Comprehensive
Health and Physical Education Standards
Building
upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
grades,
by the end of Grade 6, students will:
Standard 2.1
(Wellness)
All students will learn and apply health promotion
concepts and skills to support a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Standard 2.1.5.A
Personal
Health
Standard 2.1.5.A.1
Discuss
the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual
dimensions of wellness.
Standard 2.1.5.A.2
Describe
the appropriate use of healthcare and personal
hygiene products.
Standard 2.1.5.A.3
Discuss
how health data, such as blood pressure, body
compositon, and cholesterol, can be used to assess
and improve wellness.
Standard 2.1.5.A.4
Discuss
how health knowledge, health choices, self-control,
resistance, and self-management skills influence
wellness.
Standard 2.1.5.A.5
Discuss
how technology impacts wellness.
Standard 2.1.5.B
Growth
and Development
Standard 2.1.5.B.1
Compare
and contrast body systems, their parts and functions,
and explain that body systems must work together
to ensure wellness.
Standard 2.1.5.B.2
Compare
the rate of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual
change during various life stages and discuss
ways to foster healthy growth.
Standard 2.1.5.B.3
Discuss
how heredity and physiological changes contribute
to an individual’s uniqueness.
Standard 2.1.5.C
Nutrition
Standard 2.1.5.C.1
Discuss
factors that influence food choices.
Standard 2.1.5.C.2
Compare
food choices based on nutrient content and value,
calories, and cost and create a healthy meal plan.
Standard 2.1.5.C.3
Analyze
nutrition information on food packages and labels.
Standard 2.1.5.C.4
Discuss
the short- and long-term benefits and risks associated
with nutritional choices.
Standard 2.1.5.D
Diseases
and Health Conditions
Standard 2.1.5.D.1
Compare
and contrast methods used to diagnose and treat
diseases and health conditions.
Standard 2.1.5.D.2
Differentiate
among communicable, non-communicable, acute, chronic,
and inherited diseases and health conditions.
Standard 2.1.5.D.3
Compare
and contrast diseases and health conditions prevalent
in adolescents, including asthma, obesity, diabetes,
Lyme disease, STDs, and HIV/AIDS.
Standard 2.1.5.D.4
Discuss
the use of public health strategies to prevent
diseases and health conditions.
Standard 2.1.5.D.5
Compare
and contrast forms of mental illness such as phobias,
anxiety and panic disorders, and depression.
Standard 2.1.5.E
Safety
Standard 2.1.5.E.1
Compare
and contrast the incidence and characteristics
of intentional and unintentional injuries in adolescents.
Standard 2.1.5.E.2
Analyze
the short- and long-term impacts of injuries on
individuals and families and develop strategies
to reduce the incidence of such injuries.
Standard 2.1.5.E.3
Demonstrate
and assess basic first aid procedures, including
victim and situation assessment, rescue breathing
and choking, and care of minor cuts, sprains,
and bleeding.
Standard 2.1.5.E.4
Discuss
the physical, social, and emotional impacts of
all forms of abuse and discuss what to do if any
form of abuse is suspected or occurs.
Standard 2.1.5.F
Social
and Emotional Health
Standard 2.1.5.F.1
Examine
how personal assets, (e.g., self esteem, positive
peer relationships) and protective factors (e.g.,
parental involvement) support healthy social and
emotional development.
Standard 2.1.5.F.2
Choose and justify appropriate strategies to deal
with conflict, violence, harassment, vandalism,
and bullying.
Standard 2.1.5.F.3
Describe
home, school, and community efforts to prevent
conflict, vandalism, bullying, harassment, and
violence.
Standard 2.1.5.F.4
Describe
the physical and emotional signs of stress and
the short-and long-term impacts of stress on the
human body.
Standard 2.1.5.F.5
Compare
and contrast ways that individuals, families,
and communities cope with change, crisis, rejection,
loss, and separation.
Standard 2.1.5.F.6
Discuss how stereotyping might influence one’s
goals, choices, and behaviors.
