com/>
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Background
Information:
Students will have completed Chapters 11 & 12 in their text.
Students should be able to access the internet for research purposes.
Students should be able to use Print Shop to complete an information
pamphlet. |
Lesson
Procedures:
Tell students this assignment is designed to give them some insight into
the experiences faced by new parents. This is a research project and
they will have one week to complete the the assignment. At the end of
the week their parenting duties are over, but remember that a real
parent's commitment is for life.
After completing their research, students will answer each question on
the Baby Experience Assignment Sheet about their newborn and arrange
their answers in report form. They will also develop a pamphlet on their
babies specific problem or problems. |
Contact
Information:
Jean Carr
jean.carr@mcschools.net
Neville High School |
