Standard of Learning

3.4   The student will demonstrate the ability to use health information to improve personal health. Key concepts/skills include:

1. the use of health services and agencies to gain information;
2. the ways in which health care has improved as a result of technology;
3. the use of a variety of print, audiovisual, and electronic media resources.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will explore the use of a variety of print (newspapers, billboard, and magazine advertisements), audiovisual (video, DVD, etc.), and electronic media (Internet) to access health information.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• locate newspaper, magazines, books, audiovisual, and electronic media that provides access to health education information. (work with your school's media specialist)
• identify Web sites on food product labels.

Sample Lessons

Oral Health Education: Saving Smiles Series- “Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body”
Grade:  3
Lesson Plan (1) Develop an awareness of how the nutrient content of food and beverages affects body systems and can improve personal health. (SOL 3.1a, 3.4 a,b,c)
Lesson Plan (2) Describe the effects of nicotine products, including smokeless tobacco products, on body systems and the oral cavity. (SOL 3.3c)
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Health, Division of Dental Health
Contact:  http://www.vahealth.org/teeth/OralHealthEducation.asp (curriculum resources)
Free

LifeSkills Training
Grades: K-5
Model substance abuse prevention and competency enhancement program focusing on the major social and psychological factors causing substance use and abuse. Teaches drug resistance skills, personal management skills, and general social skills. Focuses on self-esteem, decision-making, influence of media, stress, communication, and assertiveness issues.
Contact: http://www.lifeskillstraining.com
Cost

You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover
The objective of this activity is to have students learn that how something is packaged is not necessarily the way it really is. It is very important for children of this age to know whom to trust and how to receive the real, accurate message regarding something they are going to do, buy, or support. Learning to question the truth of messages sent to children this age can often be a first step to understanding that questioning first is better than wishing you had questioned after action was taken.
Sponsor: American Council for Drug Education
Contact: http://www.acde.org/educate/k3plan1.htm
Free

Quality Information Check List
The Quick web site is a resource to help young people evaluate the information they find on the Internet. It uses imaginary examples, quizzes and puzzles to allow young people to explore for themselves the concepts around information quality. Many of the examples are health related, but the concepts can be used with any subjects that require information skills.
Sponsor: Health Development Agency
Contact: http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
Free

Teaching TV: Critically Evaluating TV
Aimed at grades 1 to 6 this lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom. In this lesson, students learn that each television product has unique characteristics that can be critically evaluated.
Sponsor: Media Awareness Network
Contact: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources
Free

Teaching TV: Learning With Television
Aimed at grades 1 to 6 this lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom. In this lesson, students learn about television as a source of information, and how this information is presented from a particular point of view.
Sponsor: Media Awareness Network
Contact: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/
Free

 

Additional Instructional Resources

• Blue Web'n - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
• BrainPop.com - A Fun, Interactive Site that Teaches About Health and Science Through On-line Movies, Quizzes, etc. -http://www.brainpop.com
• CyberBee - http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/MMStocs/MMScybertoc.html
• FunBrain.com - http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html
• Internet Detectives - http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/detectives
• McGraw-Hill School Division Teaching Resources - http://www.mmhschool.com
• Texas Department of Health - Kids Corner - http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/kids/default.shtm
• Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids - http://www.yahooligans.com

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• locate a Web site on a food product label and report the health information provided on the site.
• find a section of the newspaper that provides health education information.

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