Grade 8 Health Mississippi standards Standards

Explain ways students can help friends who may exhibit signs of suicide.

Identify services for people who abuse drugs.

Explain ways to improve community health and techniques for conserving natural resources.

Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Demonstrate practices of making safe choices.

Describe the role the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays in the safety of the products we use on a daily bases and how it relates to our health.

Identify the six essential nutrients needed by the body and their nutrient sources.

Identify regulations and adverse effects of the use and misuse of prescription, over the counter, and illegal drugs.

Demonstrate common first aid procedures and identify ways to obtain various sources of help.

Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Create a personal health plan that encourages an active lifestyle.

Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Predict how decisions regarding health behaviors have consequences for self and others.

Analyze how health related decisions are influenced by individuals, family, and community values.

Develop a plan that addresses commitment and self-control.

Analyze how nutrition affects physical, mental, and emotional development.

Demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Examine ways to promote positive behavior when dealing with individual differences.

Practice refusal skills for risk taking behaviors.

Demonstrate ways to cope with interpersonal conflicts.

Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Explain the reasons for public health laws and regulations.

Explain an individual's responsibility in choosing health products and services.

Distinguish differences among various health care professionals.

Demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and products and services to enhance health.

Understand peer relationships and their impact on health decisions.

Describe the influence of cultural beliefs on health behaviors.

Analyze the positive and negative influences of technology and media on personal and family health.

Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health.

Identify the various components of the human life cycle.

Identify ways individuals can reduce risk factors related to communicable and chronic diseases.

Explore the changes during adolescence. (physical, mental/emotional, and social).

Describe causes and effects of stress and identify healthy ways to manage stress.

Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.