NATIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS
( Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 )


The The National Health Education Standards (NHES) External Link are written expectations for what students should know and be able to do by grades 2, 5, 8, and 12 to promote personal, family, and community health. The standards provide a framework for curriculum development and selection, instruction, and student assessment in health education.

National Health Education Content Standards Correlation Grades: 5-8
Instructional Objectives
Health Content Standard

  • Apply the scientific method to the investigation of a mystery disease.
  • Analyze and interpret epidemiological data—maps, graphs, and patient profiles—to reach a hypothesis about a disease.

Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

  • Identify the two major structures of a virus, and know their functions.
  • Summarize the process of viral reproduction in a host cell.

Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

  • Associate the virus, Variola major, with the disease it causes, smallpox.
  • Describe how smallpox vaccine is produced.
  • Describe ways to prevent the spread of smallpox (quarantine, vaccine, health warnings, and previous illness).
  • Identify the symptoms of smallpox.

Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

  • Associate Edward Jenner with the early development of the smallpox vaccine.
  • Summarize the history of smallpox and its current status.

Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

Standard 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.