Welcome to the class page for Grade 10 Course Planning!

Over the next two blocks you will be in the Learning Commons doing Course Planning for the first half of each block, then taking a look at how technology is affecting our health for the second half of each block.

Course Planning: with Ms. Pacheco

Technology and Health: with Ms. Pacheco, Ms. Parungao and Mrs. Montroy

In groups of 4 or 5 you will read a selected article on one of the following seven topics:

1. Text neck

‘Text neck’ is becoming an ‘epidemic’ that could wreck your spine

The Cure for ‘Text Neck’?

2. Digital Eye Strain

Screen Time: Too much can harm our vision

See into the Future

3. Technology and sleep 

Sleeping with the enemy: Shut-eye is elusive now that students keep their cell phones by their sides when they hit the hay

It’s Late, Turn off that Computer!

4. Exercises

Exercises to reduce muscle tension and strain  (go to p. 30-31)

How to Exercise While Sitting at your Computer (Wikihow article)

5. Ergonomics

Computer Ergonomics (Mayo Clinic Health Letter)

How to Sit at a Computer (online article from Dohrmann Consulting)

6. Technology and Health  

Can the “Electronic Revolution” affect children’s health?

Sleeping with the Enemy (Maclean’s article from January 2014)

7. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (article from KidsHealth.org)

Which of these 5 technology relate health problems do you have? 

In order to complete this exercise, use the paper copy as well as the links above. Each group will have an opportunity to read the article, then answer the 5W’s + H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How) on a Google Doc. We have created a separate Google Doc for each block (links are below). Please choose the appropriate slide for your topic (by number). You may add extra slides if needed. However, please use the same number and title.  The summary will then be shared with the whole class during the second block after course planning.

Here is the following schedule and the link for the Google Doc for each class in the library:

Ms. Burdon, Block 2-3                 Thursday, Feb 12 and Monday, Feb 16

Ms. Loo, Blocks 1-3 and 1-4        Wednesday, Feb 4 and Friday, Feb 6

Ms. Proudfoot, Block 1-2             Wednesday, Feb 11 and Friday, Feb 13

Ms. Proudfoot, Block 2-1              Thursday, Feb 12 and Monday, Feb 16

Mr. Steudel, Blocks 1-3 and 1-4   Tuesday, Feb 17 and Friday, Feb 20