Course Description
The elementary health education course promotes health literacy by providing well-rounded, comprehensive, and ongoing learning opportunities for elementary students to practice life-long healthy behaviors essential for optimal emotional, mental, physical, safety, and social well-being.
Core Curriculum Content Standards
Health, Safety, and Physical Education (2002)
Concepts of Health
GRADE 3
- Identify and describe the stages of growth and development. - infancy - childhood - adolescence - adulthood - late adulthood(10.1.3.A)
- Identify and know the location and function of the major body organs and systems. -circulatory -respiratory -muscular -skeletal -digestive(10.1.3.B)
- Explain the role of the food guide pyramid in helping people eat a healthy diet. -food groups -number of servings -variety of food -nutrients(10.1.3.C)
- Know age appropriate drug information. -definition of drugs -effects of drugs -proper use of medicine -healthy/unhealthy risk-taking (e.g. inhalant use, smoking) -skills to avoid drug(10.1.3.D)
- Identify types and causes of common health problems of children. -infectious diseases (e.g., colds, flu, chickenpox) -noninfectious diseases (e.g., asthma, hay fever, allergies, lyme disease) -germs -pathogens -heredity(10.1.3.E)
Safety and Injury Prevention
GRADE 3
- Recognize conflict situations and identify strategies to avoid or resolve. -walk away -I-statements -refusal skills -adult intervention(10.3.3.C)
Units
Unit #1 - Concepts of Health
Unit #2 - Safety & Injury Prevention
Course Resources
Nemours Children's Health (Kids Health.org)
Brain Pop
Health Smart VA.org
