Grade 3 Health Kansas standards Standards

Substance Use and Abuse & Addiction

Prevention & Control of Disease

Personal Health

Nutrition

Mental and Emotional Health

Injury Prevention and Safety

Human Sexuality and Relationships

Environmental Health

Consumer Health

Community Health

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

Roles of the body and medicines in protecting against germs

Communicable and non-communicable illnesses

Common allergies and illnesses, symptoms and management

Importance and strategies to seek personal health care

Benefits of exercise

Responsible care of the body (ex. - nutrition, hygiene, exercise, etc.)

Food groups

Calories

Stress management and coping skills

Expressing wants and needs in a productive and healthy manner

Proper responses to emergency situations

Regularly and properly use safety equipment

Behaviors to prevent physical injury (ex. - fire safety, exercising, bicycle safety, car safety, etc.)

Reduce, reuse, recycle, and alternatives

Validity of information on health care products and services

Structure of communities

Local community needs/issues/events

Types of tobacco products and the risks of using these products

Health plan for germ protection for disease prevention

Function and anatomy of the body systems

Digestive system (basic function and organs)

Appropriate methods of expressing feelings

Building healthy relationships

Healthy and clean communities

Community helpers and their roles within communities

Links between nutrition and illness

Energy drinks

Informed food selection

Impact of food choices

Dangers of misuse and abuse of drugs

Changes associated with puberty

Hazards and benefits of medicines and health-care products

Proper use of over the counter and prescription medicines

Care, consideration, and respect to self and others

Respect yourself and others

Types and effects of pollution

Interpersonal and intrapersonal influences on health choices

Short-term and long-term effects of drugs

Healthy nutrition guidelines

Refusal skills and decision making, to reduce accidents and injuries

Adapting to changes within families

Environmental hazards and their health risks (air, soil, sun, water, noise, food, chemicals, etc.)

Validity of product claims

Individual roles in maintaining a healthy community

Rules and laws for medicines and drugs

Relationship between lifestyle choices and disease prevention

Relationship between emotional, mental, social, and physical health

Nutritional needs through stages of development

Interpersonal and intrapersonal motivation for self-efficacy

Basic first aid (including when to call 911, etc.)

Stages of development

Physical and psychological addictions

Bacterial, viral, and fungal infections

Value and impact of sleep on the body

Food labels

Relationship between body image and self-esteem

Resources for injury prevention

Values and social behaviors in preventing drug use

Structure and functions of the immune system

Energy and nutrients

Techniques to prevent bullying

Safety when using the internet and other technology

Resources and trusted experts on drugs and medicines

Food health policies

Non-violent strategies to manage or resolve conflicts

Personal strategies (assertiveness, resistance, refusal skills, and goal setting) for drug free living

Eating disorders/dysfunctions