The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) Sexual Health Program has provided workshops in both Simcoe County and Muskoka District for more than a decade, offering information and teaching tools for both elementary and secondary school teachers. In 2010 SMDHU partnered with the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) to collaborate and develop user friendly lesson plans that reflect current best practices and high yield instructional strategies. The process drew on technical and academic expertise of Grade 7 and 8 teachers and secondary school department chairs in tandem with sexual health expertise of public health nurses (PHNs). As a result of this cooperative relationship, the team was able to create a number of user-friendly lesson plans that follow the Ontario Curriculum Guidelines. These lesson plans incorporate sexual health education into the numeracy and literacy components of the curriculum and can be used throughout the school year; thus keeping sexual health as an integral part of the entire learning experience.

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INTRODUCTION -- Curriculum Expectations -- Healthy Living Education, Grade 7 -- Healthy Living Education, Grade 8 -- Decision-making Framework -- TOOLS - Decision Tree -- Grade 7 #1 Decision-making and Effective Relationships -- Grade 7 #2 STIs û Sexuality & Communication -- Grade 7 #3 Numeracy Probability -- RUBRIC - GRADE 7 and 8 NUMERACY PROBABILITY -- Grade 7 #4 STI Prevention and Abstinence -- Grade 8 #5 Decision-making and Abstinence -- Grade 8 #6 Decision-making and Relationships -- Grade 8 #7 Decision-making and Sexuality -- Grade 8 #8 Decision-making Personal Health and Well-being -- Grade 8 #9 Probability and STIs -- Risky û Non Risky ACTIVITY -- Risky/Non-Risky Game Pieces -- Showing Love without Having Sex -- 75 WAYS to Show Love without Having Sex -- RESOURCES -- Useful websites for Teachers -2011 -- Community Contact Information -- The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1 through 8.