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Nevada K–6 health standards

Nevada writes its own health standards. They are published as 2020 Nevada Academic Content Standards (NVACS) for Health, adopted 2020 and are not a version of a national framework. Every one is matched to a national standard.

Framework
2020 Nevada Academic Content Standards (NVACS) for Health
Adopted
2020
Source last checked
July 25, 2026
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201 standards, kindergarten through 6th grade

  • 1.ME.K.1K
    Identify different emotions.
  • 1.ME.K.2K
    List ways a person shows emotions. C-14
  • 1.NP.K.1K
    Explain why the body needs food and water.
  • 1.NP.K.2K
    Describe physical activity. C-15
  • 1.PCE.K.1K
    Identify a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal, community, and environmental health. C-11
  • 1.PCE.K.2K
    Define pathogens.
  • 1.PCE.K.3K
    Identify traits that make a person or community unique.
  • 1.PCE.K.4K
    Identify your C-12 family structure.
  • 1.PS.K.1K
    Define personal space.
  • 1.PS.K.2K
    Define abuse. C-18
  • 1.PS.K.3K
    Define safe/trusted adult.
  • 1.PS.K.4K
    List ways to avoid becoming separated from parent, guardian, or caregiver. C-19
  • 1.SIC.K.1K
    List emergency contacts and safety rules for preventing injury at home, school, and community. C-17
  • 1.SUA.K.1K
    Define medication and ways they can be helpful or harmful.
  • 1.SUA.K.2K
    Identify alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drugs and ways they can C-16be harmful.
  • 2.AF.K.1K
    Identify various sources that influence health behaviors. C-24
  • 3.AI.K.1K
    Identify safe/trusted adults and professionals who can help promote health.
  • 4.IC.K.1K
    Name healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings to enhance health and to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 4.IC.K.2K
    Define refusal skills. C-25
  • 5.DM.K.1K
    Identify healthy and unhealthy situations.
  • 5.DM.K.2K
    Identify individuals that can aid in healthy decision making. C-26
  • 6.GS.K.1K
    Define goal. C-27
  • 7.SM.K.1K
    Identify personal health behaviors.
  • 7.SM.K.2K
    Identify behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks. C-28
  • 8.AV.K.1K
    List ways to encourage peers to make positive health choices. C-29
  • 1.ME.1.11
    Recognize the relationship between emotions and actions.
  • 1.ME.1.21
    Demonstrate how to express emotions in healthy ways.
  • 1.NP.1.11
    Identify the food groups.
  • 1.NP.1.21
    Explain why the body needs daily physical activity.
  • 1.PCE.1.11
    Describe a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.1.21
    Describe how pathogens can cause disease.
  • 1.PCE.1.31
    Describe the importance of accepting self and others.
  • 1.PCE.1.41
    List different kinds of family structures.
  • 1.PS.1.11
    Recognize safe personal space of self and others.
  • 1.PS.1.21
    List abusive behaviors and actions including various hazards and dangers particular to children and ways to get help.
  • 1.PS.1.31
    List examples of unsafe situations that impact children and ways to report to a safe/trusted adult.
  • 1.PS.1.41
    Recall steps to take if separated or lost from a parent, guardian, or caregiver.
  • 1.SIC.1.11
    Memorize emergency contacts and safety rules for preventing injury at home, school, and community.
  • 1.SUA.1.11
    Identify different types of medications.
  • 1.SUA.1.21
    Identify the effects of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs have on the body.
  • 2.AF.1.11
    Recognize various sources that influence health behaviors. Students will demonstrate the ability to access reliable health information, products, and services to enhance health.
  • 3.AI.1.11
    Identify ways to locate school and community health helpers.
  • 4.IC.1.11
    Discuss healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings to enhance health and to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 4.IC.1.21
    Identify refusal skills.
  • 5.DM.1.11
    Recognize decisions regarding healthy and unhealthy situations.
  • 5.DM.1.21
    Identify situations when a health-related decision is needed. 1
  • 6.GS.1.11
    Identify a short- term health goal.
  • 7.SM.1.11
    Classify behaviors as 1healthy or unhealthy.
  • 7.SM.1.21
    Explain behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 8.AV.1.11
    Identify ways to encourage peers to make positive health choices.
  • 1.ME.2.12
    Describe how the body responds to emotions physically and behaviorally.
  • 1.ME.2.22
    Describe how the expression of emotions can influence actions.
