Standards - Health Education

Identify ways listening skills can be used to build and maintain healthy relationships.

Discuss ways to express feelings to peers in a healthy way.

Interpret the feelings of and describe ways to show empathy for others.

Demonstrate ways to respond in an unwanted, threatening, or dangerous situation.

Identify appropriate and inappropriate touches.

Describe situations in which students must choose between healthy and risky behaviors.

Create an age- appropriate personal health goal.

Describe ways that parents and other trusted adults can help a student achieve a health goal.

Identify healthy practices and behaviors to maintain and improve personal health.

Determine behaviors that avoid or reduce injury.

Encourage peers to make positive health choices.

Describe behaviors that enhance physical and mental health.

Summarize motivations for eating food.

Describe why avoiding tobacco is a healthy behavior.

List ways to prevent germs from spreading.

Investigate how immunizations and regular care from health professionals prevent disease.

List ways to prevent common childhood injuries.

Identify positive examples of mental health.

Identify ways the school supports personal health practices and behaviors.

Identify how hereditary and environmental factors influence family health.

Discuss how advertisements can influence individuals to purchase certain products.

Explain the importance of identifying trusted adults and health professionals.

Identify adults and professionals who help to promote regular physical activity.

Demonstrate techniques of effective listening.

Explain ways that bullying and excessive teasing can be hurtful.

Demonstrate how to communicate with others with kindness and respect.

Summarize strategies for reporting harmful acts.

Demonstrate how to tell a trusted adult if inappropriate touching occurs.

Differentiate between situations when a health-related decision can be made individually or when assistance is needed.

Describe various ways to reach a personal health goal.

Identify school and community individuals who can help support personal health goals.

Predict how healthy behaviors can reduce health risks.

Describe personal behaviors that enhance safety at school, home, and within the community.

Enlist family and community participation in positive health activities.

Describe the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health.