What grade levels do these standards cover?

Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2

Where can I read the official document?

Kansas Model Curricular Standards for Health Education 2018

K–12 Standards

Grades K-2
Other Kansas Health Education sets
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12

The students will know, comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate:

Community Health
1. 1
  Community helpers (police, firefighters, nurses, sanitation, doctors, EMT, etc.)2.1
2. 2
  Local community needs/issues/events2.2
3. 3
  Healthy Communities (home, neighborhoods, school, etc.)2.3
Consumer Health
1. 1
  Reliable health-care products, safety professionals, and services2.1
2. 2
  Safety rules for using medicines and health-care products2.2
3. 3
  Interpersonal and intrapersonal influences on health choices2.3
Environmental Health
1. 1
  Healthy and clean communities2.1
2. 2
  Reduce, reuse, recycle, and alternatives 2.2
3. 3
  Types of pollution2.3
4. 4
  Environmental health hazards (air, soil, sun, water, noise, food, chemicals, etc.)2.4
Human Sexuality and Relationships
1. 1
  Stages of growth and development2.1
2. 2
  Body parts and their functions2.2
3. 3
  Five senses2.3
4. 4
  Similarities and differences as individuals and families2.4
5. 5
  Adapting to changes within families2.5
6. 6
  Responsibilities/roles of family members2.6
Injury Prevention and Safety
1. 1
  Safety rules and laws (ex. - seat belts, helmets, crossing the street, sunscreen, fire safety, etc.)2.1
2. 2
  Emergency and non-emergency situations2.2
3. 3
  Refusal skills and decision making, to reduce accidents and injuries2.3
4. 4
  Responding to unwanted, threatening, or dangerous situations2.
5. 5
  Strategies to report verbal, mental and physical harm2.5
6. 6
  Conflict resolution steps2.6
7. 7
  Dangers of poisons 2.7
Mental and Emotional Health
1. 1
  Healthy ways to communicate needs, wants, and feelings2.1
2. 2
  Communicating care, consideration, and respect 2.2
3. 3
  Development of coping skills2.
4. 4
  Positive body images and self-esteem 2.4
5. 5
  Bullying/harassment prevention2.5
Nutrition
1. 1
  Digestion2.1
2. 2
  Role of food and nutrients in providing energy2.2
3. 3
  Balanced diet2.3
4. 4
  Impact of food choices 2.4
5. 5
  Food groups2.5
6. 6
  Daily requirements for water2.6
7. 7
  Safe food-handling practices2.7
8. 8
  Relationship between exercise and nutrition2.8
Personal Health
1. 1
  Functions of major body organs2.1
2. 2
  Maintaining clean skin, hair, teeth and clothes2.2
3. 3
  Heart-healthy activities and the benefits of exercise2.
4. 4
  Importance of personal health and to seek health care2.
5. 5
  Healthy and unhealthy behaviors impact personal health and self-worth2.5
Prevention & Control of Disease
1. 1
  Health plan for germ protection for disease prevention2.1
2. 2
  Common childhood illnesses and symptoms2.2
3. 3
  Communicable and non-communicable illnesses2.
4. 4
  Roles of the body and medicines in preventing germs2.
5. 5
  Relationship between nutrition, exercise and disease prevention2.
6. 6
  Types of germs and transmissions2.6
7. 7
  Purpose of immunizations2.7
8. 8
  Importance of routine check-ups2.8
Substance Use and Abuse & Addiction
1. 1
  Drug types and dangers of each (alcohol, tobacco, other illegal drugs)2.1
2. 2
  Helpful and harmful drugs2.2
3. 3
  Appropriate use of medicine2.3
4. 4
  Safe choices with medicines and drugs2.4
5. 5
  Effects of medicines and drugs2.5
6. 6
  Refusal skills2.6

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?: Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2
Where can I read the official document?: Kansas Model Curricular Standards for Health Education 2018

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