Standard of Learning

3.4   The student will demonstrate the ability to use health information to improve personal health. Key concepts/skills include:

1. the use of health services and agencies to gain information;
2. the ways in which health care has improved as a result of technology;
3. the use of a variety of print, audiovisual, and electronic media resources.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will identify ways in which health care has improved as a result of advances in science and technology.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• identify dental health care improvements we now have that were not available 100 years ago.
• give examples of new technologies that provide safer, quicker, and more efficient health care. (ultra sound images instead of x-rays, laser surgery instead of glasses, etc.)

Sample Lessons

Oral Health Education: Saving Smiles Series- “Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body”
Grade:  3
Lesson Plan (1) Develop an awareness of how the nutrient content of food and beverages affects body systems and can improve personal health. (SOL 3.1a, 3.4 a,b,c)
Lesson Plan (2) Describe the effects of nicotine products, including smokeless tobacco products, on body systems and the oral cavity. (SOL 3.3c)
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Health, Division of Dental Health
Contact:  http://www.vahealth.org/teeth/OralHealthEducation.asp (curriculum resources)
Free

Brushing & Flossing to a Healthy Smile
Grade: 3
In teaching that germs on and in the body need to be gotten rid of, this lesson teaches that plaque that forms on the teeth can be removed with brushing and flossing.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – health)
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• Blue Web'n - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
• BrainPop.com - A Fun, Interactive Site that Teaches About Health and Science Through On-line Movies, Quizzes, etc. - http://www.brainpop.com
• CyberBee - http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/MMStocs/MMScybertoc.html
• FunBrain.com - http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html
• Internet Detectives - http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/detectives
• McGraw-Hill School Division Teaching Resources - http://www.mmhschool.com
• Yahooligans! The Web Guide for Kids - http://www.yahooligans.com

Assessment Ideas

Students will:

• identify three ways in which dental health care has improved over the last 50 years as a result of advances in science and technology.
• identify three ways in which general health care has improved over the last 50 years as a result of advances in science and technology.
• identify three ways in which medical care for vision and hearing has improved over the last 50 years as a result of advances in science and technology.

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