Madison Public Schools
Grade 8 Health
Written by:
Jessica Rosella
Jill Tyburczy
Reviewed by:
Matthew A. Mingle
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
Sean Dowling
Supervisor of Health & Physical Education/Athletic Director
Approval date:
October 13, 2015
Members of the Board of Education:
Lisa Ellis, President
Kevin Blair, Vice President
Shade Grahling, Curriculum Committee Chairperson
David Arthur
Debra Coen
John Flynn
Johanna Habib
Leslie Lajewski
Madison Public Schools
359 Woodland Road
Madison, NJ 07940
www.madisonpublicschools.org
Course Overview
Description
The eighth grade health cycle is designed to help students acquire the knowledge and skills they
need to make responsible choices in the areas of human sexuality and drug abuse prevention.
Topics covered include functions of the male and female reproductive systems; pregnancy,
childbirth, and prenatal development; methods of contraception; and sexually transmitted diseases.
The difficulties facing teenage parents are emphasized. Additionally, the dangers of drug abuse
including alcohol and tobacco, are taught in this course. Students research and present information
about various psychoactive drugs. The importance of remaining drug free and the dangers of abuse
are emphasized. Students practice decision-making techniques and refusal skills.
Goals
This course aims to:
● Give students in 8th grade the opportunity to develop health knowledge
● Practice life skills such as the state of physical, mental and social well being.
● Achieve health goals that protect them from risk behaviors.
● Obtain knowledge and skills in the following health related areas: male and female
reproductive systems, decision making, alcohol, tobacco and drugs, and pregnancy and
childbirth, Sexually transmitted diseases,
● Help understand and learn the physical, emotional, and social aspects of human
relationships and sexuality and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Resources
Suggests Activities and Resources
Unit 1 Overview
Unit Title: Decision Making
Unit Summary: Eighth grade students need an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to help
them make appropriate decisions, have the confidence to take risks, and be flexible and adaptable
when faced with change and life transitions. This unit provides students with an opportunity to be
aware of and to develop these various skills. In the decision making model students will be able to
list possible options for solving the problem and weigh the possible consequences of each option to
their decision. They will learn the importance of goal setting and begin to set some short and long
term goals.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lessons
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
● How can a student use the decision making model to make responsible decisions regarding
the issues a teenager faces?
● What are the steps in decision making?
● What are the possible options for solving problems that teenagers are faced with?
● How will students evaluate their decisions in life?
● Why are someone’s values and morals important in decision making?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
● Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
● To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
● Individuals need to express his/her sexuality in ways that are both healthy and responsible.
● Understanding puberty helps to facilitate the emotional transition from childhood to
adolescence.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
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Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
SWBAT utilize decision making
skills to make appropriate
choices
Essential
Content/Skills
Decision Making
Model worksheet
Scenarios involving
teenage decisions
Suggested
Assessments
Role Playing
Point of View Wheel
discussion
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Pacing
2 Lessons
Teacher observation
Sudent’s personal
reflection and self
evaluation
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
8.1.8.B.1: Educational Technology: All
students will use digital tools to access,
manage, evaluate, and synthesize
information in order to solve problems
CRP1: Act as a responsible and
contributing citizen and employee
CRP3: Attend to personal health and
financial well-being
CRP5: Consider the environmental, social
and economic impacts of decisions
SWBAT evaluate their current
relationships and make
appropriate decisions based on
their personal goals.
Character trait
inventory
Role Playing
Scenario Cards
POV wheel
How to
Communicate with
Boys/ How to
Communicate with
Girls; He says/She
says
Point of View Wheel
discussion
Teacher observation
Student’s personal
reflection and self
evaluation
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
8.1.8.B.1: Educational Technology: All
students will use digital tools to access,
manage, evaluate, and synthesize
information in order to solve problems
CRP1: Act as a responsible and
contributing citizen and employee
CRP3: Attend to personal health and
financial well-being
CRP5: Consider the environmental, social
and economic impacts of decisions
2 Lessons
Unit 2 Overview
Unit Title: Male Reproductive System
Unit Summary: This unit provides the 8th grade students with the importance of understanding
the structure and function of the male reproductive system. Learning about the male reproductive
system can help students analyze and understand the relationship between personal care and
disease prevention.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lessons
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
● What are the important structures of the male reproductive system?
