Final HHS 4M Post

Hard to believe that this is the final post of the semester.  We will finish up the topic of elder abuse first thing on Monday - we had a few points left to write, and then we will look at death and mourning.  Please bring your textbooks.

Tuesday we will watch the documentary I AM and then Wednesday and Thursday are for review.

Here are the details about your exam:

Knowledge and Understanding -  35 marks, all multiple choice
Application - 21 marks - , short answer worth 4,3,4, and two graphs each worth 5 marks
Thinking - 20 marks - a similarities and differences question worn 6, and a case study to read with questions that follow worth 2,3,4,5 marks.
Communication - 20 marks, a long answer question worth 10 marks, and a short answer worth 5 marks and then a quote to discuss also worth 5.  THe short answer question you choose the individual you want to discuss and there are two quotes  - you choose the one you prefer.

HHS 4M Jan 6 - 11

Happy New Year and Welcome back to reality.  Aren't you glad your final evaluations are finished!  This THursday we will have our parents with children test.  THen we will finish up the last unit in the course...Adulthood, where we look at aging and its issues and we complete the family life cycle.

Remember your final exam is worth 20% of your final mark and it is written in our classroom the morning of January 25th

Here are some pictures of our pre Christmas decorating

PAF 20 January 7 - 11

Happy New Year and Welcome back!!

We are doing the stairs to start working off all the Christmas eating and then you will be following your fitness plan.  We will also begin your final evaluation project this week.  Take note of all due dates on the calendar attached to this website.  Below is a copy of your final evaluation project...it has 3 distinct parts.

PAF 20 Final Assessment

2013

This Final Assessment is worth 30% of your final mark and will consist of 3 parts.

PART A: Fitness Portfolio

You will create a fitness portfolio that contains at least ten (10) fitness related articles. This can include “how to” information and “fitness workouts” You need to include one article on each of the following topics:

-muscular strength and endurance

-cardio

-flexibility

-nutrition

The other 6 articles can be on any fitness related topic.

You also need to provide a brief summary of any three of these articles – READ THE ARTICLES AND TYPE OR HANDWRITE A SUMMARY – include articles and summaries

Please hand in your portfolio in a duo-tang, folder, or scrap book and provide a title page with your name and table of contents as well.

Note: You may find articles online, in the magazines I provide or in your own magazines

Checklist

Title page ........................................................ ____

Table of contents ............................................ ____

Muscular strength and endurance article ...... ____

Cardiovascular article .................................. ____

Flexibility article .............................................. ____

Nutrition article ............................................... ____

3 article summaries ........................................ ____

At least 6 more articles .................................... ____

PORTFOLIO IS DUE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23^nd 2013

PART B Fitness Performance

Individually - each student will demonstrate an appropriate warm-up or cool down and two exercises for a specific part of the body (upper body, abs, lower body). The area of the body and whether it is a warm-up or cool down will be drawn randomly from a hat....ensure that you are prepared.......

Students need to include the following information ....what are the safety concerns (if any) for your exercises? What muscle(s) do your exercises target? (check your muscle handout) What equipment (if any) is required?

Individual Evaluations will take place MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 22, 23, 2013.

Part C Fitness Logbook and Reflection

Using the results of your fitness tests and the information in your fitness logs look back on the past 5 months and evaluate the progress you made in your personal fitness. You will write this reflection during the exam time period on Thursday January 24^th. You will also hand in your log book that day so be sure that all logs are complete and all required pages filled out.

Your Written Reflection Needs to answer/address the following:

• Look at your last fitness test results and compare them to your initial fitness test. In what two areas did you make your greatest improvement?

• Why do you think that happened? What fitness activities helped you improve?
• In what two fitness tests did you make little or no progress?
• Why do you think that happened? What fitness activity or component of fitness did you perhaps ignore?
• What was your main fitness goal and did you achieve that goal over the course of the semester? Why or why not?
• Were there any barriers to you achieving your goal that you had to overcome?
• What was the main thing you learned about nutrition and did you change any of your eating habits at all?

Fitness reflection COMPLETED IN CLASS THRUSDAY JANUARY 24^th 2013

LOG BOOK DUE THAT DAY AS WELL

PAF 20

This last week before Christmas we will be working extra hard to ensure that we are burning off our holiday eating in advance :)

You should have your new fitness goals for the new year and your plan complete.  You need to include a circuit and exercises that you can do at home over the holidays.

HHS 4M Dec 17 - 21

REMEMBER YOUR FINAL EVALUATION IF DUE WEDNESDAY DEC 19

SINCE THIS IS A FINAL EVALUATION THERE IS NO WIGGLE ROOM WITHT HE DEADLINE ...... IT MUST BE HANDED IN DEC 19th

Topics yet to cover this unit - Teen Pregnancy, Child Poverty and Death of a child

Hopefully Mrs Melo will be in to visit us in this last week before Christmas and share her parenting experiences.

Remember we agreed to have the Unit test the first Thursday or Friday back in the New Year.

HHS 4M

This week we will continue with the new unit Parents and Children

We look at fertility trends, the decision to parent and why couples choose not to have children.

We also will look at styles of parenting and how each are different

Be sure to hand your data analysis in for your independent study as your final essay is due Dec 19 and as it is a final evaluation it must be handed in on that day.

PAF 20 Dec 3 - 7

Yes it is December!  That means we are doing the stairs again - this month it is 5 times !!

Monday we will do the stairs and then finish up nutrition presentations - I have some quinoa salad as well as beet and lentil salad for you to try. I will also give you time to work on your log books

Tuesday we will workout and then start to set new goals and come up with a new exercise routine

Wednesday will be one of our last nutrition days and the rest of the week we will work on our fitness plans and an exercise circuit