Standard of Learning

7.5 The student will work cooperatively with others to support and promote healthy schools, families, and communities. Key concepts/skills include:

1. implementation of safe and healthy practices and behaviors;
2. adocating for and using appropriate methods of expressing opinions on health issues;
3. the benefits of community service.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will implement appropriate health practices and behaviors, identify appropriate methods for expressing opinions on health issues, and understand the benefits of community service.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• describe appropriate health practices and behaviors.
• explain appropriate methods of expressing opinions on health issues.
• list the benefits of community service:
  • promotes positive feelings;
  • promotes feelings of confidence;
  • promotes satisfying personal relationships; and
  • provides an opportunity for career exploration.

Sample Lessons

Chemicals, the Environment, and You: Explorations in Science and Human Health
Grades 7-8
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, Curriculum Supplement Series
http://science.education.nih.gov

Eating Disorders in Teenagers Today
Grade(s): 7-12
This lesson will enable students to understand the complexity of eating disorders and their underlying causes, the identifiable symptoms of common eating disorders, and the resources available to teenagers that may help to prevent and/or treat eating disorders.
http://apps.caes.uga.edu/sbof/main/lessonPlan/EatingDisorders.pdf
Free

Health: Eating Disorders
Grade(s): 7-9
Learn about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive overeating, and other types of eating disorders. Find out their signs and symptoms, how they can be identified, and prevented. Includes video files, peer stories, questions and answers, quizzes, and a lesson plan. There is also a link to an eThemes resource on diet and nutrition.
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001532.shtml
Free

In the Mix: "Hearing Between The Lines"
Grade(s): 7-12
Students will listen to and read lyrics from popular songs that explore themes of self-esteem, body image, and eating disorders. The song interpretations will serve as a jumping-off point to deeper discussion on the issues, culminating in a writing exercise.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/selfimage2/

Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles: EFFECTS THAT DIET MAY
Grade(s): 7-8
Students will research the effects that diet may have on the body: anemia, osteoporosis, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and mental health.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1160
Free

Skating on Thin Ice Examining Eating Disorders and Various Means to Treat Them
Grade(s): 6-12
In this lesson, students research various eating disorders and their treatments. They then create fictional case studies of teenagers suffering from these disorders and synthesize their understanding by writing suggestions for treatment.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons
Free

Walk Across the Country
Grade(s): 6-12
This lesson plan insists on starting a physical fitness plan after hearing about the FDA  approving a fat substitute for cooking.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/health/fitness/walkamerica.html
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• American Museum of Natural History - http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection
• American Society for Microbiology - http://www.microbe.org/index.html and http://www.washup.org
• Center for Disease Control - http://www.cdc.gov
• Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov
• Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics
• Get Smart Virginia - http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/getsmart/index.asp
• National Institute of Health - http://www.nih.gov/icd
• National Service Learning Clearinghouse - http://www.servicelearning.org
• PBS Antibiotic Resistance - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/clock/index.html and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov
• Virginia Department of Social Services - http://www.dss.state.va.us
• Virtual Museum of Bacteria - http://bacteriamuseum.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• write a one-page paper explaining appropriate health practices and behaviors.
• role-play appropriate methods of expressing opinions on health issues.
• list the benefits of community service.

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