● What are some common disorders of the male reproductive system?
● How does a male relate to the body’s hormone control system?
● What is the importance of maintaining a healthy reproductive system?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
● Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
● To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
● Individuals need to express his/her sexuality in ways that are both healthy and responsible.
● Understanding puberty helps to facilitate the emotional transition from childhood to
adolescence.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
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Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations,
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
Essential
Content/Skills
Suggested
Assessments
SWBAT describe the location
and function of the following
male reproductive structures:
testes, scrotum, epididymis, vas
deferens, urethra, penis, seminal
vesicle, prostate gland, and
Cowper's gland.
Students will fill in
a worksheet with
all the correct
definitions of the
male reproductive
system.
Teacher observation
Sudent’s personal
reflection and self
evaluation.
Unit Summary
Written Test
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Pacing
2 Lessons
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active, lifestyle.
SWBAT identify different ways
to keep the male reproductive
system healthy. Learn about the
different diseases
and disorders
males have to deal
with.
Preventative
measures taken to
keep male system
healthy.
Teacher observation
Student discussion
Unit Summary
Written test
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
8.1.8.B.1: Educational Technology: All
students will use digital tools to access,
manage, evaluate, and synthesize
information in order to solve problems
CRP1: Act as a responsible and
contributing citizen and employee
CRP3: Attend to personal health and
financial well-being
CRP5: Consider the environmental, social
and economic impacts of decisions
2 Lessons
Unit 3 Overview
Unit Title: Female Reproductive System
Unit Summary: This unit provides the 8th grade students with the importance of understanding
the structure and function of the female reproductive system. Learning about the female
reproductive system can help students analyze and understand the relationship between personal
care and disease prevention.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lesson paced
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
● What are the important structures of the female reproductive system?
● What are some common disorders of the female reproductive system?
● How does a female relate to the body’s hormone control system?
● What is the importance of maintaining a healthy reproductive system?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
● Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
● To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
● Individuals need to express his/her sexuality in ways that are both healthy and responsible.
● Understanding puberty helps to facilitate the emotional transition from childhood to
adolescence.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
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●
Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations,
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
Essential
Content/Skills
Suggested
Assessments
SWBAT describe the location
and function of the following
female reproductive system
parts; ovaries, ova, fallopian
tubes, uterus, vagina, labia
majora and minora, and mons
pubic
Students will fill in
a worksheet with
all the correct
definitions of the
female
reproductive
system.
Teacher observation
Sudent’s personal
reflection and self
evaluation.
Unit Summary
Written Test
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Pacing
2 Lessons
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active, lifestyle.
SWBAT list the menstrual cycle
changes that a women goes
through each month.
SWBAT fill in the female
diagram writing in the
appropriate terms for each part.
Menstrual Cycle
chart
Teacher observation
Student discussion
Video analysis of
the changes that
the female body
goes through in the
menstrual cycle.
Female Diagram
Unit Summary
Written test
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active lifestyle.
2 Lessons
Unit 4 Overview
Unit Title: Pregnancy and Childbirth
Unit Summary: This unit provides 8th grade students the necessary information of the different
stages of childbirth. The students will discover how a child is conceived and develop through birth.
Students will learn important concepts such as conception, the development stages through nine
months, preparing for birth, and the baby’s arrival.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lesson paced
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
● What is involved in the processes of prenatal development, pregnancy and childbirth?
● What are the essential steps to becoming pregnant?
● What are the changes that go on through the three trimesters?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
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Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
Individuals need to express his/her sexuality in ways that are both healthy and responsible.
Understanding puberty helps to facilitate the emotional transition from childhood to
adolescence.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
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Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations,
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
Essential
Content/Skills
SWBAT understand the process in which
a female gets pregnant.
Changes in the
three trimesters
Students will research the signs and
symptoms of pregnancy and determine
Prenatal
Information on
care.
Suggested
Assessments
Teacher observation
Student discussion
SWBAT understand the process in which
a female gets pregnant.
Unit Summary
Written test
Vocabulary words
How to confirm
pregnancy.
