| Health Quest Pentathlon has been developed
as an upper elementary Health course to accomplish the following objectives: 1. The students will gain an awareness of health as
it applies personally to their own bodies, mind and emotions as well as generally in their
living environment, community and world.
2. The students will learn to identify the
components of a healthy lifestyle and set reasonable goals to achieve a lifestyle of
wellness.
3. The students will grow to understand that
good health is a life long pursuit.
4. The students will receive continuous
opportunity and motivation to apply health principles in their everyday lives
participating in the Health Course theme, "Health Quest Pentathlon."
5. The students will become aware that
incorporating sound health practices engender a lifestyle of moderation and wellness.
6. The students will grow in understanding
their responsibility to properly steward the bodies God has given them as directed in the
Bible.
7. The students will gain appreciation of
health as it applies to the broader society and world and their responsibility to engender
good health around them.
Course Considerations
This course has been developed to establish
lifelong good health habits and in consideration of the pre-teen students:
1. Expanding awareness about their changing
bodies.
2. Growing susceptibility to health fads,
trends and unhealthy lifestyles.
3. Maturing ability to incorporate healthy
living steps into their own lifestyle to avoid injury and disease.
4. Developing aptitude to apply material
they learn into their own lives and the surrounding environment.
5. Broadening concern of health as it
applies to the environment, their community and the world around them. |
