Physical Wellness
What is Physical Wellness?
Taking care of your body through healthy habits.
What is mental and emotional wellness?
Understanding and managing thoughts, feelings, and emotions in healthy ways.
What is social wellness?
Building healthy relationships and communicating effectively with others.
What are personal values?
Beliefs or principles that guide what a person considers important.
What is environmental health?
How our surroundings and environments affect our health and well-being.
Name two habits that help maintain physical wellness.
Exercise, balanced nutrition, sleep, hydration, or good hygiene.
Name one healthy way to manage stress.
Deep breathing, exercise, journaling, taking a break, or talking to someone trusted.
Name two characteristics of a healthy friendship.
Trust, respect, honesty, support, or good communication.
Name two examples of personal values.
Honesty, kindness, respect, responsibility, fairness, or loyalty.
Name one example of a healthy environment.
A clean classroom, safe playground, clean drinking water, or fresh air.
Why is sleep important for middle school students?
It supports growth, concentration, energy, mood, and overall health.
What does it mean to recognize your emotions?
Identifying and understanding what you are feeling.
What is peer pressure?
Influence from others to act or behave in a certain way.
What does having a sense of purpose mean?
Having a sense of direction or meaning in your life.
How can air pollution affect a person's health?
It can irritate the lungs and make breathing problems worse.
A student exercises regularly but rarely sleeps enough or eats balanced meals. Why might their physical wellness still suffer?
Physical wellness requires several healthy habits, not just exercise.
A student feels nervous before a test and uses slow breathing to calm down. What skill are they using?
A healthy coping strategy or stress-management technique.
A group chat begins making fun of a classmate. Name one healthy action someone could take.
Avoid participating, support the classmate, report cyberbullying, or tell a trusted adult.
A student refuses to cheat on a test even when friends encourage it. What value are they demonstrating?
Honesty or integrity.
A playground has broken equipment and litter scattered across the ground. What is one health concern?
Children could get injured or encounter unsafe conditions.
Explain two ways physical wellness can affect a student's performance at school.
Adequate sleep, hydration, nutrition, and activity can support energy, concentration, memory, and participation.
How can comparing yourself to people on social media affect mental and emotional wellness?
It may negatively affect self-esteem, mood, or confidence by creating unrealistic comparisons.
Explain how social media can positively and negatively affect social wellness.
It can help people connect and maintain friendships, but it can also contribute to conflict, exclusion, cyberbullying, or unhealthy interactions.
How can personal values help someone make difficult decisions?
Values help guide choices, set priorities, and decide how to act in challenging situations.
Explain two ways a community can improve environmental health.
Reduce pollution, dispose of waste properly, maintain safe parks, conserve clean water, or keep public spaces clean.