Ninth graders learn a process for making healthy decisions — identify the choice, gather reliable information, weigh options and consequences, decide, and reflect. Having steps leads to better choices about health. They order the steps, then work through a real decision.
Students will be able to…
How do you make a smart decision about your health?
Project this and have students put the healthy-decision steps in order.
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What health decisions do you make every day without thinking?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students apply.
Students close.
Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.
Use a decision-making process for health.
Access valid health information.
Explain how choices affect health.
Set goals based on decisions.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students work through a real health decision. A printable decision sheet is in the PE & Health library.
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A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.