Through Live Well: Middle School Health, students will discover
fundamentals of health and wellness and learn how to apply these
throughout their life span. The text will help students understand
how to do the following: Develop skills for healthy living
Prioritize healthy nutrition, physical activity, and stress
management Avoid destructive habits Build healthy relationships
Contribute to community and environmental health Skills Developed
The content in Live Well: Middle School Health is aligned with the
National Health Education Standards (NHES), state standards, and
the CDC's Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool. The text will
help students build an array of skills: Analyze the effect that
family, peers, media, and technology have on their health and
wellness Identify reliable sources of health information and become
savvy consumers Sharpen interpersonal communication skills as they
share health knowledge, debate controversial topics, manage
interpersonal conflicts, and more Strengthen decision-making skills
as they identify healthy solutions to problems posed In addition,
students will learn to create behavior change goals, establish
healthy living plans, advocate for healthy living at home and in
their communities, and discern how health and technology intersect
on various topics. Features and Benefits Live Well: Middle School
Health offers students many features and benefits. The text
provides skill-based learning applications to reinforce the health
concepts and help students develop health literacy. Skill-building
challenges, healthy living tips, career connections, and other
recurring special elements supply opportunities to analyze,
evaluate, and apply the health concepts and skills being taught.
Case studies and other features allow students to engage with
issues of diversity and inclusion across content areas. And
vocabulary terms-available in English and Spanish to meet the needs
of ELL and ESL students-help students test their understanding of
the material. To assist students using the print book or ebook, the
Live Well: Middle School Health Web Resource features easy access
to material referenced in the text, including note-taking guides,
vocabulary terms with English and Spanish definitions and audio
pronunciations, Skill-Building Challenge worksheets, and chapter
reviews. Live Well: Middle School Health is also available as an
interactive web text, which students can access from a computer,
tablet, or mobile device. The student interactive web textbook
contains the same content as the print book but uses interactive
audio, video, worksheets, and other great activities to help
students engage with the material and enhance learning. The
interactive web textbook offers audio vocabulary and definitions in
English and Spanish. Introductory videos at the beginning of each
lesson help students assess their knowledge going in, while videos
at the end of each lesson help students put what they've learned
into context. (The interactive web text is available separately to
schools that adopt the student textbook. Please contact the Human
Kinetics K-12 sales department for details.) Note: A code for
accessing the web resource is included with all new print books.
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