Format
1. Introduction of educator and Stuffee.
2. Discuss the digestive System including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine.
3. Discuss kidneys.
4. Discuss the respiratory System.
5. Talk about why it is important to keep your lungs healthy.
6. Wrap up and Summary.
Objectives
The participants will:
-Learn the organs involved in the digestive systems.
-Understand how the parts work together to digest food.
-Find out why they need to eat a balanced diet.
-Learn about the organs involved with the respiratory system.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
National Health Standards
KINDERGARTEN
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
K.1.1 Name healthy behaviors.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
K.5.1 Identify health-related situations.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
K.7.1 Identify healthy behaviors to improve personal health and wellness.
Standard 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.
K.8.1 Repeat rules that promote personal health.
GRADE 1
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
1.1.1 Tell how healthy behaviors impact personal health and wellness.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
1.5.1 Describe a health-related decision.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
1.7.1 Describe healthy practices to maintain personal health and wellness.
1.7.2 Describe behaviors that reduce health risks.
Standard 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family and community health.
1.8.1 Identify ways to promote health and wellness.
GRADE 2
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
2.1.1 Identify that healthy behaviors affect personal health.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
2.5.1 Identify situations when a health-related decision is needed.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
2.7.1 Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.
2.7.2 Demonstrate behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.
Grade 3
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
3.1.1 Identify the link between healthy choices and being healthy.
3.1.2 Give examples of physical and emotional health.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
3.5.1 Indicate routine health-related situations.
3.5.4 Indicate the possible consequences of each choice when making a health-related decision.
3.5.5 Identify a healthy choice when making a decision.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
3.7.1 Name healthy behaviors.
3.7.2 Identify a healthy practice to maintain personal health and wellness.
3.7.3 Recognize actions to avoid health risks.
Grade 4
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
4.1.1 Explain the connection between behaviors and personal health.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
4.5.1 Explain situations that may require a thoughtful health-related decision.
4.5.3 Indicate healthy alternatives to health-related issues or problems.
4.5.5 Determine a healthy alternative when making a decision.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
4.7.1 Describe positive health behaviors.
4.7.2 Describe a healthy behavior to improve personal health and wellness.
Grade 5
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
5.1.1 Describe the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
5.5.1 Identify health-related situations that may require a thoughtful decision.
5.5.4 Predict the potential outcomes of each option when making a health-related decision.
5.5.6 Describe the outcomes of a health-related decision.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
5.7.1 Identify responsible personal health behaviors.
5.7.2 Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.
5.7.3 Demonstrate a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks.
State Standards
Indiana Science Standards
Grade Kindergarten
Process Standards
The Nature of Science
• Generate questions and make observations about natural processes.
• Discuss observations with peers and be able to support your conclusion with evidence.
Standard 1 – Core Standard: Observe, manipulate, sort and generate questions about objects and their physical properties.
K.1.1 Use all senses as appropriate to observe, sort and describe objects according to their composition and physical properties, such as size, color, and shape. Explain these choices to others and generate questions about the objects.
Standard 3 – Core Standard: Observe living organisms, compare and contrast their characteristics, and ask questions about them.
Grade 1
Process Standards
The Nature of Science
• Discuss observations with peers and be able to support your conclusion with evidence.
Standard 3 – Core Standard: Observe, describe and ask questions about living things and their relationship to their environment.
1.3.3 Observe and explain that plants and animals have basic needs for growth and survival: plants need to take in water and need light and animals need to take in water and food and have a way to dispose of waste.
Grade 2
Process Standards
The Nature of Science
• Generate questions and make observations about natural processes.
• Discuss observations with peers and be able to support your conclusion with evidence.
2.4.1 Identify parts of the human body as tools, such as hands for grasping and teeth for cutting and chewing.
Grade 4
Standard 3 – Core Standard: Observe, describe, and ask questions about structures of organisms and how they affect their growth and survival.