Description

Exploring Creation with Health and Nutrition textbook, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive health course that will provide students with what they need to know to make the best choices for themselves as they become young adults.

The Exploring Creation with Health and Nutrition textbook is written in a conversational format, with the author talking directly to your student. Your student is guided through key learning strategies, such as thinking critically about what they are learning, identifying important parts of the information presented, taking meaningful notes, and completing projects.

Curriculum Overview

Apologia’s health and nutrition curriculum covers the physical, nutritional, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual aspects of growing into a healthy adult.

The course respectfully covers topics including mental illness, sexual reproduction, and biological sex as related to our gender roles from a Biblical worldview.

Topics covered include:

• Why Does Health Matter?
• Physical Influences on Thoughts and Feelings
• Mental and Emotional Stability
• Interpersonal Harmony
• Senses
• Nourishment and Hydration
• Food Science: Macronutrients and Micronutrients
• Body Systems and Structure
• Physical Fitness
• Infection and Immunity
• Spiritual Health
• Sexual Reproduction

Suggested Daily Schedule

A suggested daily schedule is included in the student notebook (sold separately), so your student easily understands what is expected of them each day, while also providing flexibility to meet the needs of your student and family.

Hands-on Projects

Throughout this module, your student will connect textbook instruction with hands-on projects for maximum learning. No special equipment is necessary.

In this health and nutrition course, there are over 50 projects noted and included in the textbook and student notebook (sold separately). These projects include practical topics such as nature versus nurture, personal temperament, good decision-making skills, boundary setting, analyzing food intake and activity levels, creating good hygiene habits, keeping a sleep record, and so much more.