  • 1.NP.2.12
    Describe how each food group contributes to a healthy body.
  • 1.NP.2.22
    Identify types of physical activity and their health benefits.
  • 1.PCE.2.12
    Explain a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.2.22
    Define communicable and non- communicable diseases.
  • 1.PCE.2.32
    Recognize similarities and differences between individuals and communities.
  • 1.PCE.2.42
    Identify different kinds of family structures.
  • 1.PS.2.12
    Describe safe personal space of self and others.
  • 1.PS.2.22
    Recognize abusive behaviors and actions including various hazards and dangers particular to children and ways to get help.
  • 1.PS.2.32
    Recognize when to report an unsafe situation to a safe/trusted adult.
  • 1.PS.2.42
    Identify various steps to take if separated or lost from a parent, guardian, or caregiver.
  • 1.SIC.2.12
    Recognize the importance of knowing your emergency contacts and when it is appropriate to use them in order to prevent injury.
  • 1.SUA.2.12
    Explain the differences between over- the-counter and prescription medications.
  • 1.SUA.2.22
    Describe the effects of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs have on the body.
  • 2.AF.2.12
    Discuss sources of family, peers, culture, media technology and other factors that influence health behaviors. Content Standard 3: Access Information
  • 3.AI.2.12
    Identify safe/trusted adults in the 1school and community who can assist with accessing reliable health information, products, and services.
  • 4.IC.2.12
    Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants and feelings to enhance health and to avoid or reduce health risks. 1
  • 4.IC.2.22
    Identify different types of refusal skills to enhance health.
  • 5.DM.2.12
    Describe decisions regarding healthy and unhealthy situations.
  • 5.DM.2.22
    Differentiate between situations when a health-related decision can be made individually or when assistance is needed.
  • 6.GS.2.12
    Identify a short- term health goal and take action toward achieving the goal. 1
  • 6.GS.2.22
    Identify who can help when assistance is needed to achieve a health goal. 1
  • 7.SM.2.12
    Describe a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.
  • 7.SM.2.22
    Demonstrate behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 8.AV.2.12
    Encourage peers to make positive health choices.
  • 1.HRS.3.13
    Identify the functions of the major body parts using correct anatomical terms.
  • 1.ME.3.13
    Define stress, eustress, and distress.
  • 1.ME.3.23
    Identify how a person expresses stress.
  • 1.NP.3.13
    List the six essential nutrients and the sources of each.
  • 1.NP.3.23
    Understand the daily recommendations of physical activity.
  • 1.PCE.3.13
    Compare a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.3.23
    Classify communicable and non- communicable diseases.
  • 1.PCE.3.33
    Summarize the importance of treating individuals and communities with respect.
  • 1.PCE.3.43
    Describe different kinds of family structures.
  • 1.PCE.3.53
    Define genetics and its relationship to family history and personal health.
  • 1.PS.3.13
    Explain a person’s right to feel comfortable, safe, and respected.
  • 1.PS.3.23
    Describe abusive behaviors and actions and ways to get help.
  • 1.PS.3.33
    Identify the steps to report an unsafe situation to a safe/trusted adult when you or someone else needs help.
  • 1.PS.3.43
    Explain various steps to take if separated or lost from a parent, guardian, or caregiver.
  • 1.PS.3.63
    Identify the advantages and disadvantages of communicating using technology and social media.
  • 1.SIC.3.13
    Identify ways to prevent injuries at home, at school, and in the community.
  • 1.SUA.3.13
    Identify the purpose of over- the-counter and prescription medications.
  • 1.SUA.3.23
    Discuss ways alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs can harm an individual’s physical, mental, and social health.
  • 2.AF.3.13
    Explain healthy and unhealthy ways family, peers, culture, media technology and other factors influence health behaviors.
  • 3.AI.3.13
    Identify characteristics of reliable health information, products, and services. 1
  • 4.IC.3.13
    Practice appropriate verbal and nonverbal communication to enhance health and to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 4.IC.3.23
    Determine which refusal skills to use to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 5.DM.3.13
    Identify the steps of the decision making process as related to a health issue.
  • 5.DM.3.23
    Determine how health-related decisions have consequences for self and others. 1
  • 6.GS.3.13
    Differentiate between short- and long-term health goals.
  • 6.GS.3.23
    Describe how a person can help when assistance is needed to achieve a health goal.
  • 7.SM.3.13
    Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.
