K-12 Health Lesson Plans and Curriculum
Alignment Tables
Delaware State Alignments

Community & Environmental Health: Elementary Lessons
Content DescriptorGrade GroupingLesson LocationSkills
1. Community Health ServicesAI
1.1 Resources for health information: library, health department, Internet, voluntary agenciesGrades 4-5Health Services in the CommunityAI
1.2 School and community health providers: EMTs, environmentalists, public health nurses, druggists / pharmacistsGrades K-1Fire FightersAI
 Grades K-1NursesAI
 Grades K-1Help in an EmergencySM
 Grades K-1DoctorsAI
 Grades K-1PharmacistsSM
 Grades K-1OptometristsAI
1.3 Public health services in the communityGrades 4-5Health Services in the CommunityAI
no specific descriptorGrades K-1Crossing GuardsAI
2. Environmental Health and Resource ConservationDM
2.1 Preventing hazardous exposures: UV light, lead, asbestos, pesticides, unclean waterGrades 4-5Clean WaterADV / SM
2.2 Professionals who protect the health and safety of the community/ neighborhood: public health professionals, public safety professionals, environmentalistsGrades K-1My CommunityAI
 Grades K-1Police OfficersAI
 Grades K-1Sanitation WorkersADV
2.3 Recognizing that individual behavior affects the environment and the community: recyclingGrades 2-3The Environment and the CommunityDM / GS
 Grades 4-5No Noise!SM
 Grades 4-5Refuse Not to ReuseADV
2.4 Environmentally safe ways to discard waste materialsGrades 2-3Ready to RecycleSM
2.5 The types of waste materials that can be reduced, reused or recycledGrades 4-5Ready to RecycleSM
 Grades 2-3Reusing Waste MaterialsDM / GS
 Grades 4-5Refuse Not to ReuseADV
2.6 Environmentally safe options for using natural resourcesGrades 4-5Clean WaterADV / SM
 Grades 4-5Reducing Pollution and Conserving ResourcesADV/SM


Community & Environmental Health: Middle School Lessons
Content DescriptorGrade GroupingLesson LocationSkills
1. Community Health ServicesAI
1.1 Home, school and community resources: library, Internet, health department, voluntary agenciesMiddle SchoolAccessing Community Health ResourcesAI
1.2 Health agencies: health department, voluntary agencies, private health careMiddle SchoolAccessing Community Health ResourcesAI
1.3 Public service community health activitiesMiddle SchoolAccessing Community Health ResourcesAI
2. Environmental Health and Resource ConservationADV
2.1 Avoiding environmental health risks   
2.2 Analyzing the community for potential health problems   
2.3 Advocating for the protection of natural resourcesMiddle SchoolResponsible for RecyclingADV
2.4 Recognizing that individual behavior affects the environment and the community: recyclingMiddle SchoolResponsible for RecyclingADV
 Middle SchoolWaste Not!ADV


Community & Environmental Health: High School Lessons
Content DescriptorGrade GroupingLesson LocationSkills
1. Community Health ServicesAI
1.1 Accessing school and community health services   
1.2 Participating in public service activities   
1.3 Identifying community health careers   
1.4 Advocating for public health services in the community   
1.5 Identifying threats to community health: tobacco advertising, availability of AOD, unsafe bicycle paths   
1.6 Disaster preparedness Health News Alerts and Recommendations - archives 
1.7 Describing the effects of changing demographics on community services   
2. Environmental Health and Resource ConservationADV
2.1 Identifying occupational health hazards   
2.2 Analyzing community health problems related to the environmentHigh SchoolConserving Natural ResourcesADV
2.3 Recognizing that individual behavior affects the environment and the community: recyclingHigh SchoolConserving Natural ResourcesADV
2.4 Recognizing the interrelationship of the health of a community and the global environmentHigh SchoolConserving Natural ResourcesADV
2.5 Recognizing global influences on health   
2.6 Analyzing effects of the environment on the food chain   
2.7 Applying principles of social responsibility to the use of natural resourcesHigh SchoolDon't Waste a DropADV
 High SchoolConserving Natural ResourcesADV
  Renewable, Reusable, or Recyclable AI