Grade 5 Health and Physical Education

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Trenton Public Schools

Grade 5 Health and Physical Education

2009-2010

• Identify the components of personal health.
• Explain the importance of good personal health.
• Identify changes that occur during the human life cycle.
• Understand that all people mature at different rates of speed and in different ways.

• Discuss the importance of proper nutrition, especially during adolescence to ensure proper growth and development.
• Identify healthy foods and explain the factors that determine the healthfulness of that food.

• Create a healthy meal plan.

• Explain and demonstrate proper precautions for preventing the spread of disease (washing hands, not sharing personal hygiene products or food/ drinks.)
• Identify and discuss various health conditions, their symptoms and their impact on society/ everyday life.

• Promote tolerance for those with disabilities or other health conditions.

• Identify potential safety hazards
• Demonstrate or explain basic first aid for minor injuries
• Demonstrate or explain what to do if you or someone you are with is injured or in danger.
• Explain safety precautions for the home, school and while in public.
• Identify healthy social and emotional behaviors
• Demonstrate appropriate conflict resolution skills

• Discuss factors that influence social and emotional health.

• Current and future personal wellness is dependent upon applying health-related concepts and skills in everyday lifestyle behaviors. .
• It is important to research health issues carefully before making any health related decisions.
• Health can be assessed by measuring and tracking fitness and vital statistics. (Fitness Testing, Height, Weight, Body Mass Index and Target HR).

• What are the consequences (especially unforeseen) of our choices in terms of wellness?
• How do I know if I am healthy?
• Who can I talk to about health care issues?

• identify how each dimension of wellness contributes to good health.
• discuss the relationship between physical, social, emotional and intellectual wellness.

• Components of health
• Physical Health
• Social Health
• Emotional Health

• identify and assess various healthcare products for safety and effectiveness.
• demonstrate age appropriate hygiene habits.

• Deodorant/ antiperspirant
• Facial Soaps
• Hygiene
• Feminine care products

• define health data vocabulary.
• explain the procedures and technology used to assess blood pressure, body composition and cholesterol.
• use health data to assess personal fitness.
• develop and implement a health goal using health data.

• Health data
• Blood Pressure Cuff
• Stethoscope
• Skin Caliper

• discuss how health knowledge, health choices, self-control, resistance, and self-management skills influence wellness.

• Health knowledge
• Health Choices
• Self-control
• Resistance
• Self Management

• identify technologies that can be used to track and maintain personal fitness.

• use technology to plan, track and assess a health/ fitness plan.

• Technology in health care i.e. x-rays, CAT Scans, Pedometers, Heart Monitors, Skin Calipers
• Technology Advances

• An individual’s health at different life stages is dependent on heredity, environmental factors and lifestyle choices.
• Poor health decisions can effect how a person grows and develops.
• Regular check-ups, proper diet, hygiene and exercise can help ensure healthy growth and development.

• Why do different people grow at different rates?
• How can the choices that I make affect my growth and development?
• What can I do to make sure I grow and develop in a healthy way?

• identify the body systems and the function of each system.
• explain how body systems work together in healthy individuals.
• explain factors that influence the health of each body system.

• Body Systems i.e. circulatory, nervous, digestive.

• discuss how the body changes throughout puberty.
• discuss the social, emotional and intellectual changes that occur during puberty.
• discuss how the choices we make can affect our growth and development.

• Typical Maturation
• Primary Sex Characteristics
• Secondary Sex Characteristics
• Healthy decisions making

• discuss how heredity and physiological changes contribute to an individual’s uniqueness.

• What makes us different
• What makes us the same
• Uniqueness

• There are many short and long term health benefits and risks associated with nutritional choices.
• Nutritional information can be found on food packages and can help in determining a foods healthfulness.
• Your age, sex, height weight, and activity level are factors that determine the amount of food you should eat each day.

• What makes a food healthy?
• How do I know if a food is healthy?
• How much should I be eating each day?
• What will happen if I eat unhealthy foods?

• identify the factors that influence food choices
• discuss the importance of making healthy food choices.

• Healthy Foods
• Junk Foods
• Healthy Food Choices

• identify the nutrient content, value and calories in foods.
• create a healthy meal plan based on nutrient contend and value, calories and cost.

• Food Labels
• Nutrient content
• Calories
• Meal Plan

• identify the components of a food label.
• identify the nutritional value of a food using food labels.

• Food Labels
• Ingredients
• Recommended % Daily Value
• Protein, Carbohydrate, Fat
• Serving Size

• identify the short and long term consequences/ risks associated with unhealthy food choices.
• identify the short and long term benefits of making healthy food choices.

• Healthy Food Choices
• Unhealthy Food Choices

• Doctors are able to use specialized tests to diagnose and treat diseases.
• Regular check-ups, proper diet and hygiene, exercise and common Body Substance Isolation practices can help to prevent disease.
• Age, heredity and lifestyle can affect a persons health.

• How do you know if you have a disease or health condition?
• How can I prevent diseases?
• Am I at more at risk for certain diseases than others?

• compare and contrast methods used to diagnose and treat diseases and health conditions.

• Medications
• Chemotherapy
• Blood Tests
• Tissue Cultures

• define communicable, non-communicable, acute, chronic and inherited diseases.
• identify different health conditions as communicable, non-communicable, acute, chronic and inherited.

