JACK & JILL SCHOOL

Homesite, Bacolod City

Educational Learning Packet
Grade School Department
FOURTH QUARTER

MAPEH 6 – Q4W2

Topic:  Personal Health Issues and Concerns on:

Skin, Hair and Nail Problem
Posture and Spine Disorders
Oral and Dental Problems
Reference/s & Page/s: DepEd Module, DepEd MELC, Online
Materials/Resources/Links: Books, YouTube, Google links
Objectives:
 Identify the different health issues and concerns
 Explain the importance of taking care of our health.
 Describe personal health issues and concerns during adolescence.

Introduction
Health and fitness is very important in keeping you and the people around you
happy as well as healthy. It can be maintained through doing daily regular
workouts or physical activity, eating healthier foods and having healthier habits.
PART 1- ENGAGE
Direction: Complete each sentence with the correct word or group of words from the
box below. Write the answer on the blanks.

1. The____ ____ _and______ are hard and thickened layers of skin on

the hand and often on feet.

2. The ____ ____ can be managed by using braces to correct the position of
the teeth.

3. To minimize or prevent bad breath you should brush your teeth

____ .

4. Intense sunburn can cause skin cancer and deadly________

.

5. The ____ ____ ____ is a common gum disease caused by bacterial

growth that accumulate on the teeth.

Malocclusion regularly Gingivitis

Corns and Calluses Melanoma

 PART 2- EXPLORE

A. Direction: Direction: Write YES if the statement below is correct and NO if it is

not.

_________1.Sunburn is caused when the skin is exposed to the sun for a short
period of time.
_________2.Halitosis is also known as bad breath.

_________3.Lordosis is a medical condition in which a person’s spine is curving

sideways.
_________4. Malocclusion is also called crowded teeth.

_________5.Periodontitis is also known as gum disease that affects the tissues

surrounding the teeth.

PART 3- EXPLAIN

Direction: The pupils are sharing ideas about personal health issues and
concerns about skin, hair and nail. Read the comic strip and take note of what
they are saying.

The person in the

picture is suffering
Sunburn is
from sunburn. caused when the
skin is exposed
to the sun for a
long period of
time.

To treat sunburn, you need

The skin burns, turns red,
swollen and painful.
Intense sunburn can
cause skin cancer.
to take frequent cool baths
to relieve pain. You can also
use a moisturizer to soothe
sunburned skin and
remember to use sunblock
when exposed to sun.

The person in the picture

has dandruff. Dandruff is Dandruffs can be controlled by
a skin condition that daily cleansing with a gentle
causes itching, drying shampoo or by using a dandruff
and flaking of the skin
Take a look at the person feet, who is suffering
from corns and calluses.
Corns and calluses is a hard and thickened
layers of skin on the hand and often on feet.

Lordosis To treat cornsis

andacalluses you needwherein
to soak it in warm
Lordosis condition
water. You can also apply lotion or cream. In wearing a
the
pairspine
of shoes,in
be the lower
sure that back has
it fits well.
curved excessively. This can
cause pain in the
To treat spine.
blisters, you need to wash
The person in the picture is
Lordosisitcan be water
with warm treated and through
suffering from blisters. antibacterial soap. Then clean the
Blisters are like bubbles that medication to help reduce pain.
blister with antiseptic. Use needle
contain fluids within the upper Physical therapy
to make a hole is inalso
the blister and
layer of the skin. It is caused by recommended allow waterto fluid
strengthen
to drain from it.
forceful rubbing. Apply antibacterial
muscles and improve ointment posture. and
cover it with a bandage.
Taking of supplements and
Take a look at the person who is Kyphosis is an abnormally
suffering from ingrown toenails.Ingrown toenailsexcessive
can be curvature of the spine,
Ingrown toenailsare treated
commonby resulting in hunching of the back.
conditions in which the soft flesh
soaking in warmKyphosis
water. can be managed through
grows at the side of the toenailsThese
that can
cause swelling and pain. They are
physical therapy. Proper exercise is
avoided by wearing
caused by improper trimmingcomfortable
of recommended to strengthen muscles
shoes and socks.
toenails and fungal infections. and improve posture.

Our spine, is called vertebral column, spinal column or backbone that

protects our spinal cord. Without it, we could not keep ourselves upright or even
stand up. Let us learn the personal health issues and concerns about it.
Scoliosis
Scoliosis is a medical condition
in which a person’s spine is
curving sideways. Scoliosis can
 Kyphosis

A. Direction: Let’s meet the dentist. Dentist treats people’s dental problems.
Read and understand the story.
PART 4- EXTEND

Directions: 1. Complete the table below by writing at least two common

personal health issues and concerns related to:

 skin, hair and nail problems,

 posture and spine disorders &
 Oral and dental problems.

2. Describe how you managed them.

 Personal Health Issues How did you manage?
PART 5- EVALUATE
i. and Concerns
1. Skin, Hair and Nail Problems
I.
a. a.

b. b.
2. Posture and Spine Disorders

a. a.

b. b.
3. Oral and Dental Problems
a.
a.
b.
b.
Direction: Match the picture in column A with the correct statement in column B.
Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

Column A Column B

.__________5.

__________1.

__________2.

__________3.

__________4.
 A. Kyphosis is an abnormally excessive
curvature of the spine, resulting in D. It is a damage of the tooth
hunching of the back. structure.

B. Ingrown toenails are common

conditions in which the soft flesh
grows at the side of the toenails that
cause swelling and pain. E. You need to take frequent cool
baths and apply moisturizer to
C. Scoliosis can be managed by doing relieve pain and treat this skin
exercise and specific physical therapy problem.
to increase flexibility and improve
posture.

II.
2. Why should we take good care of your
personal health?
Rubrics

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