The Materials
For Teachers
- Nine thematic units
- Two learning levels
- Nine Student Issues per level
- One Teacher’s Guide per level
- Alternative teaching strategies
- Targeted extension activities
- Project and performance-based assessments
- Social/emotional learning and life skills
- Family Bulletins
- Meets national standards for health education
- Printed and digital formats for student and teacher materials
For Students
- Engaging Student Issues
- Interactive lessons
- Builds critical thinking
- Project-based learning
- Real World Performance Assessment Tasks
For Families
- Family Bulletins
- Touching Home discussion starter
- Current and reliable health resources
For Administrators
- Common Core for English, Language Arts, and Literacy embedded in all lessons
- Integrates the National Educational Technology Standards
- Annually updated
- Never obsolete
- Emphasizes life-long learning
- Meets the unique social, emotional, and cognitive needs of young people ages 11- 14
- Impacts student health behavior and academic achievement
- Research-based