Maryland Standards: Maggie’s Story

Environmental Health Question: Lead exposure and lead abatement

1.0 SKILLS AND PROCESSES

Grades 6-8

1. Constructing Knowledge
1. Design, analyze, or carry out simple investigations and formulate appropriate conclusions based on data obtained or provided.
Develop the ability to clarify questions and direct them toward objects and phenomena that can be described, explained, or predicted by scientific investigations.
Give examples of when further studies of the question being investigated may be necessary.

6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Environmental Issues

Grade 6

1. Recognize and explain that human-caused changes have consequences for Maryland’s environment as well as for other places and future times.
3. Identify and describe that ecosystems can be impacted by human activities.

Grade 7

1. Recognize and describe that environmental changes can have local, regional, and global consequences.
Identify and describe a local, regional, or global environmental issue.
Identify and describe that different individuals or groups are affected by an issue in different ways

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1.0 MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Grade 6

Apply the decision-making process to personal issues and problems.
Predict how decisions regarding behavior have consequences for self and others.
Analyze how decisions are influenced by external conditions including culture and the media.

7.0 DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Grade 8

5. Describe risk factors and behaviors that contribute to the development of non communicable diseases.
1. Identify risk factors that impact on non communicable diseases.
2. Categorize the risk factors into controllable or uncontrollable.
3. Identify the protective factors that decrease the occurrence of non communicable diseases.

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Maryland Standards: Amie’s Story

Environmental Health Question: Tanning and skin cancer

2.0 EARTH / SPACE SCIENCE

Grade 8

5. Interactions of Hydrosphere and Atmosphere
1. Cite evidence to explain the relationship between the hydrosphere and atmosphere.
1. Describe the composition of the atmosphere and hydrosphere.

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7.0 DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Grade 6

8. Demonstrate an increased knowledge regarding the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun and methods of protection.
1. Identify three negative effects of unprotected excessive exposure to the sun.
2. Identify three risk factors for skin cancer.
3. Describe at least three personal; behavior changes that will decrease the risk for skin cancer.

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Maryland Standards: Thomas’s Story

Environmental Health Question: Exercise-induced asthma

3.0 LIFE SCIENCE

Grade 7

2. Cells
2. Recognize and provide examples that human beings, like other organisms have complex body systems of cells, tissues and organs that interact to support an organism’s growth and survival.
1. Describe and explain that the complex set of systems found in multicellular organisms are made up of different kinds of tissues and organs which are themselves composed of differentiated cells.
2. Select several body systems and explain the role of cells, tissues and organs that effectively carry out a vital function for the organism, such as
• Breathing (respiratory, circulatory)

7.0 DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Grade 8

1. Describe risk factors and behaviors that contribute to the development of non communicable diseases.
1. Identify risk factors that impact on non communicable diseases.
• Family history
• Lifestyle choices
• Environment
2. Categorize the risk factors into controllable or uncontrollable.
3. Identify the protective factors that decrease the occurrence of non communicable diseases.
• Regular medical check-ups
• Immunizations and screening
• Diet and weight management
• Exercise and rest
• Environmental exposure

Grade 7

7. Evaluate media messages (example "flu epidemic").
1. Describe the impact the media messages have on control of disease.
3. Explain how the media provides ways of coping with disease.

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Maryland Standards: Frankie’s Story

Environmental Health Question: Food-borne illnesses

3.0 LIFE SCIENCE

Grade 6

4. Evolution
1. Explain that in any particular environment, the growth and survival of organisms and species depend on the physical conditions.
5. Describe ways in which changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms and entire species.

Grade 8

1. Recognize and describe that evolutionary change in species over time occurs as a result of natural variation in organisms and environmental changes.
1. Recognize and describe that gradual (climatic) and sudden (floods and fires) changes in environmental conditions affect the survival of organisms and populations.
2. Recognize that adaptations may include variations in structures, behaviors, or physiology, such as spiny leaves on a cactus, birdcalls, and antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Grade 7

5. Flow of Matter and Energy
1. Explain that the transfer and transformation of matter and energy links organisms to one another and to their physical setting.
1. Cite evidence from research and observations that food provides molecules that serve as fuel and building materials for all organisms.

Grade 6

6. Ecology
1. Give reasons supporting the fact that the number of organisms an environment can support depends on the physical conditions and resources available.
1. Explain that populations increase or decrease relative to the availability of resources and the conditions of the environment.

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6.0 NUTRITION AND FITNESS

Grade 7

4. Apply the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in meal planning
4. Apply food safety standards to meal planning.
• Food borne illness
• Hand washing
• Proper food temperature
• Proper food storage

Grade 6

9. Discuss ways to prevent food borne illness.
1. Discuss the components of a food sanitation plan such as Fight Back Campaign.
• Cook
• Chill
• Clean
• Separate

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