Health Lesson Ideas

Name of Activity: Personal Health - Evaluation

Purpose of Activity:

1. To encourage students to improve personal health habits.

2. To help students be more aware of their personal health habits and how health habits can affect overall health.

3. To help students evaluate their own health habits, practices and attitudes, and think about what they can do to improve their own personal health.

Suggested Grade Level: 6-8

Materials Needed:

Personal Health - Evaluation Sheet

Personal Health Evaluation Point Score Sheet

Description of Idea

Assessment Ideas:

Students assess themselves, but teacher can use point score total as an assessment tool --- at beginning of school year, and again at end of school year, to see of there has been improvement.

Teaching Suggestions:

You may want to draw up a confidentiality agreement with the students that you sign so they feel good about providing this information and that you are the only one that will know about it.