Standard of Learning

8.3   The student will make choices that demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among nutrition and emotional and physical health. Key concepts/skills include:

1. causes and effects of compulsive behaviors such as eating disorders;
2. the relationship between personal health and cognitive performance.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will understand the impact physical health has on mental capabilities.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• list the components of physical health.
• describe healthy brain function.
• identify how physical fitness impacts cognitive performance.
  

Sample Lessons

Diet and Nutrition/ Lunch at Fast-Food Freddy's
Grade(s): 6-8
In this lesson plan, middle school students learn the basics of diet and nutrition.  After learning some vocabulary they will participate in a lesson plan that deals with fast-food.
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons
Free

Eating Disorders in Teenagers Today
Grade(s): 7-12
This lesson will enable students to understand the complexity of eating disorders and their underlying causes, the identifiable symptoms of common eating disorders, and the resources available to teenagers that may help to prevent and/or treat eating disorders.
http://apps.caes.uga.edu/sbof/main/lessonPlan/EatingDisorders.pdf
Free

Health: Eating Disorders
Grade(s): 7-9
Learn about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive overeating, and other types of eating disorders. Find out their signs and symptoms, how they can be identified, and prevented. Includes video files, peer stories, questions and answers, quizzes, and a lesson plan. There is also a link to an eThemes resource on diet and nutrition.
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001532.shtml
Free

Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles: EFFECTS THAT DIET MAY
Grade(s): 7-8
Students will research the effects that diet may have on the body: anemia, osteoporosis, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and mental health.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1160
Free

Skating on Thin Ice Examining Eating Disorders and Various Means to Treat Them
Grade(s): 6-12
In this lesson, students research various eating disorders and their treatments. They then create fictional case studies of teenagers suffering from these disorders and synthesize their understanding by writing suggestions for treatment.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020611tuesday.html?pagewanted=all
Free

 

Instructional Resources

• Centers for Disease Control – http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/mm.htm
• Centers for Disease Control – http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/summ.htm
• National Academy of Sciences – http://nap.edu/readingroom/books/ftr

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• discuss how being physically healthy affects academic performance.
• record, for two weeks, the amount of sleep, nutritious meals, exercise, and performance on quizzes or tests. Draw conclusions based on the results.
• identify why many people do not associate physical fitness with brain function.

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