Mr. Parks
Teen Health
Assignment
Common Core State Standards
Reading Standards for Informational Text Grades 6-12
Key Ideas and Details 1
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 7, 8
Writing Standards 6-12
Text Types and Purposes 1, 2
Production and Distribution of Writing 4
Research to Build Present Knowledge 7, 8
Range of Writing 10
Language Standards 6-12
Conventions of Standard English 1, 2
Knowledge of Language 3
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use 6
Common Core State Standards
Reading Standards for Informational Text Grades 6-12
Key Ideas and Details 1
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 7, 8
Writing Standards 6-12
Text Types and Purposes 1, 2
Production and Distribution of Writing 4
Research to Build Present Knowledge 7, 8
Range of Writing 10
Language Standards 6-12
Conventions of Standard English 1, 2
Knowledge of Language 3
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use 6
Links to get you started
Obesity
Boston Children's Hospital, Optimal Weight for Life Program (OWL)
http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/o-_-z/optimal-weight-for-life-program/optimal-weight-for-life-program
Obesity
Boston Children's Hospital, Optimal Weight for Life Program (OWL)
http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/o-_-z/optimal-weight-for-life-program/optimal-weight-for-life-program
United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Adolescent and School Health
This site has lots of links with great information
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/index.htm
Adolescent and School Health
This site has lots of links with great information
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/npao/index.htm
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/Obesity_In_Children_And_Teens_79.aspx
http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/Obesity_In_Children_And_Teens_79.aspx
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Obesity: Nutrition and Exercise
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/_includes/Obesity_Standalone.pdf
Obesity: Nutrition and Exercise
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/center-for-adolescent-health/_includes/Obesity_Standalone.pdf
Children Obesity Foundation, Inc.
http://www.childrenobesityfoundation.net/
http://www.childrenobesityfoundation.net/
Diabetes
National Diabetes Education Program (a partnership of the National Institutes for Health and the Center for Disease Prevention and Control)
http://ndep.nih.gov/teens/
http://ndep.nih.gov/teens/
WebMD: Weight loss, teens, and risk of diabetes.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20130607/even-mild-weight-loss-may-lower-diabetes-risk-in-obese-teens
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20130607/even-mild-weight-loss-may-lower-diabetes-risk-in-obese-teens