2.  What is the definition of health?  What are the different aspects of health?  How do you measure health?

3.  Journal entry: How would you define health? How could you measure it?  (Describe class work points)

4.  Health refers to the overall well-being of your body (physical, mental, social, and spiritual).  Health can be measured by various factors

5.  Life Expectancy: The number of years a person can expect to live  Life expectancy has been improving, but now it seems to be reversing (since 2000…why?)  Quality of life: The degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life  Difference between a healthy person at 70 and one that has many medical problems

6.  Physical Health: how well your body functions, carry out every day tasks, exercise, sleep  Mental and Emotional health: Is your mind alert? Do you learn from your mistakes? Are your emotions proper responses to events, do you relax, share feelings?  Social Health: How well you get along with others. Relationships, family, friends, communicating, caring about others

7.  A continuum is a gradual progression through many stages between one extreme and another  Wellness is a state of high level health  Illness is a state of low level health  The choices you make on a daily basis affect your position on the health continuum

8.  Many of the choices you make daily affect your position on the health continuum.  Decisions are based upon your values. What is important to you?

9.  Draw, or cut out a picture, of five different ways to stay healthy and put them on your folder (you may use the front and the back)  Describe each behavior (example: running, getting plenty of rest, having friends)  Relate each behavior to it’s corresponding aspect of health (physical, mental/emotional, or social)  20 points (3 points for each picture, 5 points for creativity/neatness)