Grade 4

Name, locate, and describe the primary function and major components of the body systems, including the nervous, immune, digestive, and integumentary systems.

Explain the importance of health information and how it can be used.

Describe how health care decision making is influenced by external factors such as cost and access.

Explain strategies for maintaining personal hygiene and health habits.

Distinguish between communicable and noncommunicable illnesses.

Explain actions to take when illness occurs, including asthma, diabetes, and epilepsy.

Define vector-borne illnesses and describe how to reduce their risk.

Analyze how thoughts and emotions influence behaviors.

Describe the importance of identifying and reframing thoughts and applying calming and self-management strategies when dealing with strong emotions, including anger.

Discuss and explain how the brain develops during childhood and the role the brain plays in behavior.

Identify positive and negative characteristics of social groups.

Explain the importance of being a positive role model.

Explain the importance of demonstrating consideration when communicating with individuals who use diverse methods to communicate such as different languages or adaptive methods.

Identify verbal, physical, and situational cues that indicate how others may feel.

Explain the difference between assertive behavior and aggressive behavior.

Discuss ways to help build self-esteem of self, friends, and others, including areas for one's personal growth and ways to gather constructive feedback.

Explain the advantages of setting short-and long-term goals.

Explain the importance of time management with respect to a goal.

Describe methods for managing concerns related to long-term health conditions for self and others.

Differentiate between positive and negative stress.

Define sources of stress, including trauma, loss, and grief.

Discuss ways to promote a healthy body image.

Identify ways to express and manage overwhelming emotions without harming oneself, others, or property such as calming strategies or talking to a parent or another trusted adult.

Explain why the body needs each of the six major nutrients contained in foods.

Identify nutritional information on menus and food labels.

Determine appropriate portion sizes when eating out, including at fast food restaurants.

Identify the recommended guidelines for added sugar consumption and explain how excess sugar consumption can impact health, including causing dental cavities and obesity.

Identify healthy fast food choices such as ordering smaller serving sizes and substituting salads for fries and grilled foods for fried foods and their associated impacts on health.

Identify the physical, mental, and social benefits of physical fitness.

Describe the importance of goal setting and set a goal for making healthy food choices.

Gather data from a variety of credible sources to help make informed nutritional and physical activity choices.

Describe the connection between physical activity and the prevention of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.

Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy eating habits and demonstrate refusal skills in dealing with unhealthy eating situations.

Identify and demonstrate strategies for preventing and responding to injuries.

Explain the importance of using refusal skills such as saying "no" when privacy, personal boundaries, or personal space are not respected.

Identify strategies for avoiding violence, gangs, and weapons.

Identify characteristics of gang behavior.

Identify strategies that can be used to promote safety in homes, schools, and communities.

Create a personal safety plan.

Differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate ways to communicate in digital and online environments.

Explain what information is appropriate to share and who it is appropriate to share information with in digital and online environments.

Discuss the consequences of cyberbullying and inappropriate digital and online communication in relation to home and school environments.

Analyze distinguishing characteristics of cyberbullying.

Describe the negative impact bullying, including cyberbullying, has on both the victim and the bully.

Explain the importance of seeking guidance from parents and other trusted adults on critical personal safety issues.

Identify types of abuse and neglect and ways to seek help from a parent or another trusted adult.

Explain why some drugs require a prescription.

Identify the differences between prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, other drugs, and dangerous substances, including inhalants, vaping products, and household products.

Describe the short-and long-term harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and dangerous substances such as inhalants and household products on mental and social health.

Describe the legal consequences of the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and dangerous substances.

Describe the signs of poisoning or overdose and identify how to respond, including who to contact for help.

Distinguish between positive and negative peer influences and their effects on a person's decision to use or not use alcohol or drugs.

Identify methods available to report unsafe situations related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Demonstrate refusal skills using assertive communication related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Identify ways to avoid drugs and discuss healthy alternative activities to the use of drugs and other substances.

Explain changes that occur in males and females during puberty and adolescent development.

Define the menstrual cycle.