Grade by Grade
Nova Scotia · Grade 8

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

Decision-making, peer and media influence, reliable health information, coping, refusal and help-seeking skills

HBHealth Behaviours

Food choices, sleep, physical activity and sedentary time, healthy technology use, vaccines and oral health

MHLMental Health Literacy

The brain in health and illness, stress and anxiety in resilience, stigma, help-seeking

SRHSexual and Reproductive Health

Preventing unintended pregnancy and STBBIs, adolescent development, body image, reducing sexual violence

RELRelationships

Challenges with family and peers, online and offline safety, coercive behaviour, respecting others' rights

SUBSubstance Use

Social pressures, coping strategies, injuries and short- and long-term harms of substances