Grades 6-8

Other Kansas Health Education sets

• Grades K-2
• Grades 3-5
• Grades 9-12

Resources in the community for improved health 8.1

Local community needs/issues/events8.2

Local/state laws, ordinances, and policies for a healthy community8.

Impact of participation and engagement within the community8.4

Global health issues8.5

Validity of information on health care products and services8.1

Adolescent health care product information8.2

Interpersonal and intrapersonal influences on health choices (budgeting, culture, SES, etc.)8.3

Informed consumer choices regarding health 8.4

Seek reliable consumer health advice8.5

Importance of local and state health policies8.6

Personal responsibility for community environmental issues8.1

Reduce, reuse, recycle, and alternatives8.2

Types and effects of pollution8.3

Environmental influences on health8.4

Local and state environmental issues8.5

Laws, ordinances, and policies8.6

Changes during puberty8.1

Refusal skills8.2

Responsible behaviors within relationships (communication, abstinence, etc.)8.3

Male and female reproductive systems8.

Potential outcomes of sexual activity8.5

Seeking reliable adult advice regarding relationships, dating, and sexual activity8.6

Laws associated with sexual behaviors (consent, harassment, assault, rape, etc.)8.7

Basic first aid skills (including bloodborne pathogens)8.1

Injury prevention at home, school and community8.2

Prevention for sports, physical activity and recreation related injury8.3

Resources for safety and injury prevention and response (school, work, community, home, etc.)8.4

Intentional and unintentional injury8.5

Prevention and response to physical violence (guns and/or weapons and bullying)8.6

Prevention and response to mental violence (bullying and abuse)8.7

Prevention and response to sexual violence (harassment, assault, rape, and abuse)8.8

Prevention and response to social violence (relationships, conflict resolution, and cyber)8.9

Media safety (social media, cyber, TV, music, advertising, etc.)8.10

Weather related safety (supplies, shelter, etc.)8.11

Importance of expressing emotions in a productive and healthy manner8.1

Character development8.2

Mental health terminology8.3

Stress management and coping skills8.4

Coping with loss and grief 8.5

Characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships8.6

Relationship between body image and self-esteem 8.7

Impact of media on self-esteem 8.8

Bullying/harassment prevention8.9

Nutritional needs through stages of development8.1

Meal planning and budgeting8.

Safe storage and food handling8.3

Nutritional goals 8.4

Community nutrition efforts8.5

Food labels8.6

Eating disorders/dysfunctions8.7

Dietary guidelines8.8

Establishing and maintaining healthy eating practices8.9

Factors in weight control8.10

Food packaging and advertising8.11

Nutritional supplements  8.12

Impact of food choices 8.13

Major body systems, anatomy, functions, relationships between systems8.1

Proper adolescent hygiene habits8.

Purpose, examples, and benefits of daily exercise8.3

Importance and strategies to seek personal health care8.4

Develop positive relationships8.5

Recommended sleep amounts8.6

Disease prevention skills8.

Common causes of death, illness and disorders8.2

Communicable and noncommunicable diseases8.

Medical resources, health screenings and treatment methods for disease8.4

Relationship between lifestyle choices and disease prevention8.5

Differences between bacterial, viral and fungal infections8.6

Structure/function of the immune system  8.7

Effects and consequences of nicotine use (all forms)8.1

 Effects and consequences of alcohol use8.2

Effects and consequences of illegal drug use 8.

Cumulative risk behaviors (patterns, gateway drugs, etc.)8.4

Correct use, misuse and abuse of drug8.5

Categories of drugs (ex. stimulants, opiates, depressants, hallucinogens, etc.) 8.6

Addiction and tolerance8.7

Addictive substances and effects on all dimensions of health8.8

Media, social influences, and peer pressure of drug usage8.9

Rules and laws for medicines and drugs8.10

Safe alternatives to medicine8.11

Treatment, intervention and prevention of drug overdose, dependency, and abuse8.12