School Wiki Assignment: Addiction

Sign into Health II Day 2 Block 1 WIKI. Look for assignment under week 10/29-11/4. Post all answers to the 7 essential questions in the reply section for each essential question in the wiki, not in your blog. Make sure you do the reading assignment before you post answers. These should be done in class on 11/1. If you do not finish in class finish at home and have completed by 11/4.

Drug Facts Chat Day

Hi everyone,
Today we will be taking part in a nationwide online chat presented by NIDA ( National Institute on Drug Abuse). Your assignment will be to take part in the nationwide chat and post in your blog under your homework section your questions and the answers you receive. We will share these in class on Tuesday when we meet again. The site URL is:

http://drugabuse.gov/chat/

You will need to remember your user name to access the days transcript by:

When will my question get answered?

We will make every effort to answer your question in a timely fashion. However, we are expecting a very high volume of questions throughout the day. Please be patient, and remember that you can always check the transcript if you do not see your response posted during your class period.

Will a transcript be available after the chat is over?

Yes. We will post a full transcript shortly after the chat.

Have fun and responsible in sharing with others during this first nationwide chat presented by NIDA.

Testicular Cancer and Cervical Cancer

http://www.aicr.org.uk/testicularcancerfaqs.stm?source=Adwords

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/testicular-cancer/DS00046

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/std/hpv.htm

http://www.gardasil.com/risk-for-hpv.html?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=GL047

The links above will provide possible lifesaving information to all young men. This information is not just for men but for women as well. Later on in life this information could help save your spouse's life as well as your son. In addition women and men should be informed about one of the leading causes of cervical cancer and what they can do to help prevent this life threatening disease in their spouse or partner. We will go over this information in class. Your assignment will be to do a write up of the shared information in your homework section of your blog. This assignment should be posted by 9/16/07.

Tobacco Assignment

Hello Everyone,
Starting 10/8/07 we will be involved in a comprehensive class project on tobacco and the effects it
has on everyone in the world. To lighten the load everyone will be assigned a topic to research and post to their blog. In addition to this everyone will do a presentation of their project to the class. You will post your project in your home work section by 10/11/07 so that the presentations will begin on 10/12/07. Make sure you use a heading "Tobacco" and then put your "topic title"below that. As usual you will also be required to copy and paste all the other projects in your shared project area under the heading " Tobacco Projects". If all goes well this part should be completed by 10/15/07. If you have any concerns please see me for some guidance. Use the link " cancer .org in the resource section of this blog to do your research.

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/flash/index.html

Contraceptive Assignment

Hello Everyone,

I hope the information presented by Ricky will be useful in your everyday life. This assignment will allow you to make a choice of what you would like to do for a project to show your knowledge of contraceptives. Here Are your choices:

1)Using the handouts given to you by Ricky and the notes that you took in class write a type 3 response to the following FCA's: 1) Completely describe the various methods of contraceptives discussed in class. 2) Using the pamphlets on how to discuss contraceptives with your parents and partner and write a response to both of these issues. 3) Write a response on what you think about who should be allowed to obtain contraceptives ( age related) and why.

2. Go to the following web sites and listen to the following podcasts and write a type 2 write on each podcast session. If you cannot access these sites on your computer then you will need to do the first assignment.

A World Without Cervical Cancer: The HPV Vaccine Show

Sex Myths: BUSTED!

Birth Control

The assignment should be posted in your homework posting area. Assignments should be posted by Thursday, 10/11/07. Remember !!! Only do assignment 1 or 2 not both!!!

STI Assignment

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone took away some thing from Ricky’s presentation on STI’s. Your assignment is to do a write up on the 7 STI’s that Ricky presented. FCA’s for this assignment is to include the following for each of the STI’s: 1) What is it? 2) How do you get it? 3) What are the symptoms? 4) How can you know for sure? 5)How is it treated? 6) What can happen if you don’t take care of it? This assignment should be posted by Friday, 10/5. Please post it in your “Homework “section of your blog. Remember that it will be expected that you use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation