HEALTH
MEASUREMENT TOPICS &
LEARNING TARGETS
RSU #10 Health Education
Measurement Topics & Learning Targets for Middle School
Measurement Topic: Nutritional Health
Learning Targets--
Knows the different methods that media, family and peers use to influence food choices.
Knows the number of portions recommended for each of the food groups. Knows what a serving size is.
Understands how to read and interpret a food label.
Knows the kind of information on a food label.
Measurement Topic: Substance Abuse & Prevention- Tobacco
Learning Targets--
Understands how media, family, and peers influence tobacco use.
Understands the cumulative risks associated with tobacco leads to social, economic, physical, and mental consequences.
Measurement Topic: Substance Abuse & Prevention- Alcohol
Learning Targets--
Understands immediate effects of alcohol on self and others.
Understands that alcohol is an addictive substance & the risk factors associated with alcohol.
Understands how media, family, and peers influence alcohol use.
Understands cumulative risks associated with alcohol, leading to social, economic, physical, and mental consequences.
Measurement Topic: Substance Abuse & Prevention- Drugs & Inhalents
Learning Targets--
Knows the terms: drugs, medicine, over-the-counter, prescriptions, misuse, and abuse.
Understands the effects of stimulants, depressants, and inhalents.
Measurement Topic: Non-Communicable Diseases
Learning Targets--
Knows the term "non-communicable" disease.
Understands different prevention methods & how they relate to non-communicable diseases.
Measurement Topic: Communicable Diseases
Learning Targets--
Knows short and long term effects of communicable diseases on physical, social, emotional, and mental well-being.
Knows the term "immune system."
Understands that behaviors help keep the immune system healthy.
Measurement Topic: Mental Health
Learning Targets--
Understands how emotions impact social, emotional, and physical health.
Knows the terms "self-esteem" and "body image."
Understands factors, such as self, family, friends, media and community can positively or negatively affect self-esteem & body image.
Knows different types of stress.
Understands how different types of stress affect the body.
Understands mental health disorders affect people in a variety of ways.
Understands the warning signs of depression, and suicide, as well as resources and how to help others and self.
Measurement Topic: Personal Health
Learning Targets--
Understands how puberty affects one's self.
Measurement Topic: Relationships
Learning Targets--
Understands the characteristics & qualities of healthy and non-healthy relationships, including peer interactions.
Understands bullying prevention/intervention strategies.
Understands how to locate and access accurate and valid resources that are available at school and in the community.
Measurement Topic: Reproductive Health
Learning Targets--
Understands that there are stages of human development.
Understands the process of sexual reproduction.
Understands the changes that occur during puberty for the male & female (physical, mental/emotional, social).
Understands the parts and functions of male & female reproductive anatomy.
Measurement Topic: Health Information, Products, & Resources
Learning Targets--
Knows characteristics of valid and reliable health resources.
Understands characteristics of a valid and reliable health resource & understands when to access those resources.
Measurement Topics & Learning Targets for Middle School
Measurement Topic: Nutritional Health
Learning Targets--
Knows the different methods that media, family and peers use to influence food choices.
Knows the number of portions recommended for each of the food groups. Knows what a serving size is.
Understands how to read and interpret a food label.
Knows the kind of information on a food label.
Measurement Topic: Substance Abuse & Prevention- Tobacco
Learning Targets--
Understands how media, family, and peers influence tobacco use.
Understands the cumulative risks associated with tobacco leads to social, economic, physical, and mental consequences.
Measurement Topic: Substance Abuse & Prevention- Alcohol
Learning Targets--
Understands immediate effects of alcohol on self and others.
Understands that alcohol is an addictive substance & the risk factors associated with alcohol.
Understands how media, family, and peers influence alcohol use.
Understands cumulative risks associated with alcohol, leading to social, economic, physical, and mental consequences.
Measurement Topic: Substance Abuse & Prevention- Drugs & Inhalents
Learning Targets--
Knows the terms: drugs, medicine, over-the-counter, prescriptions, misuse, and abuse.
Understands the effects of stimulants, depressants, and inhalents.
Measurement Topic: Non-Communicable Diseases
Learning Targets--
Knows the term "non-communicable" disease.
Understands different prevention methods & how they relate to non-communicable diseases.
Measurement Topic: Communicable Diseases
Learning Targets--
Knows short and long term effects of communicable diseases on physical, social, emotional, and mental well-being.
Knows the term "immune system."
Understands that behaviors help keep the immune system healthy.
Measurement Topic: Mental Health
Learning Targets--
Understands how emotions impact social, emotional, and physical health.
Knows the terms "self-esteem" and "body image."
Understands factors, such as self, family, friends, media and community can positively or negatively affect self-esteem & body image.
Knows different types of stress.
Understands how different types of stress affect the body.
Understands mental health disorders affect people in a variety of ways.
Understands the warning signs of depression, and suicide, as well as resources and how to help others and self.
Measurement Topic: Personal Health
Learning Targets--
Understands how puberty affects one's self.
Measurement Topic: Relationships
Learning Targets--
Understands the characteristics & qualities of healthy and non-healthy relationships, including peer interactions.
Understands bullying prevention/intervention strategies.
Understands how to locate and access accurate and valid resources that are available at school and in the community.
Measurement Topic: Reproductive Health
Learning Targets--
Understands that there are stages of human development.
Understands the process of sexual reproduction.
Understands the changes that occur during puberty for the male & female (physical, mental/emotional, social).
Understands the parts and functions of male & female reproductive anatomy.
Measurement Topic: Health Information, Products, & Resources
Learning Targets--
Knows characteristics of valid and reliable health resources.
Understands characteristics of a valid and reliable health resource & understands when to access those resources.