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Health 100 Contemporary Health Issues

UNIT 10 CHAPTER 11 -- Physical Fitness CHAPTER 16 -- Environmental Health
Learning Objectives Things To Do This Unit Reading & Viewing Assignments Activities

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, students should be able to:

1. Define physical activity and exercise.
2. Identify the benefits of leading a physically active lifestyle.
3. List the major components of health-related physical fitness.
4. Define aerobic exercise and name at least five different types of aerobic activities.
5. Calculate target heart rates.
6. Differentiate between isometric and isotonic forms of exercise.
7. Identify the negative effects of using anabolic steroids.
8. Design a personal workout-out session that includes warm up and cool down activities.
9. List the components of RICE treatment for exercise-related injuries.
10. Develop a physical fitness plan that can be followed for a lifetime.
11. Describe ways to reduce the risk of accidental poisoning in the home.
12. Identify common environmental health hazards and their sources.
13. Identify federal legislation intended to protect consumers from being harmed by toxic products and compounds.
14. Describe the negative effects that air pollution, water pollution, and loud sounds have on health.
15. Distinguish between gray-air cities and brown-air cities.
16. Take practical steps to reduce exposure to environmental health hazards.
17. Relate the impact of overpopulation on world health.

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Things To Do This Unit

1. Use the Online Final Review as a study guide for the chapters.
2. Continue working on Quiz 2.
3. All Q4R assignments are due this week.

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Reading & Viewing Assignments

1. View Lesson #25 Our Planet, Our Health Q4R
2. Read Chapter 11 (Physical Fitness), pages 283-315
3. Read Chapter 16 (Environmental Health), pages 451-474

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Activities

Questions for Reflection

There are five Viewing Lessons which offer Questions for Reflection. The lessons with Questions for Reflection are marked with a Q4R. You can choose three of the lessons to submit. These can be submitted any time during the semester, but must be completed by Week 92of the 16 Week class or Week 5 of the 8 week class. Instructions are listed on the Questions for Reflection page.

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