Grade 8 Health Florida standards Standards

Community and Environmental Health

Core Concepts

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

Evaluate community health problems and concerns common to adolescents.

Identify the social determinants of health.

Internal and External Influence

Analyze how the school and community may influence adolescent health.

Critique school and public health policies that influence health promotion and disease prevention.

Analyze how media/social media influences community health behaviors.

Predict how environmental factors affect community health.

Prevention and Decision Making

Investigate community strategies to reduce or prevent injuries and other adolescent health problems.

Anticipate how injury or illness stemming from unhealthy or risky behaviors impacts the community.

Categorize healthy and unhealthy alternatives to community health-related issues or problems.

Advocacy

Promote positive health choices with the influence and support of others.

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

Work cooperatively to advocate for healthy individuals, peers, families, and schools.

Consumer Health

Core Concepts

Analyze how appropriate health care can influence personal health.

Compare and contrast a variety of technologies to gather health information.

Internal and External Influence

Evaluate ways consumer health messages and communication techniques can be targeted for different audiences.

Research marketing strategies behind health-related media/social media messages.

Analyze the influence of technology on personal and family health.

Prevention and Decision Making

Analyze the accessibility, validity, and reliability of products and services that enhance home, school, and community health.

Analyze valid and reliable health services and the cost of products.

Advocacy

Promote resources that assist in goal setting.

Recommend a variety of technologies to gather health information.

Personal Health Concepts

Core Concepts

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

Identify major chronic diseases that impact human body systems.

Assess the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors.

Assess personal health practices.

Internal and External Influence

Analyze the influences of media/social media on physical, emotional, and social health.

Explain the impact of cyberbullying and inappropriate use of social media on personal wellness.

Analyze the influence of personal values, attitudes, and beliefs about individual health practices and behaviors.

Predict how environmental factors affect personal health.

Assess the role of the beliefs of friends and peers on the health of adolescents.

Assess the role of the beliefs of family and culture on the health of adolescents.

Describe the influence of culture on health beliefs, practices, and behaviors.

Explore how heredity and family history can affect personal health.

Explain how the perceptions of norms influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

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

Prevention and Decision Making

Determine when health-related situations require the application of a thoughtful prepared plan of action.

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

Distinguish when individual or collaborative decision-making is appropriate.

Evaluate the outcomes of a health-related decision.

Determine situations when specific professional health services or providers may be required.

Investigate personal strategies to reduce or prevent injuries and other adolescent health problems.

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

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

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

Advocacy

Promote ways to acquire health services, products and or environments based on accurate and truthful information.

Identify strategies to combat cyberbullying and online harassment.

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.