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Related National Health Education Standards:
(from the American Assoc. for Health Educ.)

  1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health promoting products and services.
  3. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
  4. Students will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health.
  5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.
  6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.
  7. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.

Related National Science Content Standards:
(from the National Science Teachers Association)

A. Science as Inquiry:

  1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  2. Understandings about scientific inquiry

B. Life Science:

  1. Characteristics of organisms
  2. Life cycles of organisms
  3. Organisms and environments
  4. Structure and function in living systems
  5. Reproduction and heredity
  6. Regulation and behavior
  7. Populations and ecosystems
  8. Diversity and adaptations of organisms
  9. The cell
  10. Molecular basis of heredity
  11. Biological evolution
  12. Interdependence of organisms
  13. Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
  14. Behavior of organisms

C. Science and Technology:

  1. Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
  2. Abilities of technological design
  3. Understanding of science and technology

D. Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:

  1. Personal and community health
  2. Characteristics and changes in populations
  3. Types of resources
  4. Changes in environments and environmental quality
  5. Natural and human-induced hazards
  6. Science and technology in local, national and global challenges

E. Science as a Human Endeavor

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