• Communicable i.e. the flu, AIDS
• Non-communicable i.e. ALS, Cancer
• Acute i.e. the flu, broken bones
• Chronic i.e.AIDS, Hepatitis
• Inherited i.e. sickle cell anemia

• compare and contrast diseases and health conditions prevalent in adolescents, including asthma, obesity, diabetes, lyme disease, stds, and hiv/aids.
• identify risk factors for diseases that are prevalent in adolescents, including asthma, obesity, diabetes, lyme disease, stds, and hiv/aids.
• identify precautions and preventative measures that can help prevent diseases and health conditions prevalent in adolescents, including asthma, obesity, diabetes, lyme disease, stds, and hiv/aids.

• Asthma, obesity
• Lyme Disease
• STD’s
• HIV and AIDS
• Risk Factors
• Disease Prevention
• Body Substance Isolation

• identify strategies used to prevent diseases in the school, community, state, country and world.

• Vaccines
• Health Codes
• Health Standards
• Health Laws

• define phobias, anxiety, panic disorders and depression.
• identify different types of mental illness.
• identify risk factors for mental illness.
• discuss resources in the school and community for dealing with mental illness.

• Mental Illness
• Anxiety
• Panic disorders
• Depression
• Guidance Counselors, Psychiatry, Social Workers

• Being consistently aware of the environment and taking safety precautions can reduce the risk of injury to oneself and others.
• Knowing what to do in an emergency (calling 911, rescue breathing and situation assessment) can greatly increase a persons survival rate
• I can use proper cleaning and bandaging to care for minor cuts, sprains and bleeding.
• Doctors, nurses, teachers, guidance counselors and trusted family members are people you can talk to if someone is hurting you or someone you know.

• Why do we sometimes take risks that can cause harm to ourselves or others?
• How can I keep myself safe?
• What should I do if someone gets hurt?
• What if I do if someone is hurting me or someone I know?

• identify common risks for injury for adolescents.
• compare and contrast the incidence and characteristics of intentional and unintentional injuries in adolescents.

• Risk factors
• Injury statistics
• Intentional Injuries
• Unintentional Injuries

• analyze the short- and long-term impacts of injuries on individuals and families.
• develop strategies to reduce the incidence of injuries.

• Impacts of injury i.e. physical, social, emotional
• Injury prevention strategies
• Safety equipment

• demonstrate and assess basic first aid procedures, including victim and situation assessment, rescue breathing and choking, and care of minor cuts, sprains, and bleeding.

• Scene assessment
• Rescue breathing
• Heimlich maneuver
• Bandages
• Body Substance Isolation

• identify typical signs and indications of abuse.
• discuss the physical, social and emotional impacts of abuse.

• Physical abuse
• Mental abuse
• Sexual abuse

• Developing self esteem, resiliency, tolerance and coping skills support social and emotional health.
• Using conflict resolution skills is an effective tool for avoiding violence

• What contributes to social and emotional health?
• How resolve conflict without starting a fight?

• define personal assets such as self esteem and positive peer relationships.
• define social and emotional health.
• identify ways that personal assets such as self esteem can support healthy social and emotional development.
• identify how protective factors such as parental involvement can support healthy social and emotional development.

• Self esteem
• Positive peer relationships
• Social health
• Emotional health

• identify strategies to deal with conflict, harassment and bullying.
• identify strategies to deal with violence and vandalism.
• choose effective strategies for dealing with conflict, violence, harassment, vandalism and bullying.

• Conflict
• Harassment
• Bullying
• Violence
• Vandalism

• identify efforts/ strategies to prevent conflict, vandalism, bullying, harassment, and violence at home.
• identify efforts/ strategies to prevent conflict, vandalism, bullying, harassment, and violence in school.
• identify efforts/ strategies to prevent conflict, vandalism, bullying, harassment, and violence in the community.

• Conflict resolution strategies

• describe the physical and emotional signs of stress.
• describe and the short-and long-term impacts of stress on the human body.

• Stress
• Signs of stress
• Physical impacts of stress

• compare and contrast ways that individuals, families, and communities cope with change, crisis, rejection, loss, and separation.

• Coping skills
• Change
• Crisis
• Rejection
• Loss
• Separation

• discuss how stereotyping might influence one’s goals, choices, and behaviors.

• Stereotyping
• Effects of stereotyping

• Identify valid resources for health related issues.
• Use technology to research, evaluate and explain health related issues.
• Effectively communicate health information to a selected audience.
• Demonstrate appropriate communication skills in various settings (one on one, small group discussion and presenting to a large group).

• Demonstrate proper decision making skills.

• Identify factors that influence decisions.

• Identify the steps for setting and achieving health goals.
• Set a health/ fitness goal and a plan for achieving that goal.

• Demonstrate the ability to set and achieve a long term goal.

• Demonstrate good character.

• Identify personal traits that contribute to good character.

• Participate in a small group cooperative activity
• Perform in a leadership role.

• Research different volunteer/ leadership opportunities in the community.

• Research and Identify health and fitness services around your community
• Research various health careers.

• Identify health service needs in the school.

• Making good health decisions requires the ability to access and evaluate reliable resources.
• Effective communication skills enhance a person’s ability to express and defend their beliefs.
• Active listening skills can help us better understand a persons point of view and help us communicate more effectively.

• How do you know whether or not health information is accurate?
• How do I learn to stand for and communicate my beliefs to others without alienating them?
• Why should I listen to someone if I do not agree with them?