Course Outline for Our Health 101 Homeschool Health and Fitness Curriculum

Twelve Health 101 homeschool health and fitness units help middle school students explore topics of nutrition, personal hygiene and health, exercise and fitness, and safety.

Unit One: What is Health?

• Lesson One: What Is Health?
• Lesson Two: Serving Sizes
• Lesson Three: Food Pyramid

 

Unit Two: What is Nutrition?

• Lesson Four: What Is Nutrition?
• Lesson Five: Sources of Nutrients
• Lesson Six: Calcium
• Lesson Seven: Review Lessons 1-6
• Lesson Eight: Quiz: Lessons 1-6

 

Unit Three: Nutritional Needs of a Teen

• Lesson Nine: Bone Matters
• Lesson Ten: No Bones About It
• Lesson Eleven: Fruit
• Lesson Twelve: Let’s Talk Vegetables!

 

Unit Four: Healthy Food Choices

• Lesson Thirteen: Protein, Part One
• Lesson Fourteen: Protein, Part Two
• Lesson Fifteen: Whole Grains
• Lesson Sixteen: Whole Grains Review
• Lesson Seventeen: Review Lessons 9-16
• Lesson Eighteen: Quiz: Lessons 9-16

 

Unit Five: Personal Hygiene

• Lesson Nineteen: Personal Hygiene, Part One
• Lesson Twenty: Personal Hygiene, Part Two

 

Unit Four: Dental Health

• Lesson Twenty-One: Dental Health, Part One
• Lesson Twenty-Two: Dental Health, Part Two

 

Unit Five: Heart Health

• Lesson Twenty-Three: Heart Health for Teens, Part One
• Lesson Twenty-Four: Heart Health for Teens, Part Two
• Lesson Twenty-Five: Heart Health for Teens, Part Three

 

Unit Six: Muscle Health

• Lesson Twenty-Six: Muscles
• Lesson Twenty-Seven: Muscles and Exercise
• Lesson Twenty-Eight: Muscle Safety

 

Unit Seven: Exercise and Fitness

• Lesson Twenty-Nine: What Is Exercise?
• Lesson Thirty: Fitness

 

Unit Eight: Brain Health

• Lesson Thirty-One: The Brain Is the Boss!
• Lesson Thirty-Two: Sleep

More About Our Health 101 Homeschool Health and Fitness Curriculum

Health 101 homeschool health and fitness course designer Michele Hamilton is a New England native who loves the four seasons. She is a nurse with over 20 years of experience in nursing, as well as education in the health field, and she works full-time as a Director of Nursing. She especially loves the teaching aspect of her job and is also homeschooling her own teens. Teaching has always been one of her passions, and she is pleased to be able to help other homeschool families in their efforts.

In this Health 101 homeschool health and fitness course, middle school students learn about how important it is to be healthy. They learn how the choices they make affect their growing bodies now and later in life.

Health 101 students explore a variety of topics over the 32-week course. Each unit covers a specific topic for middle school students to review, research, read, study, and enjoy. What better way to learn than when having fun, right?