1. Ms. Kelly 6th Grade Health
The Health Triangle
Ms. Kelly
6th Grade Health

2. Journal…
The word “health” can refer to a lot of different things to different people. What does the word “health” mean to you? How would YOU define it?
Can you think of AT LEAST 3 things you do to be healthy?

3. Health PSA

4. 1.) What is health?
A combination of physical, mental, and social well-being

5. The Health Triangle
PHYSICAL
MENTAL
SOCIAL

6. Bell Ringer: Complete “Am I Healthy” Worksheet

7. 2.) PHYSICAL HEALTH The condition of your body EXAMPLES—
Getting regular exercise
Eating a well-balanced diet
Maintaining your ideal weight
Practicing good grooming habits/ hygiene
Avoiding alcohol, tobacco, & other drugs
Getting plenty of rest

8. In your journal, briefly describe what happened below.

9. 3.) MENTAL HEALTH Your thoughts, feelings and emotions EXAMPLES—
Express your feelings in healthy ways
Strive to learn new information
Develop thinking & decision making skills
Learn positive ways to deal with life’s problems
Learn how to handle stress
Accept yourself & like who you are

10. Next, describe what you do to help or enhance your social health?
With a partner: Discuss which image below shows individuals who are practicing good social health. Discuss how you know….
IMAGE #1
IMAGE #2
Next, describe what you do
to help or enhance your social health?

11. 4.) SOCIAL HEALTH The way you relate to others EXAMPLES—
Get along with family members
Make and keep friends
Work well in a group
Disagree with others without fighting
Give and get support when needed

12. Journal: Read the following stories and discuss why each individual has an unbalanced triangle. Then, discuss what each teen can do to help the triangle become more balanced. Afterwards, share whether or not you can relate to one of the teens below and how/why.
DAN: Dan loves sports. He’s on the swim team and runs track. When he’s not practicing or competing, he likes to read about sports on the Internet. He never seems to have enough time for his family and friends and is often too tired to do his schoolwork. His grades are low, and he’s worried he’ll have to repeat a year.
ZOE: Zoe is determined to get good grades—perhaps too determined. She studies hard most evenings and often spends time in the library on weekends. She takes little time to see her friends. Lately, she doesn’t seem to have any friends. She sometimes goes hiking with her family, but rarely gets any other exercise.
KIM: Kim is one of the most popular girls in her school. She’s always arranging sleepovers and spends hours texting her friends. She likes all the attention she gets but notices that she’s often tired and grumpy. She always seems to rely on last-minute studying for a test, which stresses her out.

13. 5.) What happens to someone who neglects one side of the triangle?
The other parts are affected and your health triangle becomes unbalanced
PHYSICAL
MENTAL
PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL
MENTAL
MENTAL
SOCIAL
SOCIAL
SOCIAL

14. 6.) How can you correct it? FIND BALANCE
Make time in your schedule to fit in the areas of the triangle that you are missing….
Combine elements of the triangle
For example:
If lack physical…
If lack social…
If lack mental…
FIND BALANCE
participate in PE!
go to a movie with a friend!
schedule in some “me” time!

15. Bell Ringer:
Complete the “Personal Inventory” found in the back of your note packets.

16. Discuss with a partner:
Based on class discussions, it seems many of you know things we can (and should) do to improve/maintain our physical, mental, and social health. However, we’ve also discussed that many adolescents are not doing these things... Why do you think so many young people take unnecessary risks with their health?

17. Bell Ringer:
Today, you will present your health triangles in ~30 seconds or less. Prepare/think about what you will share for the next few minutes…
Consider:
Is your triangle balanced?
What is your favorite part to work on?
Share NO MORE than one example from each section