Return to Michigan Model Main Page

Michigan Model® for Comprehensive School Health Curriculum


Grade Five School Health Curriculum

Student Learning Objectives for Grade Five Phase V are listed below M Support Materials: To view a list of the materials used in each lesson, select the blue box to the left of the lesson number.

Phase I | Phase II | Phase III | Phase IV | Phase VI |

  PHASE V - The Respiratory System, the Environment, and Disease
M Lesson V-1: My Environment
  V-1. Students will define environment as everything around them.
  V-2. Students will identify the environmental requirements for life.
M Lesson V-2: Polluting the Environment
  V-3. Students will list the components of the environment that can be polluted.
  V-4. Students will describe the routes pollutants take into the environment.
  V-5. Students will list possible affects of air pollution on living things.
M Lesson V-3: Learning About Pollutants
  V-6. Students will list some of the major air pollutants.
  V-7. Students will identify sources of air pollution.
  V-8. Students will describe the effects of air pollution on human health.
  V-9. Students will plan to reduce air pollution.
M Lesson V-4: Learning About Radon
  V-10. Students will name radon as one of the major air pollutants.
  V-11. Students will demonstrate how radon enters houses.
  V-12. Students will describe the effects of radon on human health.
  V-13. Students will summarize ways to reduce exposure to radon and other air pollutants.
M Lesson V-5: Clearing the Air!
  V-14. Students will use the steps for negotiation in a situation involving keeping the air clean and odor free.
M Lesson V-6: Respiratory Diseases
  V-15. Students will list diseases of the respiratory system.
  V-16. Students will classify diseases according to how they affect the respiratory system and how they are caused.
  V-17. Students will use information about respiratory diseases to describe how they impact lifestyle.
M Lesson V-7: Signs and Symptoms of Illness
  V-18. Students will list signs and symptoms of common communicable diseases.
  V-19. Students will name microbes as the cause of communicable diseases.
M Lesson V-8: Fighting Disease
  V-20. Students will list the ways microbes and disease may be transmitted.
  V-21. Students will summarize the ways the body defends against disease.
  V-22. Students will name stress as a factor which decreases our ability to fight disease.
M Enhancer Lesson V-8: Immunizations
  V-E. Students will outline facts about the diseases that are preventable through immunizations.
  V-E. Students will conclude that it is important for immunizations to be kept up to date.
M Lesson V-9: Breaking the Chain of Infection
  V-23. Students will draw a picture of the ways communicable diseases may be spread.
  V-24. Students will describe ways to prevent and control communicable diseases.

This page last updated on: 09/06/09

Return to EMC Homepage