Welcome to Nhasa's health class! I am so excited to be working with you all this year in this online manner! Please be sure to check out the class syllabus and timeline for what we will be covering and how grading will be done. You can reach me at either of my emails during the day: my contact information is to the right of the blog.
So, without further ado, here is today's assignment.
The English word "health" comes from the Old English word hale, meaning "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well,". What do you think health is? Can you break it up into different parts?
1. Write a blog entry with your definition of "health". Please explain your thinking. In your entry, explain what it means to be "in good health". Please do this without using any online dictionaries or resources. I want to know where you are starting in your thinking for this course.
2. If there was a "healthy scale", 10 being super healthy and 1 being extremely unhealthy, where would you place yourself? Please give explanations and reasons for your score. Tell me where your health "strengths" lie and where you may have some weaknesses or areas to work on.
Remember, this is your first assignment. I would like you to take your time writing your response. Share your thought process, explain and back up your statements, give examples, and really use your brain to think about the questions.
The second part of today's assignment is to go to this link,Kids Health , and browse the site for 10 minutes or so. Write me a second blog with a list of 5 to 10 topics that you are interested in investigating this year in health and nutrition.
I think health means that you exercise well, eat well, sleep well, and you don't hurt your body. I think its very important for exercise because it helps your weight. I also thinks it's healthy to eat well because you don't want to get over weight or have anything go wrong with your blood flow. It could also effect your heart. Sleeping well is also very important because not enough rest can hurt your head, body, and strength.
ReplyDeleteOn a scale of 1-10, I think I am about a 7. I think I am a 7 because sometimes I don't sleep very well and sometimes I eat a lot of junk food. But I have a feeling that I am getting better already.
I think that my strengths are around exercising and sleeping. Sometimes I don't sleep well, but I mostly do. My weakness is around eating probably. Like, I do eat healthy food, but sometimes I would get home from gym and I would just snack on junk food. But as I said before, I think I'm getting better already because I haven't had a lot of junk lately. I actually only snack if I'm bored. And I usually am bored.
-Hanna
Question 1: What is health? What does it mean to be "in good health?"
ReplyDeleteMy belife is that "health" is a topic that explains ones state. Meaning, that "health" can describe how one's physical state is, and mental state. To be "in good health" means different things for the physical state vs. the mental state. If a person has a healthy physical state, then I belive that, that person has these different things: They eat things that help their body, they sleep enough hours a night to rest and replenish their body, and they exersize to keep their body strong. If a person has a healthy mental state, then I belive that, that person has these different things: They respect themselves as a person and they make decisions that they belive is right and not what another person thinks is right weather it be about eating the right food and the nutrision part or weather it be about voteing and the political aspect of health. They respect other people as well by being nice to them and respecting their decision. With these definisions, I think that one must do more than just one thing to be healthy, like just eating right or just exercising. Everything works together. One has to eat rite AND excersize or respect themselves AND others. I belive that health works as a system and that system includes the physical AND mental aspect of it.
Kalden Alexander
The website, Kids Health, was okay. I didn't like it very much. I wish there were more games to play online. Like crossword puzzles or stuff like that. That would be cool(:
ReplyDelete-Hanna
Question 2: If there was a "healthy scale", 10 being super healthy and 1 being extremely unhealthy, where would you place yourself? Where are your strangths and where are you weeknesses?
ReplyDeleteI would probably give myself a 7. I do a lot of good healthy things like work out and eat good. However, somethings that I do are not very healthy, for example: A lot of my weeknesses lye in my sleeping. I am usually kind of tired during the day, and I don't get to bed until late. I eat pretty well, but I do snack a lot at night. My strangths are surtainly in working out and knowing what is and what isn't healthy for me to eat.
Kalden Alexander
I believe the word health describes how someone is feeling whether it is laying at home sick or out enjoying the day. There are two different types of health, there is BAD HEALTH and GOOD HEALTH. Bad health meaning sick and tired, good health means taking care of your body, getting enough sleep and exercise, and eating well.
ReplyDeleteMax Jenson
I would consider myself a 8, I do a lot of healthy activities and I do not get sick very often. I eat pretty well and get to bed pretty early but I can still be kind of tired during the day. I feel that I get a lot of exercise with my sports but I sometimes get tired early in the day. I feel I need to eat more things that will give me lasting energy. I should cut back on the sugar I have a bit of a sweet tooth.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the site and I liked the cooking and games parts, but thats all.
