Areas of Focus

• Analyze temperature related emergency situations and explain prevention strategies and treatment
• Maintain safety on the internet and research local support systems
• Demonstrate the ability to use decision making skills and goal setting strategies to enhance health
• Identify the characteristics of non-infectious disease as well as strategies for prevention and
  treatment
• Practice effective refusal skills to avoid drugs with a focus on tobacco, marijuana and inhalants
• Understand the harmful effects and legal consequences of abusing tobacco, marijuana and inhalants
• Cite the connection between health behaviors and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, allergies,
  asthma and cancer
• Identify personal triggers for eating behaviors
• Assess nutritional value of fast foods
• Describe how self-image affects the ability to maintain healthy relationships with others
• Identify the parts of the male and female reproductive system
• Identify a variety of indicators that demonstrate the onset of puberty
• Identify the parts and functions of the nervous, endocrine, and respiratory systems