Grade 4 Health Missouri standards Standards

Identify actual or potential risks factors and reduction methods within the environment that can affect one's health (e.g., wearing sunscreen, having parent change furnace filter).

Individual Responsibility

Compare the air quality between the smoking and non-smoking area of a restaurant and identify harmful effects of second hand smoke.

Effects of Pollution on Health

Environmental Health

Analyze the effects of choosing healthy alternatives rather than using or abusing substances.

Describe how TAOD can affect the body systems (e.g., circulatory, respiratory, nervous).

Substance Use vs. Non-Use

Identify the purposes of prescriptions, OTC drugs, and other natural substances (herbs) and how they can be used safely (e.g., treat illness, prevent health problems).

Purpose and Guidelines for Prescription, OTC Drugs and Natural Substances

Classify substances in the home according to proper and improper usage (e.g., bleach is for cleaning and not for ingesting; vitamins are one a day and not several a day).

Safe and Unsafe Substances

Substance Education

Explain the cause and effect of following water safety rules.

Water-Related Emergencies

Predict the outcome when safety equipment is used/not used in physical activity.

Activity Related Injuries and Environmental Conditions

Demonstrate basic first aid procedures for handling weather-related emergencies (e.g., hypothermia, frostbite, and heat exhaustion).

First Aid Procedures

Assess personal environment and recognize the potential for danger in everyday situations (e.g., not wearing seatbelt, too many plugs in one outlet, telling caller parents are out).

Safety for Home, School, and Communities

Injury Prevention and Safety

Describe how HIV affects the immune system.

HIV/AIDS Prevention Education

Identify that there are certain conditions and lifestyle behaviors that enhance both the growth and spread of pathogens (e.g., person-to-person, food, water, not washing hands, improper refrigeration, lack of purification).

Types of Pathogens and Transmission

Explain how healthy behaviors enhance the body's basic lines of defense (e.g., sleep, physical activity, healthy food choices).

Body Defenses and Recovery

Identify and describe basic causes, symptoms, treatments, and management of common communicable diseases and health problems.

Communicable vs. Non-Communicable Diseases

Disease Prevention and Control

Risk Assessment and Reduction

Describe strategies to prevent violence (e.g., count to 10 before acting, talk to a trusted adult about feelings, physical activity, channel energy into worthwhile activity).

Describe strategies to prevent bullying (e.g., avoid being alone, stay away from people who fight, ignore insults).

Harassment/Bullying and Violence Prevention

Identify personal stressors in daily living (e.g., large groups, tests, family pressures, too busy, language barriers) and describe strategies to deal with these stressors (coping, time management, decision-making).

Stress Management and Coping Skills

Assess situations that may require coping strategies (e.g., loneliness, boredom, grief, anger, shyness) and list assets that would help address these situations.

Goal Setting and Asset Development

Identify steps of conflict resolution: (1) identify the conflict; (2) agree to disagree; (3) listen to each other; (4) negotiate; (5) compromise on a solution.

Refusal/Assertive Skills and Conflict Resolution

Explain and cite examples where the decision making process may be used (e.g., choosing sports, snacks, friends).

Decision Making and Problem Solving

Life Management Skills

Compare and contrast community helpers and agencies who can provide assistance for specific health issues or problems (e.g., firemen, policemen, paramedics, American Heart Association).

Community Services/Careers

Collect and display examples of how the media can influence a consumer decision regarding health practices and products (e.g., magazine, newspaper, commercial).

Media Influence on Health Habits and Decisions

Consumer Health and Safety

Describe proper food guidelines and storage (e.g., expiration date, refrigerated vs. non-refrigerated food).

Food Handling and Safety

Make decisions regarding food choices based on balance (e.g., food log, meal planning, grocery shopping), moderation and variety.

Balance, Variety and Moderation

Describe the relationship between food intake and energy.

Identify the sources and basic functions of the six essential nutrients including fiber, and locate five essential nutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals) on food labels and recognize that this information helps one make healthy food choices.

Essential Nutrients and Food Groupings

Nutrition

Classify activities as they relate to the health related fitness components and identify behaviors, that if performed regularly, can contribute to a healthy lifestyle (eating breakfast daily, not smoking, adequate sleep, maintain normal weight, regular physical activity, avoiding alcohol, healthy snacking).

Personal Health

Personal and Family Health

Health Maintenance and Enhancement

Relate the effects of human actions towards people with diverse backgrounds and demonstrate ways to effectively communicate with them.

Responsibilities in Society

Social, Emotional and Mental Health

Describe how to keep the immune system healthy and explain the principles of vaccination and immunization.

Lymphatic-Immune System

Identify and describe the basic structure and function of the male and female reproductive system (e.g., menstrual cycle, nocturnal emissions).

Reproductive System

Identify and describe the basic structure and functions of the endocrine system including growth (pituitary), reproduction (ovaries, testes), fight or flight responses (adrenal), energy, metabolism (thyroid).

Endocrine System

Label the major components (i.e., kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra) and functions of the urinary/excretory system (e.g., removes liquid waste from the body).

Urinary/Excretory System

Describe the processes of the digestive system (e.g., how the teeth, tongue, and saliva begin the digestive process) and how they are affected by lifestyle choices (e.g., diet, activity level, dental care).

Digestive System

Define and distinguish between short-term and long-term memory.

Nervous System

Describe the function of the respiratory system (e.g., exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen) between air sacs and capillaries.

Respiratory System

Show the effects of lifestyle choices (e.g., high fat diet, physical activity) on the cardio-respiratory system and relate how the cardio-respiratory system affects quality of life.

Cardio-respiratory/Circulatory System

Determine the cause/effect of healthy lifestyle choices as they relate to the three layers of skin (nutrition, hydration, exercise.

Integumentary System (skin)

Identify the different types of bones (i.e., long, flat, wide, short, and curved) and their functions (mineral storage, calcium, red blood cells, growth plates).

Skeletal System

Describe how muscles affect overall health (e.g., burning calories, good posture, healthy heart).

Muscular System

Structure and Functions of the Body

Functions and Interrelationships of Systems

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.

Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors.

Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.