Role Playing
Examine factors
related to prenatal
care, pregnancy,
and childbirth: •
drug risks • Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome
(FAS) • low birth
weight • nutrition
(e.g., adequate folic
acid, iron, calcium,
protein) • regular
check-ups
Self Reflection
Childbirth Write up
on interviewing a
mother who went
through a
pregnancy and
childbirth
Point of View Wheel
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
2.4.8.C.1: Summarize the signs and
symptoms of pregnancy and the methods
available to confirm pregnancy
2.4.8.C.2: Distinguish physical, social, and
emotional changes that occur during each
stage of pregnancy, including stages of
labor and childbirth and the adjustment
period following birth
2.4.8.C.3: Determine effective strategies
and resources to assist with parenting
2.48.C.4: Predict-short and long term
impacts of teen pregnancy
2.4.8.C.5 Correlate prenatal care with the
prevention of complications that may
occur during pregnancy and childbirth
Pacing
4 Lessons
Unit 5 Overview
Unit Title: Methods of Contraception and STD Prevention
Unit Summary: The 8th grade students will have an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills
to help them make appropriate decisions about methods of contraception. This unit provides
students with an opportunity to be aware of the advantages, disadvantages and effectiveness of
different options of birth control. Understanding the function of birth control methods, the
students will in turn have the knowledge of what goes into protecting oneself from sexually
transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy. Effective communication skills are necessary for
successful decision making in life.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lesson paced
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
● Why is communication important in building and maintaining a relationship?
● Why is it important to protect the body using contraception?
● What are influences that help make our decisions?
● Why is it important to practice birth control to prevent pregnancy?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
● Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
● To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
● Individuals need to express his/her sexuality in ways that are both healthy and responsible.
● Understanding puberty helps to facilitate the emotional transition from childhood to
adolescence.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
●
●
●
●
●
Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations,
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
Essential
Content/Skills
SWBAT define, accurately the word
contraception. SWBAT list the methods
of contraception
BIRTH CONTROL
chart. Students fill
in the effectiveness,
positives, negatives
of each kind of
birth control
method.
Suggested
Assessments
Summative and
formative
assessments
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active, lifestyle.
Pacing
4 Lessons
Unit 6 Overview
Unit Title: Alcohol
Unit Summary: This unit provides the 8th grade student the background of knowledge that is
needed to learn about the influences of media, advertising and general community practices in the
use of alcohol. It is widely recognized that the availability of alcohol to minors causes has
detrimental effects on the community. Students need to understand the ways alcohol can impair
physical, intellectual, emotional and social development.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lessons
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
● What are the effects of alcohol on the body?
● What effects does alcohol have on decision making and relationships?
● What are the short and long term effects of drinking alcohol?
● What are some resistance skills to resist peer pressure and drinking alcohol?
● How do media (for example: music, television, movies, art, billboards, radio, clothing,
magazines) influence alcohol?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
● Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
● To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
● Individuals need to express his/her sexuality in ways that are both healthy and responsible.
● Understanding puberty helps to facilitate the emotional transition from childhood to
adolescence.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
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●
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●
●
Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations,
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
SWBAT learn the consequences of
using alcohol at an early age.
SWBAT learn what alcohol does to the
body and mind.
Essential
Content/Skills
New terminology
and how alcohol
affects the body
and mind.
Suggested
Assessments
Student worksheets
Key Academic
Vocabulary:
abuse, addiction,
alcohol,
dependence, drugs,
experimentation,
non-verbal
communication,
tobacco, tolerance,
norms,
peer-pressure, use,
verbal
communication
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Pacing
2 Lessons
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active, lifestyle.
Myths and Facts
are also discussed
SWBAT understand valuable community
resources and services for substance
abuse prevention and intervention
Vocabulary such as
alcoholics
anonymous,
Alcoholic
Anonymous for
teens
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active lifestyle.
2 Lessons
Unit 7 Overview
Unit Title: Tobacco
Unit Summary: This unit provides the 8th grade student increased knowledge of the effects of
tobacco use. Throughout this unit students will understand the increased dangers that tobacco has
on the human body. Students will be provided with a list of possible diseases associated with
tobacco use such as emphysema, liver disease, heart disease, and tooth and gum disease. Students
will investigate the health risks posed to nonsmokers by second hand/passive smoking. Analyze the
physical, social, and emotional indicators and stages of dependency.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lessons
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
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What are the stages of tobacco addiction?
