Standards
Recognize that food contains essential nutrients that benefit different systems in our bodies.
Generate resourceExplain how to create a balanced daily food plan for individual needs and health considerations.
Generate resourceDescribe a decision making process about what foods and beverages to consume and ways to be physically active.
Generate resourceDiscuss attributes and characteristics that make every person unique and valued, including physical diversity and neurodiversity.
Generate resourceIdentify the medically accurate names for body parts, including external and internal sexual and reproductive anatomy.
Generate resourceRecognize that puberty is a time of physical, emotional, and social changes that is a part of human development.
Generate resourceRecognize that menstrual pads and tampons are medical products some people use to take care of their bodies.
Generate resourceRecognize that there are different kinds of families that have unique characteristics and identities.
Generate resourceTSEL Practice 3B Apply social skills (i.e., empathy, compassion, etc.) to develop and maintain healthy relationships that collectively achieve mutual goals while affirming identities and perspectives.
Generate resourceDiscuss the importance of using affirming language around protected classes of people including people of all genders, race and ethnicities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
Generate resourceDemonstrate effective ways to verbally and nonverbally communicate personal boundaries and show respect for the boundaries of others.
Generate resourceIdentify trusted support people and helpers to talk to about uncomfortable situations or when a boundary has been crossed.
Generate resourceTSEL Practice 1B Understand the stress response system (regulation and dysregulation) and what environments and experiences activate those responses.
Generate resourceTSEL Practices 2B Use management strategies while recognizing that various situations and environments may require different approaches for achieving personal and collective goals and aspirations in ways that affirm one’s identity.
Generate resourceRecognize how emotions can impact eating patterns and that people can get help if necessary.
Generate resourcePractice how to assess and choose safe options when experiencing unsafe situations.
Generate resourceRecognize that infections, including Hepatitis B and C and HIV/AIDS, can be transmitted through blood and other body fluids.
Generate resourceExplain that many people enjoy consensual affection and physical closeness throughout their lives and every individual gets to decide what they are comfortable with.
Generate resourceIdentify that substances are chemicals that can change how the mind and body function and can cause addiction.
Generate resourceIdentify how alcohol, marijuana/cannabis, tobacco, and other substances can be harmful to minds, bodies, and brains.
Generate resourceDiscuss how to recognize social pressures, peer influences, and internal feelings and emotions around substance use.
Generate resourceDescribe how and where to access help from trusted adults if substances are being misused or abused.
Generate resourceDiscuss what it means to be healthy, considering five dimensions of health (physical, social, emotional, mental, and environmental).
Generate resourceDescribe specific things to do to take care of one’s teeth, including daily brushing and flossing teeth.
Generate resourceDiscuss reasons to go to a healthcare provider for physical and mental health concerns.
Generate resourceIdentify ways in which media, social media, and technology influence self-perception, feelings, decisions, and behaviors
Generate resourceRecognize the connection between environmental health, including the effects of climate change, and personal health.
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