Puddle Jumping: Homeschool Review Crew - Apologia Health and Nutrition

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My high school daughter just started her Junior year and was in need of a health course, so I was thrilled to get a chance to review the Health and Nutrition Basic Set, Exploring Creation with Health and Nutrition by Dr. Laura Chase from Apologia Educational Ministries. This is Apologia's newest high school offering.

Also, there is a free activity book that I was so excited about that I actually downloaded it before I even received the curriculum through the mail. The 21 pages were packed with fun, educational activities like these:

NOW, LET'S JUMP INTO THE ACTUAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION CURRICULUM THAT I RECEIVED FOR REVIEW:

What is Apologia Health and Nutrition?

This is the company's newest Health and Nutrition course offering. I received a very nice hardcover text and a spiral student book, which is where the student writes the course notes and completes answers to projects and activities throughout the modules. I only had one student to use this with, but if you need additional books for more than one student using the course, you can purchase an additional Student Notebook as needed.

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How Did We Use It?

For starters, you open up the pages and get a clear picture of everything you will need throughout the year to use this course. Mainly, all you need are the two books: The text and student workbook, as well as some basic exercise equipment, padded floor or mat, tennis shoes, and a fitness ball (which we already have), there is also a password included to be used for internet book extras which includes a solutions manual and additional learning aid links to enhance the topics found in each module.

It also has the option of further extending your study online. A password is provided in the book to access additional links and such on the Apologia site of book extras:

I looked over the curriculum and then handed it over to my daughter who is a Junior in high school this year. She was thrilled about working through the course book and started right away. She plans on using this over the course of the full year and was excited to see that the full-year schedule breaks the lessons down into three per week since once her school year gets going full swing, she also plans to get a job this year while juggling her music and theatrical interests, so she will most likely be focused on full-time schooling only three days a week. The book can, however, alternatively also be used five days a week and finished in a semester.

The book is presented in chapters of study, called Modules. Within these modules, there are sections for Projects and On Your Own questions and activities. The student workbook provides space to jot down notes as well as question/answer style pages for the student to fill in their answers.

The modules begin with an introduction to why health and nutrition are important, followed by Module 2 that includes a study of physical influences on thoughts and feelings. Module 3 delves into mental and emotional stability.

Not far into the course, the book includes interesting information about personality types, followed by having the student take a personality assessment to determine their unique style.

The modules continue with information about senses, nutrition, hydration, macronutrients, micronutrients, an in-depth look into what you eat, the importance of oxygen, a unit on exercise, diseases, and reproduction, which is presented as a special gift from God.

All in all, the book contains a total of 15 modules followed by tests and an evaluation guide.

Before you proceed to the tests, the student gets a heads up message in the book:

Within each Module, the information is designed to include reading sections of text followed by projects.

Spattered throughout are purple boxes that include interesting tidbits of information. These sections are called Think About This:

The answers to the On Your Own Questions are included in the text to allow the students to work independently and self-check their work as they progress.

What Did We Think?

My daughter needed a health class this year for graduation requirements. I had looked at another curriculum that we had planned to use, but when I saw Apologia had a new course offering, I was very excited. I am a huge fan of Apologia, and I especially was interested in presenting a high school level health study, that would cover potentially sensitive topics, from a Christian perspective. I showed her this one, and I asked her to compare the two and decide which one she wanted to study. She looked them both over very closely and decided she preferred Apologia. One of the reasons why was that Apologia provided a suggested schedule which made it easy for her to follow the lessons and pace herself. After taking a sneak peek into the rest of the modules she will be studying throughout the year, I think she made a very good choice.

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