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 |
Observe how breathing toxic chemicals like organic solvents affects neuronal function by destroying the myelin sheath that surrounds neurons. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
See the brain damaging effect of toxic chemicals by comparing Magnetic Resonance Images of a healthy person and a long-term inhalant user. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Interpret data and draw conclusions from a virtual animal experiment investigating the effects of toluene exposure on animal behavior. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
Understand the immediate effects of exposure to toxic chemicals by investigating the mechanism underlying the Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome. |
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. |
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