5th Grade Health
5th Grade Health
The Howard County Public School System's comprehensive Health Education program is one component of Coordinated School Health Programs. Health Education programs provide a setting in which teachers, parents, and community members partner to help students focus on health prevention concepts and to practice lifeskills in a safe and supportive environment.
The National Health Education Standards form the framework for health education curriculum. The National Standards are used by schools to support programs that allow students to become healthy and enable them to succeed academically. The standards relate directly to the Howard County Public School Systemís mission to ensure excellence in teaching and learning. Below are some links that you may find helpful for this subject area.
When your child receives work in their Friday Folder for health, please go over it with him or her. If they have received a grade below a 70%, our policy is that the student can make the corrections and turn it in on Monday for a C.
Howard County 5th Grade Health - This is the county site that lists the curriculum objectives that will be taught to every student in fifth grade. The curriculum is broken down into the various units of study, which includes Mental Health, Safety, First Aid, & Injury Prevention, SAFE, and Puberty Education.
5th Grade Health Curriculum Links
Mental Health / Safety, First Aid, & Injury Prevention / Tobacco, Alcohol, & Other Drugs / Puberty Education
Depression: The Big Questions - Learn what depression is and how it can affect someone's life. Find out what the signs and symptoms, causes, and treatments are. From PBS's "It's My Life" series.
Safety, First Aid, & Injury Prevention
Hazard Hunter - tour the house with Hazard Hunter, the safety expert, and learn about home accidents and how to prevent them. Requires Flash.
Learn About Chemicals Around Your House - take a house tour and play some games to learn about household products that have chemicals and how to be safe around them. From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Sun Guard Man Online - this superhero is here to keep the nasty ultraviolet rays at bay! Let him teach you how to take care of your skin when you're in the sun.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for Kids - come find out ways to be safe while doing all your favorite sports and activities
Tobacco, Alcohol, & Other Drugs
Kids Against Tobacco Smoke - get the latest tobacco-related news in the U.K., check out facts about tobacco smoke, and try the interactive games that help you explore the consequences of smoking.
SGR4Kids - check out this report for kids about smoking from the Surgeon General. Get the truth behind tobacco ads, learn some facts, and find out more interesting information.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - for kids only. Be smart, don't start.
Ask Listen Learn - play with the interactive body to learn how drinking alcohol affects different parts of your body. Watch a video on how alcohol changed the life of one teen forever.
All About Puberty - read all about this process your body goes through, from KidsHealth.com.
Dealing with Feelings - if you're feeling mad, sad, or angry, this page may help! It talks about hard topics like divorce, eating disorders, even puberty. From KidsHealth.org.
4 Girls Health - learn about what happens to your body as you grow up, find out how to stay healthy, see how substances like drugs and alcohol affect your body, get ways to handle stress and emotions, and lots more on this site from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.