Information Studies: Appendix B - Health and Physical Education

Appendix B. Planning for Interdisciplinary Learning
Sample Connections for Health and Physical Education and Information Studies
The Ontario Curriculum:
Health and Physical Education Gr. 1-8
Specific Expectation (unless otherwise stated) Information Studies
Kindergarten - Gr. 12
Specific Expectation (unless otherwise stated)

1
describe exploitative behaviour (e.g., abusive behaviours, bullying, inappropriate touching) and the feelings associated with them.
Healthy Living: Personal Safety & Injury Prevention
use brainstorming to explore thoughts and feelings.
Inquiry & Research: Concepts/ Reasoning

2
identify a balanced diet and apply decision-making skills to create menus for healthy meals.
Healthy Living: Healthy Eating
begin to develop word processor skills such as cut, copy, paste.
Information Technologies: Organizing

3
identify examples of real and fictional violence (e.g., schoolyard fights, cartoons, movies).
Healthy Living: Personal Safety & Injury Prevention
begin to make inferences when reading.
Inquiry & Research: Applying

4
apply decision-making and assertiveness skills to make and maintain healthy choices related to tobacco use, and recognize factors that can influence decisions to smoke or to abstain from smoking (e.g., the media, family members, friends, laws).
Healthy Living: Substance Use and Abuse
create dramatizations.
Inquiry & Research: Communicating

5
demonstrate resistance techniques (e.g. avoidance, walking away) and assertiveness skills (e.g., saying no) to deal with peer pressure in situations pertaining to substance use and abuse.
Healthy Living: Substance Use and Abuse
explore topic to be investigated using a variety of visual media such as videos and television programs.
Information Technologies: Reasoning

6
describe the short and long term effects of cannabis and other illicit drugs.
Healthy Living: Substance Use and Abuse
browse appropriate sections of the library to expand approaches to the topic.
Inquiry and Research: Applying

7
identify people and resources that can support someone experiencing harassment.
Healthy Living: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention
use information skills to resolve conflicts at school.
Information and Society: Applying

8
identify symptoms, methods of transmission, prevention, and high-risk behaviours related to common STD’s, HIV, and AIDS.
Healthy Living: Growth and Development
use a variety of electronic references and telecommunication tools to build a knowledge base on a topic.
Information Technologies: Applying

	The Ontario Curriculum: Health and Physical Education Gr. 1-8 Specific Expectation (unless otherwise stated)	Information Studies Kindergarten - Gr. 12 Specific Expectation (unless otherwise stated)
1	describe exploitative behaviour (e.g., abusive behaviours, bullying, inappropriate touching) and the feelings associated with them. Healthy Living: Personal Safety & Injury Prevention	use brainstorming to explore thoughts and feelings. Inquiry & Research: Concepts/ Reasoning
2	identify a balanced diet and apply decision-making skills to create menus for healthy meals. Healthy Living: Healthy Eating	begin to develop word processor skills such as cut, copy, paste. Information Technologies: Organizing
3	identify examples of real and fictional violence (e.g., schoolyard fights, cartoons, movies). Healthy Living: Personal Safety & Injury Prevention	begin to make inferences when reading. Inquiry & Research: Applying
4	apply decision-making and assertiveness skills to make and maintain healthy choices related to tobacco use, and recognize factors that can influence decisions to smoke or to abstain from smoking (e.g., the media, family members, friends, laws). Healthy Living: Substance Use and Abuse	create dramatizations. Inquiry & Research: Communicating
5	demonstrate resistance techniques (e.g. avoidance, walking away) and assertiveness skills (e.g., saying no) to deal with peer pressure in situations pertaining to substance use and abuse. Healthy Living: Substance Use and Abuse	explore topic to be investigated using a variety of visual media such as videos and television programs. Information Technologies: Reasoning
6	describe the short and long term effects of cannabis and other illicit drugs. Healthy Living: Substance Use and Abuse	browse appropriate sections of the library to expand approaches to the topic. Inquiry and Research: Applying
7	identify people and resources that can support someone experiencing harassment. Healthy Living: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention	use information skills to resolve conflicts at school. Information and Society: Applying
8	identify symptoms, methods of transmission, prevention, and high-risk behaviours related to common STD’s, HIV, and AIDS. Healthy Living: Growth and Development	use a variety of electronic references and telecommunication tools to build a knowledge base on a topic. Information Technologies: Applying