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K-12 Health Curriculum Initiative - SD HealthEDventure
Introduction
South Dakota HealthEDventure is a comprehensive K-12 health curriculum that provides
access to health, guidance, wellness, and career education. It is a “one-stop” K-12 health
education website incorporating health, counseling and academic content standards, as well
as information from health care organizations and associations in the state.
The Need
In South Dakota, approximately 131,000 young people attend the state’s elementary,
middle and high schools for about 6 hours of classroom time each day for up to 13 of the most formative years of
their lives. Because schools are the only institutions that can reach nearly all youth, they are in a unique position
to improve both the education and health status of young people throughout the state. Because of funding issues, many
school districts do not have access to new and innovative curriculum – especially in the health and wellness areas. This
project provides SD HealthEDventure free of charge to all South Dakota school districts.
Project Description
SD HealthEDventure is a school-based instructional framework that
provides resources for students, educators and parents on such topics as: food and nutrition, fitness and exercise,
personal safety, the human body, diseases and prevention, relationships, character education, substance abuse, career
education, growth and development, emotional and mental health, first aid, academic success skills, health resources,
health and the media, and health and cultural issues.
Features of the K-12 website include:
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Interactive K-12 lesson plans based on health, physical
education, math, science, social studies, language arts, and guidance and
counseling standards.
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A scope and sequence for delivery which specifies
what health topics should be taught at each grade level.
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Separate sites for Kids (K-5), Teens (6-8),
Parents and Educators that are secure and password protected.
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A Fitness Center that includes a Health
Planner/Journal as well as a site for parents/students to set goals
for nutrition and exercise and track progress.
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A Health Library featuring video clips,
a dictionary, and suggested reading lists, as well as related
articles for students, parents, and educators.
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Experiments and lab exercises
for each lesson, as well as games and quizzes.
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Career Awareness, Exploration,
and Planning activities found on the Career EDventure site.
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A Parent site that includes information and
activities on each of the topics that parents can do with their children.
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A Teacher site that provides a suggested plan of
study for each grade level, standards correlation, instructional
strategies, lesson plans, resources for each topic, and an
assessment/rubric bank.
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A question and answer feature giving students an
opportunity to receive more in-depth information on a particular topic
from an expert in that particular field.
Project Access
A demo version of SD HealthEDventure is
available at www.HealthEdventure.org.
Contact Lori Mentzel at lmentzel@hcmti.com for guest login information.
Contact Information
Larry Kucker, COO
Health Care Medical Technology, Inc.
2301 West Russell, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Office: 605-333-0123
Cell: 605-359-5333
Marsha Kucker, Executive Director
Education Resource Center of South Dakota
715 E 14th Street, Sioux Falls, Sd 57104
Office: 605-367-7680
Cell: 605-280-0650
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