Grade 6 Health Washington Standards

Identify functions of the six nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water.

Describe consequences of skipping meals.

Summarize importance of staying hydrated.

Distinguish between nutrient-dense and empty-calorie foods and identify examples of each.

Compare and contrast caloric expenditure for a variety of physical activities.

Identify diseases often caused by nutritional choices.

Identify guidelines related to bicycle, pedestrian, traffic, water, and recreation safety.

Understand basic first aid skills.

Understand cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) procedures.

Describe situations that could lead to violence.

Identify potential dangers of sharing personal information through electronic media.

Identify parts of the reproductive systems.

Identify physical, social, mental, and emotional changes that occur during puberty.

Define abstinence and explain why it is the most effective method to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STDs), including HIV.

Explain how STDs are transmitted.

Identify examples of protective factors and risk behaviors.

Identify ways to communicate effectively in a variety of relationships.

Recognize that everyone has the right to set boundaries based on personal values.

Understand which sexual health care services are available to youth.

Understand that there are behaviors that constitute sexual offenses.

Understand that it is illegal to send or post sexually explicit images or messages electronically.

Describe factors that can influence self-esteem.

Understand how to improve one's self-esteem.

Describe how self-esteem and body image are related.

Explain importance of a positive body image.

Define stressor, eustress, and distress.

Explain causes and effects of stress.

Understand stress management.

Explain importance of understanding other perspectives when resolving interpersonal conflicts.

Summarize characteristics of empathy and compassion.

Describe different types of harassment, intimidation, and bullying.

Analyze harmful effects of harassment, intimidation, and bullying.

Identify signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Identify reasons individuals may want to harm themselves.

Understand that emotional and mental and behavioral health and well-being are as important as physical health and wellbeing.

Define stigma related to mental and behavioral health.

Explain differences between appropriate use, misuse, and abuse of substances.

Understand stages of addiction.

Understand short- and long-term effects of substance abuse on physical and mental health.

Identify how to use refusal skills to avoid substance use.

Identify legal and illegal substances.

Describe interrelationships of dimensions of health.

Differentiate between communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

Identify circumstances that influence healthy decision-making related to food choices and eating behaviors.

Understand the range of gender roles, identity, and expression across cultures.

Describe how peers and family influence substance use and abuse.

Determine how hereditary factors and health behaviors impact health.

Explain factors that influence health decisions and behaviors.

Understand differences between reliable and unreliable sources of nutrition information.

Identify beverages that should be limited and provide evidence to support limiting intake.

Explain how different components of a Nutrition Facts label can be used to guide food and beverage choices.

Distinguish between serving size and portion size.

Explain importance of talking with a family member and other trusted adults about relationships.

Investigate resources for support when dealing with difficult emotions.

Describe situations that call for professional emotional and mental and behavioral health services.

Identify valid and reliable substance abuse services.

Describe situations that call for expert health resources and services.

Demonstrate ways to resolve conflict to prevent, reduce, and avoid violence.

Explain effective communication skills.

Identify circumstances that help or hinder making healthy decisions related to personal health.

Develop a SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) goal to improve eating behaviors.

Describe how goals can enhance health.

Identify scenarios in which determine strategies to avoid exposure and use.

Promote benefits of abstaining from or discontinuing substance use.

Analyzing Influences

Dimensions of Health

Safety

Stress Management

Disease Prevention

Expressing Emotions

Body Image and Eating Disorders

Emotional, Mental, and Behavioral Health

Washington State Laws

Legal Consequences

Beverages

Sexual Health

Self-Identity

Puberty and Development

Self-Esteem

Decision-Making

Label Literacy

Access Valid Information

Wellness

Disease Prevention

Social Emotional Health

Violence Prevention

Injury Prevention

Prevention

Anatomy, Reproduction, and Pregnancy

Substance Use and Abuse

Nutrition

Prevention

Healthy Relationships

Use and Abuse

Nutritional Planning

Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying

First Aid

Caloric Intake and Expenditure

Effects

Goal-Setting

Communication

Treatment

Food Groups and Nutrients

Net and Wall Games, Creating Space

Engagement in Fitness Activities

FITT Principle

Receiving and Providing Feedback

Dribble

Field and Strike, Offensive Tactics

Goal-Setting

Forehand and Backhand

Nutrition

Strike

Shoot

Social Interaction

Defensive Skills

Invasion Games, Defensive Tactics

Engagement in Physical Activity

Phases of Exercise

Students will apply knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance.

