Grade by Grade
Nova Scotia · Grade 7

Healthy Living

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

LSLife Skills

Peer, media and social influences on decisions; healthy coping; interpersonal skills

HBHealth Behaviours

Healthy technology use and online safety, sleep, active transportation, healthy eating, preventing communicable diseases

MHLMental Health Literacy

Brain function, mental health versus mental illness, managing stress, help-seeking

SRHSexual and Reproductive Health

Puberty and adolescent development, body image, preventing unintended pregnancy and STBBIs, reliable information

RELRelationships

Healthy and unhealthy relationships, safe online and offline relationships, sexual exploitation of youth

SUBSubstance Use

Social pressure, coping without substances, harms of alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, vaping and caffeine