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Grades 6-8 Health Standards

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Grades 6-8 Health Framework

 

In 6th-8th  grades, students continue to build upon knowledge and application of the health skills: analyze influence, access valid and reliable information, interpersonal communication, goal-setting, decision making, self-management, and advocacy for self and others. Students explore these skills through the lens of health topics (e.g., nutrition, physical activity, mental health, substance use and abuse, healthy relationships, and responsible decision making) and apply skills to develop healthy habits.

 

Teachers may find their students are below grade level depending on the number of class meetings per week, amount of time per class meeting, consistency of previous instruction, etc. Teachers should evaluate their student's knowledge and abilities and use the standards that best fit their learning needs, while working to move the students to the appropriate grade level standards. 

 

The order of the standards at any grade level is not meant to imply a sequence of topics and should be considered flexible for the organization of any course.

 

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Grades 6-8 Health Education Standards & Objective Analysis

 

Welcome to the Grades 6-8 Health Education standards! To see the objective analysis for any objective below, click on the blue text or use the navigator bar on the right side of the screen to move to an objective analysis.

 

Standard 1 Abbreviation Key

NU: Nutrition  

SU: Substance Use and Abuse

PA: Physical Activity 

HR: Healthy Relationships

MH: Mental Health and Wellness 

IP: Injury Prevention and Personal Health

 

Standard 1: Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. 

1.NU.8.1 Analyze the importance of eating a healthy breakfast every day.

1.NU.8.2 Examine why the daily recommended amount of food differs for each food group.
1.NU.8.3 Differentiate between nutritious and non-nutritious beverages.

1.PA.8.1 Explain how physical activity can be incorporated into daily life without special exercise equipment.
1.PA.8.2 Describe ways to increase daily physical activity and decrease inactivity.
1.PA.8.3 Explain the short-term and long-term benefits of moderate and vigorous physical activity (e.g., improving mood, self-esteem, attention, cognitive performance, cardiovascular health, strength, endurance, flexibility, and reducing risks for chronic diseases).

1.MH.8.1 Analyze healthy ways to express and cope with needs, wants, emotions, feelings, experiences, and/or trauma.
1.MH.8.2 Explain how physical, mental, and emotional health are connected and how they influence social interactions with others (e.g., families, peers, adults).
1.MH.8.3 Explain the causes, symptoms, and effects of stress, depression, and anxiety and examine healthy coping skills.

1.SU.8.1 Differentiate between proper use, misuse, and abuse of medicines and prescriptions.
1.SU.8.2 Explain school policies and community laws about alcohol and other drug use.
1.SU.8.3 Summarize the dangers of experimenting with alcohol (e.g., beer, wine, spirits) and tobacco products (e.g., vapor products, e-cigarettes, nicotine only products, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco).

1.HR.8.1 Summarize the benefits of talking with trusted adults (e.g., parents, guardian, health professional) about feelings.
1.HR.8.2 Summarize how the characteristics of healthy relationships influence health behaviors.
1.HR.8.3 Explain why individuals have the right to refuse uncomfortable situations and/or contact (e.g., physical, virtual).

1.IP.8.1 Summarize the benefits of good hygiene practices and adequate sleep for promoting health and maintaining positive social relationships.
1.IP.8.2 Demonstrate safe and responsible behaviors to prevent injuries at home, school, and in the community (e.g., motor/recreational vehicles, sport, weather, firearms, chemicals, all bodies of water).
1.IP.8.3 Describe first response procedures needed to treat injuries and assess other emergencies.

Standard 2: Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors. 

2.AN.8.1 Examine how family influences the health of adolescents.

2.AN.8.2 Explain the influence of culture on health beliefs, practices, and behaviors.
2.AN.8.3 Evaluate how peers influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

2.AN.8.4 Analyze how media and technology (e.g. television/film, video games, advertisements, social media, and other screen time) influence health practices and behaviors. 

2.AN.8.5 Evaluate how the school and community can affect personal health practices and behaviors (e.g., tobacco-free environment, healthy food access, safe bike routes, walking school buses, etc).
2.AN.8.6 Describe how some health risk behaviors influence the likelihood of engaging in other unhealthy behaviors.
2.AN.8.7 Explain how school rules, community norms, and public health policies or laws influence health practices and behaviors.

Standard 3: Demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and serves to enhance health. 
3.AC.8.1 Examine the validity of health information, products, and services.
3.AC.8.2 Access valid health information from home, school, community, and trustworthy online resources.
3.AC.8.3 Analyze the accessibility of products that enhance health.
3.AC.8.4 Describe situations that may require professional health services.
3.AC.8.5 Locate valid and reliable health products and services.

Standard 4: Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks. 
4.IC.8.1 Demonstrate the use of effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.
4.IC.8.2 Demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills to avoid or reduce health risks.
4.IC.8.3 Explain healthy ways to prevent, manage, and resolve conflict.
4.IC.8.4 Demonstrate how to effectively ask for assistance to improve personal health.
4.IC.8.5 Demonstrate how to effectively communicate support for others.

Standard 5: Demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
5.DM.8.1 Explain circumstances that help or hinder healthy decision making and determine when a decision can be made individually or collaboratively.
5.DM.8.2 Evaluate how family, culture, technology, media, peers, and personal beliefs affect a health-related decision.
5.DM.8.3 Explore the potential short-term impact and differentiate between healthy and unhealthy outcomes of a health-related decision.
5.DM.8.4 Identify a healthy alternative and examine the outcome when making a health-related decision.

Standard 6: Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health. 
6.GS.8.1 Assess personal health practices and set a realistic health goal.
6.GS.8.2 Apply and examine strategies to overcome barriers to achieve a personal health goal.

Standard 7: Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

7.SM.8.1 Demonstrate practices and behaviors that avoid or minimize health risks to self and others. 
7.SM.8.2 Apply healthy practices and behaviors to improve the health of oneself and others.
7.SM.8.3 Explain the importance of being responsible for personal health behaviors.

Standard 8: Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health. 
8.AD.8.1 State a health-enhancing position on a topic and support it with accurate information.
8.AD.8.2 Demonstrate how to influence and support others to make positive health choices.
8.AD.8.3 Identify ways that health messages and communication techniques can be adapted for different audiences.

 

 

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