Wellness 10 A Curriculum Guide for the Secondary Level

Overview of K-12 Health Education/Physical Education

Note: To meet credit requirements for grade 12 graduation, students are required to take one health education or physical education course at the Secondary Level. Students may take Wellness 10, Physical Education 20, or Physical Education 30 to meet this health education/physical education requirement.

Elementary Level (grades 1-5) Required Area of Study	Middle Level (grades 6-9) Required Area of Study	Secondary Level (grades 10-12) Electives
Health Education 80 minutes/week	Health Education 80 min/wk (gr 6) 100 min/wk (gr 7-9)	Wellness 10 100 hours	Life Transitions 20 100 hours	Life Transitions 30 100 hours
Physical Education 150 minutes/week	Physical Education 150 minutes/week	Wellness 10 100 hours	Physical Education 20 100 hours	Physical Education 30 100 hours

Outline of Wellness 10

Unit 1: Orientation (5 hours)

Introduction to course (Wellness 10)

Unit 2: Strands of Wellness (60 hours)

Physical activity and fitness*
Stress management*
Leisure
Healthy eating
Relationships

Unit 3: Challenges for Wellness (5 hours)

HIV/AIDS education

Unit 4: Supports for Personal Wellness (15 hours)

Identification, prevention, and management of activity-related injuries

Unit 5: Supports for Local and Global Wellness (15 hours)

Volunteering in the community

* In Wellness 10, students design and carry out a minimum of two action plans – one related to Physical Activity and Fitness, and one related to Stress Management. These action plans may be combined into one “two-strand” action plan. It is hoped that students will carry out a third action plan. They may add Leisure, Healthy Eating, or Relationships to their two-strand action plan or they may carry out action plans in any of Units 3, 4, or 5.