Grade 6 Health Florida standards Standards

Community and Environmental Health

Core Concepts

Describe how the physical, mental, social, and intellectual dimensions of community health are interrelated.

Identify community health problems and concerns common to adolescents.

Internal and External Influence

Identify the impact of health information conveyed to students by the school and community.

Investigate changes to societal norms and how they influence health beliefs and behaviors.

Examine how media/social media influences peer and community health behaviors.

Propose ways that technology can influence peer and community health behaviors.

Prevention and Decision Making

Choose healthy alternatives over unhealthy alternatives when making a decision.

Specify the potential outcomes of each option when making a community health-related decision.

Advocacy

Describe how the community can influence and support others to make positive health choices.

State a health-enhancing position on a topic and support it with accurate information.

Consumer Health

Core Concepts

Examine how appropriate health care can promote personal health.

Investigate a variety of technologies to gather health information.

Identify available resources and services needed to attain a personal health goal.

Internal and External Influence

Illustrate ways health messages and communication

Prevention and Decision Making

Examine the validity of health information and determine the cost benefit of health products and services.

Advocacy

Identify ways students can request access to appropriate resources and services that promote healthy living.

Personal Health Concepts

Core Concepts

Describe how the physical, mental social, and intellectual dimensions of health are interrelated.

Identify personal health problems and concerns common to adolescents including reproductive development.

Examine the importance of assuming responsibility for personal reproductive health behaviors.

Describe situations when professional health services may be required.

Internal and External Influence

Analyze how media/social media influences personal and peer thoughts, feelings, and health behaviors.

Identify environmental factors that affect personal health.

Examine how friends and peers influence the health of adolescents.

Examine how family and culture influence the health of adolescents.

Recognize how personal health choices can affect hereditary risk factors.

Determine how social norms may impact healthy and unhealthy behavior.

Explain how body systems are impacted by hereditary factors and infectious diseases.

Describe legal and ethical behaviors when using the internet and social media.

Prevention and Decision Making

Distinguish between the need for individual or collaborative decision making.

Specify the potential outcomes of each option when making a personal health-related decision.

Predict the potential outcomes of a health-related decision.

Use various methods to measure personal health status.

Develop an individual goal to adopt, maintain, or improve a personal health practice.

Determine strategies and skills needed to attain a personal health goal.

Monitor progress toward attaining a personal health goal.

Examine the likelihood of injury or illness if engaging in unhealthy/risky behaviors.

Explore healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve personal health and reduce health risks.

Advocacy

Use valid and reliable information to request access to health products, services, or environments.

Resiliency (starting 2024-2025)

Character

Demonstrate the ability to respond with empathy in a variety of contexts and situations.

Describe the importance of empathy, kindness, honesty and trust in building and sustaining relationships.

Identify sources of relational conflicts and healthy approaches to conflict resolutions.

Personal Responsibility

Discuss how character is shaped by attitudes, decisions and actions.

Demonstrate responsible decision-making that considers multiple perspectives.

Describe the importance of following school and community laws and rules.

Monitor progress toward attaining a personal goal.

Explain strategies and skills needed to assess progress and maintenance of a challenging personal goal.

Describe how personal goals can vary with changing abilities, priorities, and responsibilities.

Identify how continuous learning leads to personal growth.

Identify strategies to manage challenges and setbacks.

Identify healthy responses to negative peer pressure.

Mentorship and Citizenship

Discuss ways a leader can build the trust of individuals and groups.

Explain and develop ways to apply leadership skills in the school and the community.

Identify the importance of volunteerism in positively affecting the community and nation.

Identify ways to participate in our constitutional republic through public policy, voting, and leadership positions.

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Analyze possible solutions to a problem to determine the best outcome for oneself and others.

Develop and apply conflict resolution skills in a variety of situations.

Analyze ways to pursue common goals as a part of a team or group.

Identify the importance of perseverance when facing difficulty solving a problem.

Substance Use and Abuse Standards

Health promotion and disease prevention concepts

Demonstrate responsible decision-making about the use of substances.

Define terminology specific to alcohol misuse/abuse and discuss the short- and long-term effects of consuming alcohol.

Discuss the health risks associated with alcohol

Describe the types, delivery devices and accessibility of marijuana/THC products and their impacts on prevalence of use.

Examine the effects of marijuana/THC and opioids on body systems and behavior.

State the risks of misusing and sharing prescription and/or illicit drugs, including fentanyl and other opioids.

Identify signs and symptoms of prescription and/or illicit drug misuse and overdose, including fentanyl and other opioids.

Describe the short- and long-term physical and social consequences of tobacco, nicotine use and/or vaping.

Internal and external influences

Discuss family rules, school rules and state laws about the use of alcohol and other drugs.

Discuss the dangers of underage consumption of alcohol and the benefits of abstaining from drinking alcohol.

Describe how external factors can influence behaviors related to tobacco, nicotine use, and/or vaping.

Explain school-based policies and legal consequences

Access to valid information, products and services

Discuss ways to identify valid and reliable multi-media information as it pertains to alcohol and other drugs.

Identify how to find and access school and community resources related to alcohol misuse and/or abuse.

Differentiate between marijuana/THC myths and facts.

Explain how family, peers and multi-media messages over time can influence the use of marijuana/THC.

Describe the three major categories, purposes and side effects of prescription drugs.

Distinguish valid and reliable resources for cessation.

Communication skills and resilient behaviors to reduce health risks

Demonstrate refusal and communication skills in specific scenarios related to underage drinking and illicit drug use.

Predict the potential short- and long-term impacts on self

Advocacy for personal, family and community health

Work cooperatively with peers to advocate for others to remain alcohol and drug free.

Demonstrate ways to seek help and support from trusted

Identify the consequences of marijuana/THC use and work cooperatively to advocate for healthy behaviors.

Model ways that encourage others to avoid situations where alcohol and other drugs are present or may be used.

Encourage peers to model healthy choices related to goals, communication, friendship and peer pressure.

Describe how to support family and friends who are trying to stop using tobacco, nicotine, and/or vaping.