Grade 9

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Identify health risks and other factors that affect the function of the endocrine system.9.2.a

Analyze personal daily intake to determine if one is meeting daily values for vitamins and minerals.9.2.b

Explore community resources for purchasing locally grown/sourced foods, including the concept of farm-to-table/restaurant.9.2.c

Explain the physical, mental, and academic benefits of proper nutrition, sleep and rest, physical activity, maintaining a healthy body weight, and other personal wellness behaviors. 9.2.d

Identify behaviors that contribute to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and other chronic diseases and conditions.9.2.e

Understand the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic and how they impact populations.9.2.f

Determine strategies to protect vision, hearing, and dental health.9.2.g

Evaluate the effects of alcohol and other drugs on human body systems, brain function, and behavior, and describe health benefits associated with abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs.9.2.h

Develop a set of personal standards to resist the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful substances and behaviors. 9.2.i

Analyze and draw inferences about behaviors connected to addiction and mental health. 9.2.j

Evaluate the long-term consequences of injury and describe controllable and uncontrollable risk factors.9.2.k

Identify common signs/symptoms (e.g., cognitive, emotional, physical, sleep) of a concussion. 9.2.l

Analyze level of risk associated with a variety of behaviors, including weapon use and gang involvement.9.2.m

Identify strategies to respond to and report potential threats to individuals or the school. 9.2.n

Analyze how time management might contribute to stress reduction.9.2.o

Explain limitations to effective communication online.9.2.p

Identify school and community mental health resources to help and assist with mental illnesses or challenges.9.2.q

Identify strategies for peaceful resolution of conflict.9.2.r

Examine how the consequences associated with gang involvement could affect oneself, the family, and the community in the present and the future.9.2.s

Evaluate strategies for improving health-related social issues.9.2.t

Examine the impact of global environmental health issues on local communities. 9.2.u

Promote behaviors that protect endocrine system health. 9.3.a

Create one or more S.M.A.R.T. goals for personal consumption of vitamins and minerals and develop a plan to meet them.9.3.b

Explore careers associated with healthy food choices (e.g., dietetics, nutrition, farming, environmental science, food production, food safety, restaurant ownership).9.3.c

Design a wellness plan for physical activity, sleep, rest, and nutrition to meet current health goals.9.3.d

Assess personal risk factors for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and stroke, and develop personal prevention strategies.9.3.e

Analyze data on the spread of diseases, and develop personal prevention strategies based on information analyzed.9.3.f

Promote vision, hearing, and dental health.  9.3.g

Promote ways to encourage reporting peer substance use to trusted adults (e.g., parents, teachers, coaches, doctors).9.3.h

Develop a personal plan to prevent substance use.9.3.i

Research consequences of drug abuse, including stealing to support a drug habit, arrest, prosecution, and jail.9.3.j

Demonstrate adult and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), use of automated external defibrillator (AED), and first aid skills for choking, bleeding, contusions, fractures, and anaphylactic shock. 9.3.k

Advocate for reporting signs and symptoms and for safety practices to prevent brain injury. 9.3.l

Demonstrate healthy decision-making strategies related to risky behaviors. 9.3.m

Develop action steps to promote a safe and inclusive school environment. 9.3.n

Create strategies to manage deadlines for a school-related activity (e.g., studying for a test, completing a project). 9.3.o

Create strategies to manage personal information and communicate effectively online, and balance technology use with offline activities.9.3.p

Promote access to mental health resources to help oneself and others.9.3.q

Apply appropriate conflict-resolution skills to prevent, manage, de-escalate, defuse, and/or resolve conflict in a variety of situations. 9.3.r

Create a message about the importance of avoiding gang involvement.9.3.s

Develop a long-term plan for oneself and/or the family to positively impact a health-related social issue. 9.3.t

Promote global environmental health and/or disease prevention projects. 9.3.u