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title: "SEPI5: Media Health Messages (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SEPI5
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SEPI5
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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# SEPI5: Media Health Messages

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about health-related messages in the media to make informed public health decisions and life goals.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SEPI5.a**: Construct an argument based on evidence to assess the impact of emergent technologies on health and disease. (Clarification statement: Instruction should address the advantages and disadvantages of current technological advances such as gene therapy, etc.)
- **SEPI5.b**: Construct an argument based on evidence to assess the strengths and limitations of epidemiological reports.
- **SEPI5.c**: Develop and use models to analyze strategies that promote a healthy lifestyle in relation to eating habits and exercise. (Clarification statement: Instruction can include various modes of exercise, nutrition and the elimination of certain life-style habits.)
- **SEPI5.d**: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about various career paths in public health as well as the applications and benefits of public health for a healthy society.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.