
The The National Health Education Standards (NHES)
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.
Instructional Objectives |
Health Content Standard |
Define zoonoses |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Differentiate various types of zoonotic transmission. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Describe different methods of zoonotic infection. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Discuss historical cases of zoonotic epidemics that occurred naturally or as a result of biological warfare. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Provide specific reasons for the increasing rate of emerging diseases. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Describe how researchers and scientists collaborate to monitor and prevent diseases. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Explain proper protection needed for collecting and analyzing pathogen samples. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Provide an explanation of the sources, symptoms, and treatment of Anthrax. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Provide an explanation of the sources, symptoms, and treatment of Salmonellosis. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Encourage inquiry of multiple sources to collect information on zoonoses. |
Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health. |
Require synthesis of information using logic and reasoning to solve a medical mystery. |
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