Health, 2nd edition

by BJU Press

ScienceGrades 9–12

BJU Press Health: Conservative Christian High School Health Curriculum

BJU Press Health, 2nd edition is a high school health curriculum that covers traditional health topics like body systems, fitness, and mental health alongside broader life skills such as budgeting and interpersonal relationships. The curriculum integrates a conservative Christian worldview throughout and includes unique topics like environmental stewardship and emergency preparedness.

Best for

Homeschool families and Christian schools seeking a comprehensive high school health curriculum with traditional instructional methods and conservative Christian perspective

Evaluation Criteria

6 strengths · 1 insufficient evidence

Knowledge RichStrength

The curriculum covers a broad range of health-related content including body systems, diseases, nutrition, and mental health with extensive analysis components like diet tracking.

Students do extensive tracking and analysis of their own diets to determine necessary nutrients, and the course covers body systems, diseases, infections, and nutrition from a traditional perspective

Teacher TrainingStrength

The teacher edition provides comprehensive instructional support with objectives, lesson materials, and answer keys essential for effective delivery.

Teacher edition described as essential with reduced student pages surrounded by objectives, lesson presentation material, and answer keys

Direct InstructionStrength

The curriculum follows a traditional instructional approach with clear chapter organization, vocabulary introduction, and guided questions.

Chapters divide into sections that begin with vocabulary, pose engaging questions, and conclude with comprehension checks, supported by detailed teacher materials

Retrieval PracticeStrength

The curriculum includes multiple review opportunities through section reviews, chapter recall questions, and assessment materials.

Sections conclude with Section Review questions, chapters end with bullet-point reviews and recall questions, plus optional assessment book with chapter tests

Hands On IntegrationStrength

The curriculum includes structured hands-on activities through Hands-On Health boxes that reinforce content with practical applications.

Hands-On Health boxes present activities and projects like researching first aid for sports-related injuries and making Biblical Stewardship posters

Scientific VocabularyStrength

Each section begins with vocabulary terms, indicating systematic introduction of health and science terminology.

Each section begins with vocabulary terms and includes comprehensive coverage of health topics that would require domain-specific vocabulary

Ngss AlignmentInsufficient Evidence

While the curriculum covers health science content, there is no specific mention of NGSS alignment or three-dimensional learning integration.

No mention of NGSS standards or practices in the review, though content covers health-related science topics

Review Sources

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Cathy Duffy

Key Facts
GradesGrades 9–12
SubjectScience
PedagogyTraditional
Faith-BasedChristian

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