Pyramid Cafe^®

National Health Education Standards

Activities in the Pyramid Cafe® program can help teach the following National Health Education Standards for Kindergarten through Grade 4. (Please note that National Standards are not a federal mandate nor do they define a national curriculum. The Standards are intended to serve as a flexible framework for organizing health curricula and to give direction in moving toward excellence in teaching health education.)

Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
Describe relationships between personal health behaviors and individual well-being.
Describe the basic structure and functions of the human body systems.

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health-promoting products and services.
Demonstrate the ability to locate resources from home, school and community that provide valid health information.

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
Identify responsible health behaviors.
Identify personal health needs.
Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.
Demonstrate the ability to apply a decision-making process to health issues and problems. Predict outcomes of positive health decisions.

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.
Express information and opinions about health issues.