NATIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS
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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

Examine factors that influence alcohol use.

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.

Identify the regions and functions of the brain affected by alcohol.

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

Know how the teenage brain and the adult brain differ in their response to alcohol.

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

Observe how alcohol alters neurotransmission to produce short-term and long-term effects.

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

Explore the nature of alcoholism.

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

Interpret data and draw conclusions from a virtual DNA profiling experiment.

Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to enhance health.