  • 7.SM.3.23
    Describe a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce 1 health risks.
  • 8.AV.3.13
    Demonstrate advocacy for self 1to make positive health choices.
  • 1.HRS.4.34
    Explain that all living things reproduce.
  • 1.ME.4.14
    Identify physical and psychological responses to stressors.
  • 1.ME.4.24
    Recognize how expression of emotions can vary across individuals and situations.
  • 1.NP.4.14
    Identify how each nutrient contributes to a healthy body.
  • 1.NP.4.24
    Recognize the mental, social, and physical benefits of physical activity.
  • 1.PCE.4.14
    Compare and contrast a variety of healthy practices and behaviors that maintain or improve personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.4.24
    Differentiate between communicable and non- communicable diseases.
  • 1.PCE.4.34
    Assess the importance of accepting the similarities and differences of self and others as it relates to personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.4.44
    Describe how individuals interact within family structures.
  • 1.PCE.4.54
    Examine genetics and its relationship to family history and personal health.
  • 1.PS.4.14
    Describe ways personal space of self and others can be violated.
  • 1.PS.4.24
    Categorize various forms of abuse and ways to get help.
  • 1.PS.4.34
    Describe how to report to a safe/trusted adult when you or someone else needs help.
  • 1.PS.4.44
    Investigate the hazards and dangers of becoming separated or lost from a parent, guardian, or caregiver.
  • 1.PS.4.64
    Categorize the advantages and disadvantages of communicating using technology and social media.
  • 1.SIC.4.14
    Categorize safe and unsafe situations at home, school, and in the community.
  • 1.SUA.4.14
    Summarize why people use over- the-counter and prescription medications in relation to health promotion and disease prevention.
  • 1.SUA.4.24
    Relate the positive and negative factors that influence a person’s physical, social and emotional health when using alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.
  • 2.AF.4.14
    Compare how various sources of family, peers, culture, media technology and any other factors influence health behaviors.
  • 3.AI.4.14
    Locate home, school, and community resources that provide reliable health information, products, and services.
  • 4.IC.4.14
    Interpret verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health and to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 4.IC.4.24
    Demonstrate refusal skills to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 5.DM.4.14
    Apply the steps of the decision making process to an identified health-related situation to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 5.DM.4.24
    Predict the potential outcomes of health-related decisions for self and others.
  • 6.GS.4.14
    Formulate short- and long- term health goals.
  • 6.GS.4.24
    Identify resources to assist in achieving a health goal.
  • 7.SM.4.14
    Develop a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or 1improve personal health.
  • 7.SM.4.24
    Develop a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 8.AV.4.14
    Demonstrate advocacy for family members to make positive health choices.
  • 1.HRS.5.65
    Describe the characteristics of healthy relationships.
  • 1.ME.5.15
    Compare the causes, symptoms, and effects among stress, anxiety, sadness, and depression.
  • 1.ME.5.25
    Relate how the expression of emotions can be triggered by a crisis or a trauma situation.
  • 1.NP.5.15
    Examine how the six essential nutrients contribute to health promotion and disease prevention.
  • 1.NP.5.25
    Identify the mental, social, and physical benefits of physical activity.
  • 1.PCE.5.15
    Examine the impact of a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.5.25
    Examine the impact of communicable and non- communicable diseases.
  • 1.PCE.5.35
    Investigate the importance of accepting the similarities and differences of self and others as it relates to personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.5.45
    Examine how individuals interact within family structures and the community.
  • 1.PCE.5.55
    Analyze the impact genetics and family history have on personal health.
  • 1.PS.5.15
    Explain the importance of not violating a person's safe personal space.
  • 1.PS.5.25
    Examine patterns of abusive behavior and ways to get help.
  • 1.PS.5.35
    Explain the reporting process and include where, when, and to whom to report unsafe situations.
  • 1.PS.5.45
    Summarize the hazards and dangers of becoming separated or lost from a parent, guardian, or caregiver.
  • 1.PS.5.65
    Explain the advantages and disadvantages of communicating using technology and social media.
  • 1.SIC.5.15
    Assess the level of danger at home, school, and in the community.
  • 1.SIC.5.25
    List common first aid procedures for a given scenario such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED).
  • 1.SUA.5.15
    Compare how over-the- counter and prescription medication use and abuse can affect family and friends.
  • 1.SUA.5.25
    Investigate how alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs can affect the health of an individual, family, and friends.
