Health Education Grade 4 (2025)

Learners will investigate how health behaviours impact physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health.

Learners will investigate the components of mental health literacy

Learners will investigate sexual health and reproductive health information

Learners will analyse how relationships impact physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health

Learners will analyse the impacts of substances on the health and safety of children

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Competencies

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Indicators

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Competencies

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Indicators

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Competencies

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Indicators

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Competencies

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Indicators

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Competencies

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Indicators

1.C.1

Citizenship (CZ)

1.C.2

Communication (COM)

1.C.3

Critical Thinking (CT)

1.C.4

Personal and Career Development (PCD)

1.C.5

Technological Fluency (TF)

1.I.1

Investigate how the recommendations within the Canada Food Guide contribute to the dimensions of health (CT, PCD)

1.I.2

Investigate benefits of physical activity in the outdoor environment (CZ, PCD)

1.I.3

Compare the impacts of technology use (PCD, TF)

1.I.4

Investigate childhood communicable diseases (COM, PCD)

1.I.4

Compare reliable information about sleep (COM, CT)

2.C.1

Communication (COM)

2.C.2

Critical Thinking (CT)

2.C.3

Personal and Career Development (PCD)

2.I.1

Investigate parts of the brain and their function in mental health (COM, CT, PCD)

2.I.2

Select words to describe emotions (COM, PCD)

2.I.3

Investigate ways to cope with challenging life circumstances (CT, PCD)

2.I.4

Investigate ways to seek help and share difficult emotions (CT, PCD)

3.C.1

Citizenship (CZ)

3.C.2

Communication (COM)

3.C.3

Critical Thinking (CT)

3.C.4

Personal and Career Development (PCD)

3.C.5

Technological Fluency (TF)

3.I.1

Investigate emotional changes that take place during the process of puberty (CT, PCD, TF)

3.I.2

Question the physical changes that take place during the process of puberty (CT, PCD)

3.I.3

Select ways you might cope with changes associated with puberty (CT, PCD)

3.I.4

Compare various perspectives on gender (CZ, COM, CT)

3.I.5

Select safe adults/grownups who can help with questions about puberty (COM)

4.C.1

Citizenship (CZ)

4.C.2

Communication (COM)

4.C.3

Critical Thinking (CT)

4.C.4

Personal and Career Development (PCD)

4.I.1

Investigate how different kinds of relationships impact the dimensions of health (CZ, COM, CT, PCD)

4.I.2

Classify the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy friendships (CZ, CT, PCD)

4.I.3

Question how boundaries keep relationships safe and healthy (CZ, CT, PCD)

5.C.1

Citizenship (CZ)

5.C.2

Communication (COM)

5.C.3

Critical Thinking (CT)

5.C.4

Personal and Career Development (PCD)

5.C.5

Technological Fluency (TF)

5.I.1

Compare health and marketing messages (CZ, COM, CT)

5.I.2

Investigate healthy ways that substances are used by children (COM, CT, PCD)

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