What are some effects and consequences tobacco has on the body?
How are smokeless tobacco and second hand smoke harmful?
Are electronic cigarettes a safe way to quit smoking?
What are some ways to resist pressure of tobacco usage?
How do media (for example: music, television, movies, art, billboards, radio, clothing,
magazines) influence tobacco?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
● Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
● To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
● Individuals need to express his/her sexuality in ways that are both healthy and responsible.
● Understanding puberty helps to facilitate the emotional transition from childhood to
adolescence.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
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●
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●
●
Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations,
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
SWBAT describe the process of
addiction (experimentation/social use,
tolerance, physical / emotional
dependence, diagnosis,
treatment/withdrawal)
Essential
Content/Skills
Evaluate the
harmful effects of
tobacco use: •
cardiovascular
disease • cancer •
emphysema •
financial cost • gum
disease •
second-hand
smoke
Suggested
Assessments
1. Teacher
observation.
2. Class discussion
3 Student
participation
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Pacing
2 Lessons
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active, lifestyle.
SWBAT describe potential short-term
and long-term effects/consequences
(physical,
mental, emotional,
social, financial) of using tobacco,
Video analysis on
the secrets of the
tobacco industry.
1. Teacher
observation.
2. Class discussion
3 Student
participation
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active lifestyle.
2 Lessons
Unit 8 Overview
Unit Title: Drugs
Unit Summary: Students in 8th grade learn about the exposures to the influences of media
advertising and general community practices in the use of legal and illegal drugs. The use or misuse
of these substances, as well as medications may impair physical, intellectual, emotional and social
development. Students will analyze the physical, social, and emotional indicators and stages of
drug dependency.
Suggested Pacing: 2 weeks or 4 lessons
Learning Targets
Unit Essential Questions:
● What are some short and long term effects of drug use?
● What are the characteristics and dangers of individual drugs?
● What are the three classes of drugs?
● What are the definitions of addiction, withdrawal and tolerance?
● How do media (for example: music, television, movies, art, billboards, radio, clothing,
magazines) influence tobacco?
Unit Enduring Understandings:
● Effective communication skills are necessary for successful decision making in life.
● To recognize risk factors and apply risk reducing strategies can prevent health consequences.
Evidence of Learning
Unit Benchmark Assessment Information:
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Combination of magazine articles and powerpoint presentations,
Software and internet demonstrations
Teacher guided class discussions
Individual and group projects
Class presentations as well as short video clip analysis
Objectives
(Students will be able to…)
SWBAT describe the process of
addiction (experimentation/social use,
tolerance, physical / emotional
dependence, diagnosis,
treatment/withdrawal)
Essential
Content/Skills
Illegal Drugs
Classification
Worksheet
Illegal Drugs
Teacher Notes
Illegal Drugs
Classification
Worksheet
Suggested
Assessments
Design a personal
action plan for
avoiding substance
abuse
Drug powerpoint
project
Summative
Assessment on unit.
Illegal Drugs
Worksheet
SWBAT describe potential short-term
and long-term effects/consequences
(physical,
mental, emotional,
social, financial) of using drugs
Understanding
Drugs and
Medicine Teacher
Notes
Understanding
Drugs and
Medicine
Worksheet
Standards
(NJCCCS CPIs, CCSS, NGSS)
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
2 Lessons
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active, lifestyle.
Magazine articles
Research project
Standard 2.1.A.8 Wellness: Personal
Growth and Development: By the end of
Grade 6, all students will acquire health
promotion concepts and skills to support
a healthy lifestyle.
Standard 2.2 Integrated Skills: All
students will use health-enhancing
personal, interpersonal and life skills to
support a healthy active lifestyle
Standard 2.4 Human Relationships and
sexuality. All students will learn the
physical, emotional and social aspects of
human relationships and sexuality and
apply these concepts to support a healthy,
active lifestyle.
Pacing
2 Lessons