Health Rocks! is a 4-H Healthy Living program with the goal of bringing youth, families and communities together to reduce tobacco, alcohol, e-cigarette/vaping, and drug use. This program applies 4‑H’s successful Positive Youth Development model focused on life skill and decision-making development, and it utilizes the “Teens as Teachers” approach to build leadership skills. Recently, the Health Rocks! curriculum, which includes a beginner and intermediate level, went through a revision to include more recent trends facing youth today and can be used to help combat the opioid and vaping epidemic that currently exists.

For more information regarding this SOL correlated curriculum, please contact the following District Captains:

Central District - Terry Abston - tabston@vt.edu

Northern District - Alyssa Walden - waldenaw@vt.edu

Southeast District - Tara Brent - tbrent@vt.edu

Southwest District -

More information about this program can also be found on the following website: https://4-h.org/parents/healthy-living/health-rocks/

Health Rocks! Curriculum

Books are available in Beginner and Intermediate levels. You can incorporate this program with your existing programs or use it as a stand alone program. The text is also available as a digital download. Contact your District Captain for more information about the digital download.

Sample Lessons

All About Stress

This lesson is found in the Intermediate Curriculum, Chapter 3, Activities 3C and 3D. materials used for this lesson are supplied by the 4-H Agents who would implement this lesson with youth. You can find more sample lessons and handouts at the bottom of this link.

Smoking and Your Lungs

This lesson uses the Pig Lung Smoking Demonstration kit that is part of the District Kit. It can be used in conjunction with the Intermediate and Beginner Curriculum. It supports lessons found in both curriculum that address the risks of smoking and using tobacco and e-cigarettes. You can find more sample lessons and handouts at the bottom of this link.

If you have any questions or concerns about this page, please contact 4-H Agent, Jonette Mungo at jonetm4@vt.edu or Program Specialist Dr. Tonya Price at totaylor@vt.edu .

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