Exploring balance in health

Explore balance in relation to health

Compare good health to poor health and consider how balance is needed to promote good health.

For an Online Lesson: Use Presentation and post worksheet on Google Classroom. Make a copy for each student.

Explain WALTs (slide 2)

Task 1 (slide 3) - Students write on the worksheet what they think the definition of ‘health’ is. Ask for a few answers (hands down) then show the World Health Organisation definition on slide 4 and simplified version on slide 5.

Task 2 (slide 6) - Students attempt to describe physical mental and social health on the worksheet. Hear a few answers (hands down) then go through answers on slide 7. Students should now understand that health is made up of physical, mental and social aspects.

Task 3 (slide 8) - Students complete the tree map on the worksheet to show aspects needed for good physical, mental and social health. They should do this while watching the video - stop the video at 4:30.
Students answer the question “which is the most important of the three aspects of health” in the chat box. Ask a few to explain their answer.
Go to slide 10 and explain that to be in good health we must balance all three aspects.

Task 4 (slide 11) - quick statement sorting activity. Students cut and paste the statements into the correct cells of the table (all on the worksheet). Should only take about 3 minutes.

Task 5 - (slide 12) - Students suggest ideas of what we need to balance in our lives to have good health. Example given is physical exercise/playing computer games. Other good examples could be balance between healthy and unhealthy food, balance between interacting with other people/spending time alone, working on school work/relaxing. All these activities are important and have benefits but need to be balanced to promote good overall health.