GRADE 8 (Rev. 11806)

Linked items listed after the Essential Learnings requirements in each category indicate the Washington
State Dairy Council materials corresponding to the benchmark. 
All of the listed materials (except kits and videos) are available through our on-line catalog.

Essential Learning 3: INFLUENCING FACTORS

Essential Learning Component	Content Topics	Dairy Council Materials
3.1 Understand how environmental factors affect one’s health (e.g. air, water, noise, chemicals).	·        Describe the influence of environmental factors that positively and negatively affect health.	N/A
3.2 Gather and analyze health information.	·        Distinguish between safe and unsafe use of health-care products. ·        Identify ways people encourage healthy and unhealthy decisions, plan how to resist unhealthy messages, and create healthy messages. ·        Analyze health-care needs and identify sources of health-care.
3.3 Use social skills to promote health and safety in a variety of situations.	·        Express opinions and resolve conflicts constructively while maintaining safe and respectful relationships. ·        Identify effective social skills to avoid risky situations.	N/A
3.4 Understand how emotions influence decision making and learning.	·        Describe how emotions may influence decision making and develop strategies about how to act in emotional situations.	N/A