Standard of Learning

9.1 The student will apply health knowledge and skills to the development and analysis of personal goals to achieve and maintain long-term health and wellness. Key concepts/skills include

1. the use of current research and scientific study to interpret nutrition principles;
2. a decision-making process for selecting health and wellness products;
3. development of personal standards regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful substances;
4. maintenance of health habits that promote personal wellness;
5. implementation of a fitness and lifetime physical activity plan;
6. establishment of personal parameters for appropriate and inappropriate health behaviors;
7. utilization of a personal system for coping with distress and stress;
8. management of deadlines;
9. peaceful resolution of conflicts.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will interpret dietary principles and current nutritional research to make healthful food choices.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will identify and describe:

• recommended dietary allowances (RDA). (the amount of nutrients that will prevent deficiencies and excesses)
• food guide pyramid. (recommended servings from the five food groups)
• nutritional facts panel. (food labels provide percent of the recommended daily amount of nutrients provided in a serving of food)

Sample Lessons

About All You Can Eat: Feast or Famine
Design an experiment to test if Pima Indians develop diabetes because of genetics or diet.
Sponsor: PBS
One class period
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (select Health & Fitness - High School - Diet & Nutrition)
Free

Discovery Education: "Eating Disorders: When Food Becomes an Enemy"
Grade(s): 9-12
Students in this lesson will understand the complexity of eating disorders and their possible causes.  Along with starting to understand these disorders, they will also learn to recognize the identifiable symptoms of the most prevalent eating disorders.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/eatingdisorders/
Free

Discovery Education: "Overcoming Eating Disorders"
Grade(s): 9-12
In this lesson, students will learn about two common eating disorders and compare the two.  While learning about these eating disorders, students will then also consider their own body image.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/overcomingdisorders/
Free

Eating Forever
Grades 6-12
Importance of a healthy diet and regular exercise.
Sponsor: PBS
One-two class periods
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (select Health & Fitness - High School - Diet & Nutrition)
Free

Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger
Grades 6-8
International classroom for exploring the problems of hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity.
--What Are Hunger and Malnutrition?
--Who Are the Hungry?
--Why Are People Hungry and Malnourished?
--What Can We Do to Help End Hunger?
Three or more class periods
Contact: http://www.feedingminds.org
Free

A "Heart"-y Look at Diet
Grades 9-12
Explores how diet is related to heart disease.
Sponsor: PBS
Two-four class periods
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (select Health & Fitness - High School - Diet & Nutrition)
Free

Lifetime Health and Fitness Project
Grade(s): 9-12
The lesson will need to be done at your school's computer lab. The students are going to be in groups of 4 and are going to explore the internet about diets, physical fitness and effects of being overweight, cooking healthy and life time activities, and effects of drugs/alcohol/tobacco.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/PECILifetimeHealthAndFitnessProject912.htm
Free

LOAFS - Learning on a Full Stomach
Grades 5-12
Students look at hunger problems within their own communities and are encouraged to implement a LOAFS program.
Sponsor: Ask ERIC Lesson Plan
Three classes
http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans - health - nutrition)
Free

Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles: BENEFITS OF LIVING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Grade(s): 9-12
Students will identity the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle: proper nutrition, balancing caloric intake with energy output, and the role of exercise.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1156
Free

Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles: FOOD GROUP INFO
Grade(s): 9-12
Students will identify names, correct portions, and food types for each food group.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1152
Free

Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles: My Personal Lifestyle
Grade(s): 9-12
Students will analyze their personal lifestyles and compute the proper amounts of exercise, rest and nutrition to provide peak personal performance.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1253
Free

Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles: SPECIFIC ILLNESSES THAT ARE DIET RELATED
Grade(s): 9-12
Students will identify specific illnesses that are diet related: anemia, osteoporosis, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and eating disorders.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1155
Free

Nutrition Decision
Grade 6-8
Research and determine nutritional needs of young children, teenagers, and adults. Compile nutrition portfolio. Assume role of hospital dietitian and plan meals for patients.
Sponsor: PBS and Children's Hospital
Six-eight class periods
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (select Health & Fitness - High School - Diet & Nutrition)
Free

Soft Drink Sales in Schools
Grades 9-12
Analyzes sugar content in soda and physical activity needed to burn these calories. Students formulate position on soft drink sales in school.
Sponsor: PBS - NOW with Bill Moyers
Two-four class periods
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (select Health & Fitness - High School - Diet & Nutrition)
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
Free

Thin Is In
Grades 6-8
Learn to be smart and healthy consumers, to make wise health decisions, and to create original commercials that promote healthy living.
Sponsor: PBS and Children's Hospital
Two-four class periods
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (select Health & Fitness - High School - Diet & Nutrition)
Free

You Are What You Eat
Grades 6-8
Explores how social class might affect personal health, understanding of nutritional needs, and methods for community change.
Source: PBS
Two-four class periods
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource (select Health & Fitness - High School - Diet & Nutrition)
Free

What Happens When You Eat?
Grade(s): 6-12
 These activities will show students what organs aid in digestion and how digestion occurs in the human body.  This lesson maybe appropriate for middle grades, but is designed for the upper grade curricula.
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/bi9706.html
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• Review 6.2a and 7.2a
• Calorie Control Council - http://www.caloriecontrol.org
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans - http://www.cnpp.usda.gov
• Food Guide Pyramid - http://www.cnpp.usda.gov
• Nutrition: Calorie Control - http://www.caloriecontrol.org
• Recommended Dietary Intakes (RDI) - http://www.nal.usda.gov
• Test Your Nutrition Knowledge - http://www.utexas.edu/courses/ntr311/testknow/testknow.html

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• identify resources that can help them make wise food choices.
• demonstrate an understanding of how to use the nutritional information on food labels.
• evaluate school lunches and apply dietary principles to make wise food choices.
• use fast food restaurants' online sites (i.e., Mcdonalds.com) to complete the following assignment:
  • select three popular fast food restaurants and give the total number of fat grams and calories for one of their most popular meals. (e.g., Quarter Pounder with cheese, large fries, large Coke, etc.)
  • select a healthier meal choice from the same restaurant and give the total number of fat grams and calories for that meal.
  • calculate the fat and calorie difference for the two meals.
• be responsible for developing a three-day menu for their family using the food pyramid (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pyramid.html) as a guide. The menu should include breakfast, midmorning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner. Include portion size and number of servings from each food group.
  • Breakfast Example:
  • 1 cup of milk (Milk, Yogurt and Cheese Group - 1 serving);
  • 1 ounce bowl of Cheerios Cereal (Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta Group - 1 serving); and
  • 1 medium banana (Fruit Group-1 serving)
• determine whether it is healthy to exceed the recommended daily servings for any of the food groups. If so, which groups?
• calculate calories burned during a typical physical education class using a Web site such as http://www.healthwindows.org
  • Click on Nutrition & Fitness
  • Scroll down to The Fitness Jumping Calorie Calculator
  • Type in your weight and 25 minutes for duration.
  • Click on "Show Me" and write the number of calories burned for each activity.

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