Environmental Health · JHS1 Career Technology

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.1.3.1.1 - Discuss the factors of environmental health

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Explain what environmental health means in their own words using at least two examples from their surroundings.
Identify at least three factors (pillars) of environmental health, namely disease control, clean water, and sanitation and hygiene, and give one example of each.
Classify different causes of environmental health problems into air, water, soil pollution or chemical exposures.
Describe at least two consequences of poor environmental health on human well-being, such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery or hepatitis A.
Work in groups to present findings on environmental health causes and consequences, using clear ordering of ideas.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Health and Safety (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Environmental Health (1.3)
Content standard: B7.1.3.1 - Demonstrate knowledge of basic concept of Environmental Health
Indicator: B7.1.3.1.1 - Discuss the factors of environmental health
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Career Technology, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 6
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Explain what is meant by Environmental Health.
E.g., It is a way of protecting quality of life through the prevention and treatment of disease that relates to the natural and built environment that may affect human health and fosters healthy and safe communities.
2. Identify the factors (constituents/pillars) of environmental health, in groups
E.g., Disease control, clean water, sanitation and hygiene.
3. Identify and discuss the causes of environmental health and other sources and report in class.
E.g., Air, water and soil pollutions, chemical exposures
4. Research the consequences of poor environmental health, in groups and present for class discussions.
E.g., Transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, polio, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and exacerbates stunting