Volley

Catch

Working with Others

Invasion Games, Offensive Tactics

Physical Activity and Nutrition Log

Self-Expression and Enjoyment

Target Games

Pass and Receive

Throw

Outdoor Pursuits

Rules and Etiquette

Invasion Games, Transitions

Benefit of Physical Activity

Students will recognize the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.

Personal Responsibility

Body Systems

Field and Strike, Defensive Tactics

Net and Wall Games, Tactics and Shots

Students will demonstrate competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

Serve

Components of Fitness

Safety

Health-Related Fitness

Offensive Skills

Individual-Performance Activities

Students will demonstrate the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.

Students will exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

Outdoor Pursuits

Movement and Rhythm

Challenge

Demonstrate mature pattern in a throw (underhand and overhand) for accuracy.

Demonstrate pivots and fakes without defensive pressure.

Demonstrate defensive-ready position, with weight on balls of feet, arms extended, and eyes on midsection of the offensive player.

Demonstrate correct technique for basic skills in one selected individual performance activity.

Demonstrate correct technique for basic skills in one selected outdoor activity.

Demonstrate a catch with mature pattern from a variety of trajectories using different objects.

Demonstrate passing and receiving with hand, foot, or implement with competency while moving and changing direction and speed.

Demonstrate dribbling skills with preferred hand, foot, or implement with competency while moving and changing direction and speed.

Demonstrate underhand and overhand striking with competency with and without an implement.

Demonstrate forehand and backhand strikes with competency using weight transfer and correct timing with a short-handled implement.

Demonstrate shooting on goal or target with power and competency.

Demonstrate an underhand serve with control, weight transfer, and competency.

Demonstrate forehand-volley with control and competency with and without a short-handled implement.

Demonstrate at least one of the following offensive tactics to create open space: move to open space without the ball; use a variety of passes, pivots, and fakes; use the width and length of the field or court on offense.

Identify appropriate decisions, based on level of difficulty due to conditions or ability, to ensure safety of self and others.

Demonstrate reducing open space on defense in various ways (changing body position, reducing passing angles by not allowing the catch, allowing the catch but not the return pass).

Demonstrate transitions from offense to defense or defense to offense by recovering quickly.

Create open space in net and wall games by moving opponent from side to side.

Demonstrate reducing offensive options for opponents by returning to midcourt position.

Identify open spaces and attempt to strike object into that space.

Identify the correct defensive play based on the situation.

Identify an appropriate shot or club based on location of the object in relation to the target.

Apply force to successfully perform movement activities.

Describe how being physically active leads to a healthy body.

Use a SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) goal to improve or maintain one area of health-related fitness based on a fitness assessment.

Maintain and reflect on a personal physical activity log.

Participate in self-selected physical activity outside of physical education class.

Identify activities used to develop components of skill-related fitness (agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed).

Classify fitness assessments to corresponding components of skill-related fitness.

Classify activities to corresponding components of skill-related fitness.

Differentiate between aerobic and anaerobic.

Describe role of flexibility in injury prevention.

Use pacing in cardiorespiratory endurance activities.

Describe each component of the FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, type) for cardiorespiratory endurance.

Describe role of warm-ups and cool-downs before and after physical activity.

Participate in a variety of cardiorespiratory endurance activities.

Identify major muscles used in selected physical activities.

Identify appropriate servings and portions for each food group specific to personal physical activity level.

Compare and contrast caloric expenditure for a variety of physical activities.

Exhibit personal responsibility by using appropriate etiquette, demonstrating respect for facilities, and exhibiting safe behaviors.

Demonstrate rules and etiquette during physical activities and games.

Provide corrective feedback to a peer using teacher-generated rubric with appropriate tone and other communications skills.

Demonstrate cooperation in a small group during physical activity.

Use physical activity and fitness equipment appropriately and safely with teacher guidance.

Apply strategies for overcoming individual challenges in a physical activity setting.

Describe how moving competently in a physical activity setting creates enjoyment.

Identify how self-expression and physical activity are related.

Demonstrate importance of social interaction by following rules and encouraging others in various physical activities and games.