Nutrition 

• 2.2.8.N.1: Analyze how culture, health status, age and access to healthy foods can influence personal eating habits. 

• 2.2.8.N.2: Identify skills and healthy behaviors that can support adolescents in losing, gaining, or maintaining healthy weights.

•  2.2.8.N.3: Design sample nutritional plans for families with different lifestyles, resources, special needs, and cultural backgrounds; then consider the similarities and differences among the plans. 

• 2.1.8.PGD.4: Analyze the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health.

• 2.2.8.N.4: Assess personal nutritional health and consider opportunities to improve health and performance (e.g., sports drinks, supplements, balance nutrition). 

Personal growth and development

• 2.1.8.PGD.1: Explain how appropriate health care can promote personal health. 

• 2.1.8.PGD.2: Analyze how genetics and family history can impact personal health. 

• 2.1.8.PGD.3: Describe the human reproductive systems, the external and internal body parts and their functions, and the natural variations that exist in human bodies. 

Community health services and support

• 2.1.8.CHSS.6: Develop an advocacy plan regarding a health issue and share this information in an appropriate setting. 

• 2.1.8.CHSS.7: Collaborate with other students to develop a strategy to address health issues related to climate change. 

Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drugs

• 2.3.8.ATD.1: Examine how the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by adolescents has impacted their lives and the lives of family members socially, emotionally, and physically. 

• 2.3.8.ATD.2: Relate the use of alcohol and other drugs to decision-making, consent, and risk for sexual assault and abuse. 

• 2.3.8.ATD.3: Determine the factors that contribute to different rules, laws, and policies in schools, communities, and states regarding alcohol, tobacco (including e-cigarettes, vaping, cannabis products), and other drugs. 

• 2.3.8.ATD.4: Explain the impact of alcohol and other drugs on areas of the brain that control vision, sleep, coordination, reaction time, judgment, and memory. 

• 2.3.8.ATD.5: Analyze how the influence of peers and different social settings (e.g., home, school, party) can result in positive and/or negative outcomes. 

Emotional Health

• 2.1.8.EH.1: Compare and contrast stress management strategies that are used to address various types of stress-induced situations (e.g., academics, family, personal relationships, finances, celebrations, violence). 

• 2.1.8.EH.2: Analyze how personal attributes, resiliency, and protective factors support mental and emotional health.