Ninth Grade Curriculum Resources

Standard of Learning

9.1The 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

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Understanding the Standard

The student will create, implement, and maintain a personal fitness plan that promotes personal wellness, and recognize parameters for appropriate and inappropriate health behaviors.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

describe health habits that promote personal wellness. (exercise, diet, sleep, etc.)
identify the health consequences associated with physical inactivity. (major risk factor for developing coronary heart disease, increased risk of stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, low HDL, self esteem, psychological well-being, etc.)
identify components of a personal fitness plan:
- analysis of personal fitness data;
- incorporating fitness components and principals;
- establishing short- and long-term goals;
- implementing and evaluating the plan.
recognize parameters for appropriate and inappropriate health behaviors. (diet and eating disorders, excessive exercising, obsession with fitness, etc.)

Sample Lessons

Design and Implement a Personal Fitness Plan
Students, through self-evaluation, create and implement a personal fitness plan to be carried out over ten physical education classes. Plan based on FITT principle, components of fitness, overload principle, specificity, safety and proper technique of all equipment, motivational and monitoring techniques and strategies.
Sponsor: Public Broadcasting Service
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/fitforlife.html
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/lessonplans/programs/overcomingdisorders/
Free

Discoveryschool.com> Extreme Measures: Body Image
Students learn to identify specific physical and emotional characteristics within themselves and others, demonstrate an understanding of the importance of personal diet and exercise, and demonstrate skills necessary to record personal data.
Sponsor: Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/extrememeasures/
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

Go Girls!
Grades 7-12
Enhances girls' self-esteem; empowers media advocacy; explores body image issues; and discusses eating disorders.
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
+Cost

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

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

Motivating Youth to Get More Exercise
Grades 9-12
Discusses consequences of being overweight. Develop strategies to be more physically active.
Sponsor: PBS - NOW with Bill Moyers
Two-four class periods
http://www.pbs.org/now/printable/classroom_verb_print.html
Free

New Moves
Grades 9-12
*Evaluated program
Targets females to increase healthy eating and physical activity. Places emphasis on feeling good about the self. Provides nutrition guidance, non-competitive physical activity, and social support.
University of Minnesota
E-mail: neumark@epi.umn.edu

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: 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 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

Secondary-Level Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Grades 9-12
Critical nutrition needs of adolescents.
--Special Nutrition Problems of Adolescence
--Alternative Eating in the 1990s
--Prevention of Disordered Eating
--Increasing Physical Activity
--Food Safety
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Deptartment of Education
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/food_nutrition

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

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

Sports Nutrition for Adolescents
Grades 9-12
Promotes healthful nutrition to students participating in school or community-based athletics.
--Sports Drinks
--Sports Bars and Energy Foods
--Sports Diet
--Protein Power
--Recovery Carbs
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/food_nutrition

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/peoplelikeus/resources/lessonplans/health.html
Free

Walk Across the Country
Grade(s): 6-12
This lesson plan insists on starting a physical fitness plan after hearing about the FDA approving a fat substitute for cooking.
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/health/fitness/walkamerica.html
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

Review 8.2d
Refer to physical education SOL 9.3a-d; 9.1b; and 9.5a-c
American Cancer Society - "Generation Fit" - E-mail: rita.w.miller@cancer.org
Calorie Control Council - http://www.caloriecontrol.org
Local Fitness Centers and Instructors
A Multicultural Approach to Physical Education: Proven Strategies for Middle and High School - Includes 70 games & activities from 24 cultures - Publisher: Human Kinetics - http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showproduct.cfm?isbn=0736038825
Nutrition: Calorie Control - http://www.caloriecontrol.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

create, implement, and evaluate a personal fitness and lifetime activity plan.
describe appropriate and inappropriate health behaviors.
locate and describe four fitness Web sites.
design a 14-day exercise program for a college student that includes:
- warm up
- flexibility
- cardiovascular and strength training (FITT principle)
- cool down

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