LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE R-VIII HEALTH CURRICULUM

6-8

COURSE RATIONALE

The rationale behind the teaching of health is to familiarize the student with wellness concepts that apply to their daily lives. The course reinforces wellness behaviors and develops critical thinking skills. We strive to teach students they can make choices that will lead to optimum health.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

One of our major goals for our health class is to direct our students toward “health literacy”. Students will be able to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and services. The instructional units covered will include body systems, learning how to cope with interrelationships in social situations, develop an understanding of how to reduce risks in daily lives, and to maintain ones own personal health.

COURSE COMPETENCIES

By the end of grade 8, students will be able to

1. Function in interrelationships in social situations using the following skills.
1. Peer pressure support.
2. Making choices.
3. Working in groups.
4. Listening and communications skills.
5. Knowledge of public health agencies.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the independence of body systems including the following.
1. Endocrine and changes that occur in puberty.
2. Nervous system including the brain, nerves, and spinal cord.
3. Immune system.
4. Reproductive and fetal development.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of nutrition principles and practices including the following.
1. Nutritional value of foods and the effects on the body at various ages.
2. Factors that influence a safe food supply.
3. Direct relationships between diet and exercise.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of personal and family health including the following.
1. Life-time benefit of regular physical activity
2. Benefits of developing and maintaining long-term relationships.
3. Health-related issues in the various stages of human life cycle, pregnancy in particular.
5. Evaluate health and body image information presented through the media.
6. Demonstrate life management skills including the following.
1. Stress management.
2. Conflict resolution.
3. Working collaboratively.
4. Making decisions.
5. Setting goals.


7. Demonstrate knowledge of disease prevention and control including the following.
1. Communicable disease transmission, growth, incubation, and treatment.
2. HIV/AIDS
3. STD’s signs and symptoms, permanent complications, and prevention.
4. Cancers and prevention.
5. Role of CDC, NIH, and local public health departments.
6. Chronic disease development, prevention, management, and treatment.
7. Disease in human history.
8. Identify injury prevention and safety measures including the following.
1. Address social problems facing teens.
2. CPR, Heinlich
3. Weather and sports related emergencies and first-aid procedures.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
1. Social and personal problems related to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
2. Anabolic steroids
3. Alcohol
4. Chemical substance, family, and community health.
10. Demonstrate knowledge of environmental health including the following.
1. Preserving a healthy environment.
2. The effects of environmental damage on humans.

Grade or Class: 6-8 Health

Last Revision: 1999-2000

Writer: Pat Denney

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 1: Function in interrelationships in social situations.
Sub-competencies A. Peer pressure support		B. Making choices		C. Working in groups	D. Listening and communication skills		E. Public health agencies
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments		Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.2, 6.2	HP2 SS6	1.6, 1.7, 2.6, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3	Worksheet Discussion Group activities			Subjective test (60%) Objective test (60%) Scoring guide (60%)

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 2: Demonstrate knowledge of the independence of body systems.
Sub-competencies A. Endocrine and changes that occur in puberty.			B. Nervous system including the brain, nerves, and spinal cord.		C. Immune system		D. Reproductive and fetal development
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards		Activities		Assessments		Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3	HP1	1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.3		Handouts Experiments Lecture		Subjective test (60%) Objective test (60%)		Body system laser Body system filmstrips

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 3: Demonstrate knowledge of nutrition principles and practices.
Sub-competencies A. Nutritional value of foods and the effects on the body at various ages.				B. Factors that influence a safe food supply.	C. Direct relationships between diet and exercise.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments	Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 5.2, 5.3, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2	HP2 HP3 HP6	1.2, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 3.7, 4.5	Textbooks Lectures Experiments Personal food intake chart Role play skits			Subjective test Objective test Scoring guide	Nutritional guest speaker Laser on food group

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 4 : demonstrate knowledge of personal and family health.
Sub-competencies A. Life-time benefit of regular physical activity.				B. Benefits of developing and maintaining long-term relationships.	C. Health-related issues in the various stages of human life cycle, pregnancy in particular.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments	Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1, 7.2	HP1 HP2 HP4 HP5	1.1, 1.2, 1.6, 1.10, 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7	Textbooks Research paper Worksheets Guest speaker Notebook			Scoring guide Subjective test Objective test	Family life center guest speaker

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 5: Evaluate health and body image information presented through the media.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities	Assessments	Resources
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 3.2, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.2	HP6	1.6, 4.7	Worksheets Videos Textbook exercise Lecture	Scoring guide Subjective test Objective test	Channel one

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 6: Demonstrate life management skills.
Sub-competencies A. Stress management		B. Conflict resolution		C. Working collaboratively	D. Making decisions		E. Setting goals
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments		Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 6.2, 7.1, 8.3	HP2	3.1, 3.2, 3.7, 4.7	Worksheets Lectures Role play Textbooks Experiments Films			Scoring guide Subjective test Objective test		Channel one

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 7. : Demonstrate knowledge of disease prevention and control.
Sub-competencies A. Communicable disease transmission, growth, incubation, and treatment.		B. HIV/AIDS		C. STD’s signs and symptoms, permanent complications, and prevention.		D. Cancers and prevention.	E. Role of CDC, NIH, and local public heath departments.	F. Chronic disease development, prevention, management, and treatment.	G. Disease in human history.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards		Performance Standards		Activities			Assessments	Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.4, 5.2	HP1 HP3 HP5		1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.8, 4.1, 4.7		Textbook Lecture Group activities Role play Worksheets Films			Scoring guide Subjective test Objective test	School nurse Dr. Kathy Graves

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 8: Identify injury prevention and safety measures.
Sub-competencies A. Address social problems facing teens.				B. CPR, Heinlich	C. Weather and sports related emergencies and first-aid procedures.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments	Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2, 8.3	HP5 HP7	3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.7	Students perform CPR on mannequin Lecture Guest speaker Worksheets Experiments Textbook			Scoring guide Subjective test Objective test	Red cross Channel one School nurse

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 9: Demonstrate knowledge of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
Sub-competencies A. Social and personal problems related to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs			B. Anabolic steroids		C. Alcohol		D. Chemical substance and family and community health.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards		Activities		Assessments		Resources
1.1, 1.4, 4.4, 6.2	HP2 HP5	1.1, 1.6, 3.1, 3.6, 3.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6, 4.7		Worksheets Videos Drug poster contest Guest speaker Role play		Scoring guide Objective test Subjective test		Alcoholic anonymous Channel one

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 10: Demonstrate knowledge of environmental health.
Sub-competencies A. Preserving a healthy environment.				B. The effects of environmental damage on humans.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities		Assessments	Resources
1.1, 1.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.7	SC7 SC8	1.9, 1.10, 3.2, 4.3	Lecture Worksheets Research paper Experiments		Objective test Subjective test	Channel one