Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Health Education Grade 6
Healthy Self
Specific Expectations
1.5 identify and practise health enhancing ways to manage feelings and changes associated with the onset of puberty
1.6 differentiate between internal and external cues of hunger and satiety and suggest techniques for mindful eating
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Advertising All Around Us
- Avatars and Body Image
- Image Gap
- Junk Food Jungle
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 3: Understanding Brands
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Looks Good Enough to Eat
- Mirror Image
- Prejudice and Body Image
- The Anatomy of Cool
Healthy Relationships
Specific Expectations
2.1 practise communication skills that keep relationships in their lives healthy, safe, and productive
2.2 create a personal value code of ethics on relationships within their lives
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity
- Introduction to Ethics: Avatars and Identity
- Stay on the Path Lesson Four: Scavenger Hunt
- Understanding the Internet: Communication and Social Media
Healthy Community
Specific Expectations
3.3 respond to advertising of and communication about the use of alcohol, tobacco, gambling, caffeine, medicines, food, and natural/alternative health products and communicate these ideas within the school community
3.4 identify personal safety strategies to use when home alone and/or babysitting
3.5 demonstrate an awareness of health issues related to the overuse of networking devices and video gaming, and assess signs of concern in oneself or others
MediaSmarts Resources
Lessons
- Game Time
- Image Gap
- Junk Food Jungle
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 3: Understanding Brands
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Looks Good Enough to Eat
- Media literacy key concepts Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning
- Media literacy key concepts Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications
- Mirror Image
- Scientific Detectives
- Tobacco Labels
- Truth or Money
- Winning the Cyber Security Game