4.+Student+Learning+Experiences

= TUNING IN: =

Diagnostic: What do you already know?

Health is more than merely eating well and exercising. Take the time to reflect what you think health is, what behaviours are associated with health? What are the various issues regarding health? What are the various types of health?





The following is a glossary of the key terms used within health: [|Vocabulary Glossary for teen health]


 * Start work on Assessment Task 1: **
 * Follow the instructions on the Assessment Page to create a Wordle to see what is current. Attach your thoughts on the discussion board under the Assessment Task

= FINDING OUT: =

Using the following links and the [|Middlespot] search engine find information regarding the dimensions of health (Spiritual, Physical, Social & Emotional) and research current rends and issues that affect the health of young adolesents (aged 12-17).

Health Domain: **//Physical//**

[|How much Activity Is enough??] [|Nutrition Australia]

[|Dietary Guidelines] [|Defficiency Diseases] [|Food Safety] [|Drug Information - Queensland Health]

Health Domain: //**Social**//

[|Social Inequities regarding health access in Australia] [|Teen Relationships and social dynamics]

Health Domain: //**Spiritual**//

[|Spiritual Wellness]

Health Domain: //**Emotional**//

[|Children, youth and women health service: Definition of mental/emotional health] [|How to improve emotional health]

= SORTING OUT: =

You have probably found out a great deal of information regarding health and it's dimensions. GREAT! Now it's your turn to become Health experts...... Use the following steps to conduct your own research into health of adolescents within our school context.

** Step 1: Analyse the your findings and make sense of what you found. **

 * Write a small summary of the dimensions of health

** Step 2 :From your findings organise them into focus areas or from which you are interested in or are important **

 * Using your research findings and interests; create an interactive online survey about health using [|SURVS] . [See below video for step by step tutorial]
 * Ensure your survey covers most of the dimensions of healthmedia type="custom" key="7181049" align="right"
 * Is written in a formal way
 * Post your survey link on the following page:



** Step 3: Organise you findings and analyse it **

 * From the responses on your online surveys, highlight any trends issues or concerns
 * Make sense of the data: Are the responses from you surveys different from your reading or as anticipated?

= MAKING CONCLUSIONS =

You are now the experts of health!! Think back to your prior knowledge of health, do you now have different views of health?
 * Using the knowledge you have gained from your inquiry into health: Articulate your new understandings and draw conclusions from the survey data and research using the following blog link within "Blogger".


 * Make generalisations and summaries of what you now know
 * Please feel free to comment and enrich other peoples blogs!!

= GOING FURTHER =

As you can see health impacts all of us both individually and as a society. How can you make a difference??

**Activity: **

 * If you haven't already, post a 2nd Blog[[image:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__OMKJLh1K5k/Swc0a_NSz7I/AAAAAAAAAJs/l4CiPsSt-1g/s1600/blogger.png width="138" height="74" align="right" caption="Health survey blog link" link="http://healthsurveyfeedbackandthoughts.blogspot.com/"]]
 * In this blog create suggestions on how to improve teen health
 * What institutions that you can use to your advantage?
 * Choose an institution that shares the same belief of health as you.

= REFLECTING AND TAKING ACTION =


 * Collate your survey, blogs and reflections
 * Write a letter to the institution, attaching your: research, blogs and surveys
 * Include:
 * Thoughts
 * Trends: use evidence (surveys)
 * Your intentions
 * What is problematic with the status quo? Or what is the organisation doing well to support your vision
 * Possible solutions
 * Request clarity or more information if required
 * Please utilise the correct genre
 * See attached for letter writing style: [|How to write a Letter of Appeal]

==// Congratulations on your self-guided discovery into the issues of health! You are now on track to live a "healthy" lifestyle and promote others around you to do the same. Think back to what you first knew about health in the "Diagnostic" task. Do you now feel like you have a much more informed perspective of the dimensions of health? //==