Tenth Grade Curriculum Resources
Standard of Learning
10.4 The student will synthesize and evaluate available health information, products, and services for the value and potential impact on his/her health and wellness throughout life. Key concepts/skills include:
- marketing and advertising techniques to promote health and wellness;
- the use of current technological tools to analyze health products and services;
- involvement of local, state, and federal agencies in health-related issues;
- the impact of technology on the health status of individuals, families, communities, and the world;
- employment opportunities in health-related careers and professions.
Understanding the Standard
The student will identify health professions and allied health career opportunities that require expertise in specific medical or clinical fields.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
The student will:
- explore available health care professions.
- investigate higher education training opportunities or licensing programs in health care fields.
- identify local and state health career opportunities.
Additional Instructional Resources
- Careers in Health – http://www.ama-assn.org
- Colleges and Universities
- DNA learning center – http://www.dnalc.org
- http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/
- Genetics –http://www.dnai.org
- Genetics Web Lab Directory - http://www2.edc.org/weblabs
- Health Career - http://www.wihealthcareers.org
- Health Careers - http://www.healthcareerweb.com/index_HCW.cfm
- LifeWorks (105 possible health-related careers) - http://science-education.nih.gov
- Local Hospitals
- March of Dimes - http://www.marchofdimes.com
- Surgeon General –http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/
- University of Kansas Genetics Education Center - http://www.kumc.edu/gec
- VCU, Secrets of the Sequence –http://www.vcu.edu/lifesci/sosq
Assessment Ideas
The student will:
- summarize the professional training and licensing requirements for a specific health care profession.
- compare the educational requirements and responsibilities of medical professionals.
- create a futuristic health career and formulate the job specifications and training required for this position.
- identify, study, and chart the responsibilities of two health care providers in the community. Information from interviews and on-site visits should comprise the majority of the report.
- compare and contrast college and university requirements for specific health-profession fields of study: entrance requirements, classes required, graduation requirements, degrees, certifications, etc.
- compare and contrast the career opportunities provided by various health-profession degrees.
