Grade 5 Health Missouri standards Standards

Develop ways to promote recycling, reducing waste, and reusing items to prevent pollution that damages the environment, disrupts ecosystems, and affects one's personal health.

Individual Responsibility

Environmental Health

Discuss the issues relative to a smoke-free environment (e.g., financial, health risks, emotional) and demonstrate strategies for refusing TAOD.

Substance Use vs. Non-Use

Explain the guidelines and precautions needed when using OTC and prescription drugs (e.g., take with trusted adult, follow the label directions, only take your own, check safety seal).

Purpose and Guidelines for Prescription, OTC Drugs and Natural Substances

Substance Education

Explain how basic aid techniques can help to save lives (e.g., abdominal thrusts and rescue breathing).

First Aid Procedures

Discuss problems in daily living that may contribute to self-destructive behaviors and strategies to cope with these behaviors.

Safety for Home, School, and Communities

Injury Prevention and Safety

List behaviors that could enhance HIV transmission (e.g., tattoo, piercing, sex, syringe use, pregnancy) and strategies to prevent infection.

HIV/AIDS Prevention Education

Determine cause and effect relationships between non-communicable diseases (e.g., Type I diabetes vs. Type II diabetes) and lifestyle behaviors.

Communicable vs. Non-Communicable Diseases

Disease Prevention and Control

Risk Assessment and Reduction

Devise a plan to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of violence, include violence prevention strategies (e.g., learn to protect yourself, avoid violent situations, choose friends wisely, don't talk to strangers).

Harassment/Bullying and Violence Prevention

Describe the short and long term effects of stress on the body.

Stress Management and Coping Skills

Establish short and long term goals for a specific health issue.

Goal Setting and Asset Development

Apply strategies to solve or prevent problems (e.g., listen attentively, clam down, find a compromise).

Decision Making and Problem Solving

Life Management Skills

Identify consumer health problems in your community.

List five rights that consumers have to protect themselves from false health claims: (1) right to safety (2) right to be informed (3) right to be heard, (4) right to have problems corrected, (5) right to consumer education.

Consumer Rights and Issues

Consumer Health and Safety

Summarize the relationship between foot intake and physical activity.

Food Energy and Physical Activity

Examine food labels to determine calories and nutrients in a product (e.g., compare nutritional value and ingredients of two product labels).

Food Labels

Describe and assess the relationship of family preferences and culture to food choices.

Use the MyPyramid.gov website to construct a balanced menu.

Balance, Variety and Moderation

Recognize the MyPyramid.gov food slogans (e.g., go lean with meat, vary your vegetables, focus on fruits, get your calcium rich foods, make the most of your whole grains).

Identify sources and functions of specific vitamins and minerals that are critical for youth (e.g., calcium, folate, vitamins A, C and D.

Essential Nutrients and Food Groupings

Nutrition

Distinguish individual strengths and weaknesses in health-related fitness.

Health and Skill Related Fitness

Recognize the rapid changes in adolescent development (e.g., social, emotional, physical, intellectual growth).

Growth and Development

Create a personal health plan that includes balanced nutrition, physical activity, hygiene, adequate sleep, no alcohol, healthy snacking.

Personal Health

Personal and Family Health

Health Maintenance and Enhancement

Define defense mechanisms (constructive or destructive) as a means for handling emotions (e.g., talking it out vs. shutting down).

Communication Skills

Recognize situations where the perspective of others may differ from your own.

Responsibilities in Society

Identify how family, friends, and culture can influence personal health practices and decisions.

Influence of Family and Peers

Social, Emotional and Mental Health

Research and analyze the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual changes occurring during puberty.

Reproductive System

Explain ways in which the endocrine and nervous systems work together.

Endocrine System

Explain ways in which the urinary/excretory works with other body systems.

Urinary/Excretory System

Explain ways in which the digestive and other body systems work together.

Digestive System

Summarize the functions of the nervous system (e.g., sending and receiving messages, regulating body functions), serving as the body's control center for five senses (emotions, speech, coordination, balance, and learning).

Nervous System

Explain ways in which the cardio-respiratory system interacts with other systems.

Identify types of blood cells (i.e., red, white, platelets).

Identify the chambers of the heart (i.e., atrium, ventricle).

Identify the types of blood vessels (i.e., arteries, veins, capillaries).

Cardio-respiratory/Circulatory System

Recognize the importance of self and regular check-ups for skin abnormalities.

Explain ways in which the integumentary system works with the sensory organs.

Formulate ways to protect skin from environmental damage.

Integumentary System (skin)

Explain ways in which the muscular and other body systems work together.

Muscular System

Structure and Functions of the Body

Functions and Interrelationships of Systems

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.

Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.

Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.