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MD Health Education Learning Outcomes

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Content Areas and Performance Indicators

Grade 5


  Maryland Health Education Learning Outcomes Documentation Checklist
 Term Taught/Date

Tobacco, Alcohol, & Other Drugs

 Fourth 

 There are ways to resist becoming involved in the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other illegal drugs.

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Medicines are made to be used in responsible ways.

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 Tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs affect thought processes, emotions, and behaviors in various ways.

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There are rules, policies and laws which govern the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

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Use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs may have an effect on people other than the user.

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Certain risk factors make young people vulnerable to drug abuse.

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Nutrition and Fitness

 

There are eating disorders and imbalances that impact health.

   Terms 1-4 (Ongoing )

Safety and Injury Prevention

 

There are positive and negative risk taking situations.

 Fourth Term

Emergency and non-emergency situations need to be distinguished between and responded to appropriately.

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 There are behaviors and settings that place a person at risk of assault or abuse.  "
 There are services, resources, and skills that address safety, child abuse prevention, and emergency needs.  "
                       
                      
Family, Life and Human Growth

 
Friendships and relationships change and mature as we grow.  "
There are physical, emotional, and psychological changes that occur during puberty.  "
The human reproductive system has a specific anatomy and physiology.  "
There are factors such as media and peer pressures, individual needs and wants that influence behaviors, and interpersonal relationships.  Terms 1-4  (ongoing)
Possessing resistance skills contributes to the health and well being of individuals.  Terms 1-4 (ongoing)
There are characteristics that support being a responsible family member, friend, and student.  Terms 1-4 (ongoing)
There are understandings, skills, and actions, which aid in the development and enhancement of one's self-concept and the self-concept of others.  (Conflict Resolution)  Terms 1-4 (ongoing)
 
                                      
Disease and Prevention

 
Appropriate health care, including personal hygiene, can promote health and well-being.  Terms 1-4 (ongoing)
A communicable disease has a cause, a specific way it is transmitted, and a treatment.  Term 4
The body has an immune system that protects the body from disease.  "
 HIV/Aids is a communicable disease that impairs the immune system from fighting diseases.  "
A non-communicable disease has a specific cause and treatment.  "
Diseases affect individual groups, and communities in many ways.  "
There are medical, dental, and other health specialists in the community who provide a variety of health services to people.
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