6th Grade Health and Wellness

Enrollment Message

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Course Description

Health Education in grade 6 is based on the Indiana Academic Standards for Health and Wellness. Students in grade 6 health education will learn and develop skills to maintain their physical, social, mental, and intellectual health, and will practice setting health-enhancing goals.  Ongoing assessments include written evaluations, and will encourage students to make meaningful personal connections!. Along with the current academic standards, there is an expectation of a continuum of reading and writing skills development.

Course Goals

Upon completion of the course, students will…

• identify positive and negative influences on health behavior.
• describe how to be a healthy consumer.
• describe ways to improve the environment.
• strategize how to reduce injury during exercise and at home.
• demonstrate how to control emotions.
• identify trusted adults and define personal boundaries.
• explain how to be a good friend and upstander. 
• describe the parts of the life cycle and the changes that occur during puberty. 
• identify the role of the reproductive systems. 

Indiana Academic Standards

• Health and Wellness K-12

Units of Instruction

• Unit 1 Influences on Health
• Unit 2 Evaluation of Health Sources
• Unit 3 Consumer Health
• Unit 4 Environmental Health
• Unit 5 Injury Prevention
• Unit 6 Household Safety
• Unit 7 Emergency Preparedness
• Unit 8 Life-Threatening Situations
• Unit 9 Emotions and Behavior
• Unit 10 Trusted Adults
• Unit 11 Personal Boundaries
• Unit 12 Bullying and Harassment
• Unit 13 Human Life Cycle
• Unit 14 Human Reproductive System
• Unit 15 Puberty
• Unit 16 Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Grading/Evaluation

Indiana Online does not assign letter grades, grant credit for courses, nor issue transcripts or diplomas. A final score reported as a percentage of total points earned will be sent to students upon completion of a course. Your school of record can also access this score within the Student Information System, Genius. The final score will be shown as a percentage in Canvas and Genius. The student’s school of record will determine the letter grade based on their specific grading scale.

Students must complete at least 70% of the course and take all parts of the final exam(s) to have a score reported to their school of record. Failure to meet these requirements will result in a score of 0 reported to the school of record.

Assessments

Online assessments consist of formative and summative assessments represented by computer-graded multiple choice, teacher-graded writing assignments including hands-on projects, model building and other forms of authentic assessments. The course includes the following assessments

• 38 Assignments
• 17 Quizzes

Teacher Contact Response Time

Students can use email or the private message system within Genius or Canvas to access highly qualified teachers when they need teacher assistance. Students will also receive feedback on their work inside Canvas. The Teacher Information page of their course may describe additional communication options.

The teacher will respond to student inquiries (email, text, call) within one business day. Assignments will be graded and posted within two business days.

Expectations for Academic Conduct 

Student Handbook 

It is your responsibility to read the student handbook to understand all aspects of taking an online course including expectations for academic conduct. Contact your teacher if you have any questions. 

Assistance for Students with Accommodations

Indiana Online supports an inclusive learning environment for all students. If there are aspects of the instruction or design of this course that hinder your full participation, such as inaccessible web content, or the use of non-captioned videos and podcasts, reasonable accommodations can be arranged.

Technology

Technology Requirements 

Students will require a computer device with headphones, a microphone, webcam, up-to-date Chrome Web Browser, and access to YouTube. Please review the Indiana Online’s Technology Requirements.

Technical Skills Needed 

Basic technology skills necessary to locate and share information and files as well as interact with others in a Learning Management System (LMS), include the ability to

• download, edit, save, convert, and upload files
• download and install software
• use a messaging service similar to email
• communicate with others in online discussion or message boards, following basic rules of netiquette
• open attachments shared in messages
• create, save, and submit files in commonly used word processing program formats and as a PDF
• save a file as a .pdf
• copy and paste and format text using your mouse, keyboard, or an html editor’s toolbar menu
• insert images or links into a file
• search for information within a document using Ctrl+F or Command+F keyboard shortcuts
• work in multiple browser windows and tabs simultaneously
• activate a microphone or webcam on your device, and record and upload or link audio and/or video files
• use presentation and graphics programs
• follow an online pacing guide or calendar of due dates
• use spell-check, citation editors, and tools commonly provided in word processing tool menus
• create and maintain usernames and passwords

Technical Questions?  Please contact the Indiana Online Helpdesk.