Students will:

• Identify the major structures and functions of the integumentary (skin, hair, and nails) system.
• Describe hygiene habits that promote good health.
• Describe the importance of maintaining a healthy integumentary system.
• Explain the importance of dental care, hand washing, and other personal hygiene habits for good health.
• Describe ways to care for the integumentary system (e.g., personal hygiene, sun safety).

Students will:

• Define macronutrients and micronutrients and how the body uses each.
• Explain Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) and the concepts of eating in moderation and energy balance in relation to healthy weight.
• Explain the RDA for macronutrients and micronutrients.
• Analyze food labels for a selected meal that meets RDA and energy balance for health.
• Analyze and interpret information on food packaging, including Nutrition Facts Labels, ingredient lists, and health claims.

Students will: 

• Describe the effects of caffeine on the body.
• Identify the influence of marketing techniques on food and beverage choices (e.g., caffeinated beverages).
• Design marketing materials to increase the sale and consumption of healthy foods and beverages that meet RDA and energy balance for health.
• Promote sale and consumption of healthy beverages.
• Support family and peers in making positive food, physical activity, and sleep choices that promote heart health. 

Students will:

• Explain the effects of physical activity, sleep, and personal health habits and behaviors on heart health.
• Review personal health habits that support heart health and the ability to perform various physical activities.
• Identify healthy activities that students can do with friends and family to build positive relationships.

Students will: 

• Analyze the effects of the use of alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products, marijuana, inhalants, and other drugs on relationships with family, peers, and other individuals.
• Explain the connection between mental health and substance use.
• Encourage others not to use alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products, marijuana, inhalants, or other harmful drugs.

Students will: 

• Describe effective communication skills to request assistance in situations where alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products, marijuana, inhalants, and other drugs are being abused.
• Describe how to get help and assistance with mental health and substance use concerns.
• Encourage others not to use alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products (e.g., vaping), marijuana, inhalants, or other harmful drugs.
• Identify prevention resources and strategies for avoiding alcohol, tobacco, nicotine products (e.g., vaping), marijuana, inhalants, and other drugs.

Students will: 

• Identify roles, duties, and responsibilities of family members.

Students will: 

• Define child abuse and child neglect and identify adults who they can confide in and who will help them.

Students will: 

• Define stress and identify physical and emotional responses.
• Define positive self-image.
• Identify positive and negative ways to manage stress.
• Identify the importance of a positive self-image.
• Practice strategies for managing stress.
• Analyze positive and negative influences on self-image (e.g., media, peers).

Students will: 

• Define and describe harassment.
• Describe how to respond to and report harassing behaviors.
• Practice ways to respond to and report harassing behaviors.

Students will: 

• Identify effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate respect for individual differences.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills to defuse or resolve conflict.

Students will:

• Identify components of healthy relationships and social skills. 
• Describe the benefits of healthy relationships with family, friends, and other adult mentors. 
• Identify healthy activities that students can do with friends and family to build positive relationships.

Students will:

• Analyze the role of feelings/emotions in conflict resolution situations.
• Explore the role of parents/guardians and health professionals as resources to promote health, prevent disease, and create a healthy community.

Students will:

• Identify the major structures and functions of the eyes and ears. 
• Identify behaviors and environments that can lead to vision and hearing loss.
• Describe ways to prevent vision and hearing loss and the associated healthcare professionals (e.g., optometrist, ophthalmologist, audiologist).

Students will:

• Analyze why people choose to follow or not follow safety rules at school.
• Recognize the influence of violence in the media on behaviors.
• Examine one’s role and the role of others in causing or preventing injuries at school.

Students will:

• Examine the health risks associated with unprotected sun exposure.
• Determine strategies to protect against the harmful effects of the sun. 
• Identify strategies to protect against the harmful effects of the sun.

Students will:

• Analyze why people choose to follow or not follow safety rules at school.
• Examine one’s role and the role of others in causing or preventing injuries at school.
• Promote safety procedures school-wide.

Students will:

• Describe the effects of air and noise pollution on health and the environment.
• Describe strategies to decrease the impact of air quality and noise pollution on body function and the environment.
• Research community service opportunities to address air, noise, and other environmental health issues for peers and community groups to volunteer and work on together.

Students will:

• Advocate for a caring school environment.

Students will:

• Define cyberbullying and its impact on one’s health and well-being.
• Describe how to report cyberbullying at school and at home.
• Describe how to respond to and report harassing behaviors.
• Identify inappropriate online behaviors.
• Describe ways to offer friendship and support to someone who has been cyberbullied.