  • 2.AF.5.15
    Describe how other factors such as school, community, and extracurricular activities influence health behaviors.
  • 3.AI.5.15
    Compare health information, products, and services that promote health.
  • 4.IC.5.15
    Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills to enhance health and to avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 4.IC.5.25
    Practice refusal skills to avoid or reduce health risks. 1
  • 5.DM.5.15
    Choose a healthy option when making a decision. 1
  • 5.DM.5.25
    Describe the outcomes of a health-related decision. 1 1
  • 6.GS.5.15
    Set a health goal and track progress toward its achievement.
  • 6.GS.5.25
    Describe how resources can assist in achieving a 1health goal.
  • 7.SM.5.15
    Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.
  • 7.SM.5.25
    Demonstrate a variety of behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.
  • 8.AV.5.15
    Demonstrate advocacy within the community to make positive health choices.
  • 1.HRS.MS.26
    Describe the physical, social, cognitive and emotional changes of adolescence. 2
  • 1.HRS.MS.66
    Compare and contrast the characteristics of healthy and 2 unhealthy relationships.
  • 1.ME.MS.16
    Connect the relationship between mental health and physical health.
  • 1.ME.MS.26
    Identify how loss, grief, trauma, and emotional distress may influence self- injurious or suicidal behaviors.
  • 1.NP.MS.16
    Connect how healthy eating patterns, in accordance to the current federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans, lead to health promotion and disease prevention.
  • 1.NP.MS.26
    Compare the mental, social and physical benefits of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity.
  • 1.NP.MS.36
    Explain the importance of annual physical health examinations and responding appropriately to unusual aches and pains.
  • 1.PCE.MS.16
    Investigate the impact of a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.MS.26
    Investigate the impact of communicable and non- communicable diseases.
  • 1.PCE.MS.36
    Connect the importance of accepting the similarities and differences of self and others as it relates to personal, community, and environmental health.
  • 1.PCE.MS.46
    Recognize an individual’s personal role within the family structure and within the community.
  • 1.PCE.MS.56
    Interpret personal susceptibility to injury, illness, or death based on genetics, family history, and health behaviors.
  • 1.PCE.MS.6b6
    Explain the individual and societal benefits of organ and tissue donation.
  • 1.PCE.MS.6c6
    List facts about organ and tissue donation.
  • 1.PS.MS.16
    Define personal boundaries and clear limits for self and recognize personal boundaries of others.
  • 1.PS.MS.26
    Investigate the impact of various abusive and coercive behaviors including mental, physical, social, economic, and legal consequences.
  • 1.PS.MS.36
    Summarize the reporting process and include where, when, and to whom to report unsafe situations.
  • 1.PS.MS.56
    Define human trafficking and ways to get help.
  • 1.PS.MS.66
    Compare the advantages and disadvantages of communicating using technology and social media.
  • 1.SIC.MS.16
    Examine how health risk behaviors influence safety and injury prevention practices.
  • 1.SIC.MS.2a6
    Perform the psychomotor skills required for the administration of hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) according to the guidelines of the American Heart Association.
  • 1.SIC.MS.2b6
    Discuss the purpose, operation, and safe use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
  • 1.SUA.MS.16
    Critique the pros and cons of using over-the- counter and prescription medications.
  • 1.SUA.MS.26
    Assess how alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs impact health and disease prevention.
  • 2.AF.MS.16
    Explain how the perceptions of current social expectations influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.
  • 3.AI.MS.16
    Analyze the validity of health information, products and services. 1
  • 4.IC.MS.16
    Apply effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health. 1 1
  • 4.IC.MS.26
    Demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills to avoid or reduce health risks. 1
  • 5.DM.MS.16
    Predict the potential short- term impact of healthy and unhealthy decisions on self and others.
  • 5.DM.MS.26
    Analyze the outcomes of a health-related decision. 1
  • 5.DM.MS.36
    Choose healthy alternatives over unhealthy alternatives when making a decision. 1
  • 6.GS.MS.16
    Apply strategies and skills needed to attain a health 1goal. 1
  • 6.GS.MS.26
    Describe how health goals can vary with changing abilities, priorities, and responsibilities.
  • 7.SM.MS.16
    Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self 1and others.
  • 7.SM.MS.26
    Demonstrate behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks to self and others. 1
  • 7.SM.MS.36
    Explain the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors.
  • 8.AV.MS.16
    Demonstrate how to influence and support others to make positive health choices. 1

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