Content Area and Information Literacy Standards
9th Grade Health Standards
9.1 Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. 9.1.1 Analyzes the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health. 9.1.2 Analyze how behavior can impact health maintenance and disease prevention. 9.2 Students will demonstrate the ability to access and evaluate health information, products, and services. 9.2.1 Provide evidence to support the validity of health information, health products, and services. 9.2.2 Develop guidelines to evaluate resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information. 9.2.4 Demonstrate the ability to access school and community health services for self and others. 9.7 Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health. 9.7.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of communication methods for accurately expressing health information and ideas related to health issues. 9.7.2 Demonstrate the ability to give accurate information and express opinions about health issues. Information Literacy Standards 1) Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge. 1.1.3 Develop and refine a range of questions to frame the search for new understanding. 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning. 1.4.2 Use interaction with and feedback from teachers and peers to guide own inquiry process. 1.4.3 Monitor gathered information, and assess for gaps or weaknesses. 1.4.4 Seek appropriate help 2) Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. 2.1.5 Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems. 3) Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. 3.1.1 Conclude an inquiry- based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning. 3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners. 3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively. 3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, 3.2.2 Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussions. 3.2.3 Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others.
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