ReplyDeleteQuestion one:
ReplyDeletea:Health means wheather you feel good or bad, you have a good or bad weight, if you are sick or not, if you eat healthy or not, if you get enough sleep and other stuff like that.
b:If there was a healthy scale, 10 being super healthy and 1 being not healthy at all, I would place myself at 7, because I get exersize, but could get more, I could get more sleep, I rarley ever get sick, I like to cook and I eat what I cook so... and I like chocolates and stuff like that.
Question 1: what is the definition of health?
ReplyDeletethe definition would be the way your body is functioning.
Question 1:Explain what "good health" means
"good health" means getting enough exercise, and stretching your muscles. Also eating good foods such as: Grains, meats, dairy, produce. your attitude is also a big part of health.
Question 2:if there was a healthy scale what you rate yourself?
I would rate myself an 8 because i get enough if not more exercise than an average person. I eat lots of healthy foods. I almost never get colds, or get a really bad stomach ace.
Question 2: my strengths
i exercise enough and eat healthy.
Question 2: what are your weaknesses?
On weekends i tend to be lazy since i'm always in gymnastics. I also tend not to eat during the three hours i'm in gym.
-callie
My lowest were musice and Mathamatics, then Linguistic, after that it was Natarualistic, then it was Intrapersonal, then it said Visual/Spatial and then it was Body/Kinesthetic, then Music.
ReplyDeleteIt would help me in school on the subjects that I'm strong on, and it would make it difficult for me in the subjects I had a lower score in.
I was only surprised when Mathamatics was lower because I'm usally good at math.
~Raquel
I thought it was interesting how if your gender is different you can have a different type of cancer. i Also thought it was interesting how your Genetics can cause different health problems. And the Environment you live in or work. Your culture has a big effect on good or bad health. Education and support can effect your health also
ReplyDeleteCallie
what i thought was interesting was that heath is just not about being sick or healthy it is also about being mentaly fit .and if you have a lot of family and friend support you will have a better chance of enjoying better heath and i found that very interesting.
ReplyDelete-imali
I'd like to learn more about the ...
ReplyDeleteSocioeconomic status
Physical environment
Culture
Physical environment
I liked these things from the article!
Linguistic 35
ReplyDeleteMathematics 34
Visual/Spatial 29
Body/Kinesthetic 37
Naturalistic 37
Music 33
Interpersonal 39
Intrapersonal 23
My peaks or high scores were:
ReplyDeleteInterpersonal 31
Linguistic 32
Body/Kinesthetic 33
From, Callie
1. Where are your "peaks" OR strengths?
ReplyDeletemy strengths are Body/Kinesthetic
2. How might this effect you in school? How might it help you or make things harder for you?
It can make it harder in school because it's hard for me to sit for a long time with out getting distracted. it might also help because i like to be social and talk so during discussions it might help. also i love to read and write.
3. Were you surprised by any of your peaks, or did your profile fit in with what you know about yourself?
I was surprised about some things, but most were expected.
from callie
How do you think my intelligences that might effect how I am as a teacher?
ReplyDeleteThese might effect how you teach your class, what you study, how you treat your students and your attitude during school.
- Callie
1. How might this makeup of learners influence the learning environment in this health class? Looking at your own high scores, what types of activities might best help you learn concepts in this health class? If I am working with a very motivated group I will excel more than working with kids that aren’t motivated at all. I learn well with workbooks, pictures and I always try to make the work fun.
ReplyDelete2. Thinking about the areas where you might have scored lower, what are some strategies that you can come up with when you might have to do work in those types of areas? I scored low in music, I think this is because I do not sing much, it is also hard for me to remember the lyrics to songs that my friends can.
3. Many people have discussed the possibility of a new type of learner, an "electronic" or "tech" learner, due to the many advances in technology over the past ten years. What is your reaction to this possible type of learner? What characteristics might this type of learner have? Do you think this is one of your strengths? I think learning on the computer is hard because it is just like starring at a picture, I would rather learn in a book or something where I could move through it.
If the following comment is yours, please let me know as there is no name attached. I want to be sure you get credit for your work!
ReplyDeleteThe comment was:
Question one:
a:Health means wheather you feel good or bad, you have a good or bad weight, if you are sick or not, if you eat healthy or not, if you get enough sleep and other stuff like that.
b:If there was a healthy scale, 10 being super healthy and 1 being not healthy at all, I would place myself at 7, because I get exersize, but could get more, I could get more sleep, I rarley ever get sick, I like to cook and I eat what I cook so... and I like chocolates and stuff like that.
I think that might be mine
ReplyDelete~Raquel