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Organic Vegetables

Health
(Available 2027-2028)

Health is an important concept to understand as our lives and environments change, especially for middle school students.  In this class we’ll discuss a variety of different physical health concepts from healthy eating, exercise, and sleep habits, to learning about our emotional health and managing stress and difficult emotions.  We’ll discuss social media and its effects on our health, as well as the importance of nurturing relationships.  This class will also discuss mental health: ways we can recognize it, have compassion for others, and discover tools to help us overcome challenges in our lives.  With this, we’ll also discuss the systems in our bodies that help us function at optimal performance.  There will be many hands-on activities, and at-home activities, that hopefully will help all students be more aware of their personal needs, the needs of those around them, and have a desire to balance their emotional and physical health, so they can have joy amidst changes around them.

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Concepts Studied

  • Healthy Foods

  • Exercise

  • Sleep

  • ​Drugs and Alcohol

  • Social Media

  • Mental Illness

  • Eating Disorders

  • Balance of Physical and Emotional Health

  • Microbiome

  • Friendships

  • Relationships

  • Managing Stress

  • Emotions

  • Overall Health of Body

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Projects Completed

  • 3 Personal Projects

  • Presentation on a Scientist

  • Various labs and activities

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Skills developed

  • Maintain a lab notebook

  • Self-directed learning in areas of interest

  • Produce quality work

  • Creatively looking at problems, and finding solutions

  • Hands-on work to discover science principles

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Abilities developed

  • Looking at systems as a whole, not isolated

  • Making connections between different areas of science

  • Cultivate internal motivation

  • Take personal responsibility

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Student Expectations

  • Come to class with assigned reading/videos/presentations complete

  • Come prepared with questions from assigned reading/videos

  • Read weekly emails and take the time to ponder given question and be prepared for a discussion

  • Always come with a positive attitude

  • Be respectful of all other students

Class Information

When:  Monday's TBD

Class Size:  Minimum of 4 students, maximum of 8 students

Age Recommendation:  11-14

Where:  Sarah's Home (Philomath) or Zoom

Lab Fee (non-refundable):  $140, paid at checkout to hold your spot

  • Includes all material and supplies for the year needed for labs, activities, and field trips

Class Fee (last day to withdraw Sept 30):  $22/1.5-hour class, 27 week course, monthly payment option available at checkout.

  • excludes

    • required books and supplies needed

  • includes ​​

    • Class preparation and instruction, mentoring, presentation feedback, weekly emails, end-of-class certificates and portfolio information

Required Books

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie by Erin Soderberg Downing

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

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Supplies Needed

  • Notebook and colored pencil provided

  • Pencil/Pen

Tentative Class Schedule

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