Standard of Learning

3.2   The student will use decision-making skills to promote health and personal wellness. Key concepts/skills include:

1. goal setting for personal health;
2. the process of resolving conflicts peacefully;
3. strategies for solving problems related to health.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will understand the process of goal setting and how it promotes personal health.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• define a goal. (something you work towards)
• identify why one needs to set goals. (you know what you want, you can judge your progress, and you set goals to keep working on becoming a better person)
• define personal health. (taking care of one's physical, mental, emotional, family, and social health)
• identify physical health goals. (exercise, eat well, get enough sleep, keep your body clean, etc.)
• identify mental and emotional health goals. (have self respect, a healthy body, make responsible decisions, have a good attitude, etc.)
• identify family and social health goals. (relate well with others, respect others, treat them the way you want to be treated, have good character, share feelings, follow family rules, 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/
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

Heart Power
Grade(s): K-4
This tag game is used to reinforce three important ways to keep your heart healthy.
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=5848
Free

Nutrition Education - Balance Equals Beauty
Grade(s): 3
Eating a balanced diet with a variety of nutritious foods is necessary for growth, energy, to help us do well in school, and be healthy. Children who do not get healthy foods to eat are more susceptible to illness, which causes them to miss school frequently.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=974
Free

Nutrition Education - Evaluating Your Diet
Grade(s): 3
The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness.  This lesson must be completed as a group. The children have a hard time remembering the foods they have eaten. Each child will need two handouts; one for school use and one for home use.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=966
Free

Nutrition Education - Nutrients
Grade(s): 3
The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness by ;earning about nutrients.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=967
Free

Nutrition Education - Plan to Balance
Grade(s): 3
The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness by planning a balanced evening meal.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=965
Free

Nutrition lesson plans - fun hands on activities.
Grade(s): 3-5
Students learn about the four food groups by cutting pictures of food out of newspapers to make projects.
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/99-1/lesson0030.shtml
Free

Nutrition Station Circuit
Grade(s): 3-5
The purpose of this lesson plan is to have the kids review and understand the different fitness concepts along with different basketball skills.
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=5786
Free

Nutrition Unit
Grade(s): 3-5
In this lesson students will choose a normal meal from a fast food restaurant.  After discussing their choices, they will then analyze the nutrition and lack of nutrition in their meal.
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/lesson-plans/health/nutritionunit.htm
Free

Planning a Healthy Menu Using the Food Pyramid: An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan
Grade(s): 3-8
This lesson requires students to use their knowledge of the food groups to plan a healthy meal. The meal needs to include an entree, at least one side dish, and beverage. This lesson is an excellent culminating activity for a nutrition unit.
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Health/Nutrition/NUT0009.html
Free

Popcorn Nutrition
Grade(s): 3-8
Students will compare nutrition levels of snack foods and correctly calculate differences in nutritional value.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/03/lp324-04.shtml
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• Elementary Health - http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/health.html
• Guidance Counselor
• http://www.healthteacher.com
• http://www.kidshealth.org
• http://www.pecentral.org
• Social & Emotional Health – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/health.htm (health & fitness 3-5)
• Teaching Children About Health, A Multidisciplinary Approach - http://www.morton-pub.com

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• set academic goals.
• set goals to promote physical, mental, emotional, family, and social health.

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