Health 1st Grade Unit 6: Prevention / Control of Disease

For 1st Grade Health there are seven standards that need to be taught.

Unit 1 Personal Health

Unit 2 Growth and Development

Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity

Unit 4 Substance Use and Abuse

Unit 5 Injury/ Violence Prevention Control and Safety

Unit 6 Prevention/Control of Disease

Unit 7 Environmental Consumer Health

The focus is on equipping students with knowledge about the prevention and control of diseases. It's centered on how germs can lead to sickness along with hands-on techniques for averting germ transmission.

This involves activities such as:

• The role healthcare professionals play in disease control.

• The imperative nature of communicating symptoms when they're feeling unwell.

• Routine precautions like proper handwashing.

• Understanding the instruments that doctors use when examining you when you are sick.

Each unit ends with an assessment that enables teachers to gauge student comprehension effectively.

Included are answer keys in the unit.

A total of 12 pages for Health 1st Grade Unit 6: Prevention / Control of Disease.

With many activities to complete, students will be engaged and learn so much from this unit!

There are seven units that cover all the health requirements for first grade. Here are the links to other health units:

Health 1st Grade Unit 1: Personal Health

Health 1st Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development

Health 1st Grade Unit 3: Nutrition and Physical Activity

Health 1st Grade Unit 4: Substance Use and Abuse

Health 1st Grade Unit 5: Injury / Violence Prevention and Safety

Health 1st Grade Unit 6: Prevention / Control of Disease

Health 1st Grade Unit 7: Environmental / Consumer Health

You can also teach your students about keeping yourself safe by studying about the Coronavirus, where and when it started and facts that plagued our world with this virus.

1st grade Coronavirus / Covid-19 Facts by Teach Simple

This unit meets Common Core Standards.