The student describes healthy ways to communicate consideration and respect for self, family, friends, and others. Health Education, Grade 7-8. In middle school, students learn about health behaviors that will safeguard their health as well as information related to understanding puberty and the reproductive process. Students are taught about factors in their environment that impact, not only their health and the health of their families, but the health of their communities as well. Middle school students learn to refine their critical-thinking skills to avoid unsafe situations, analyze health information and products, and maintain healthy relationships.
Students begin to investigate health in the broader context of community.
The student comprehends ways to enhance and maintain personal health throughout the life span. The student recognizes ways that body structure and function relate to personal health throughout the life span. The student comprehends and utilizes concepts relating to health promotion and disease prevention throughout the life span. The student knows how to research, access, analyze, and use health information. The student engages in behaviors that reduce health risks throughout the life span.