Standard of Learning

5.2   The student will demonstrate responsibility for developing personal health habits and practicing the behaviors that promote an active, healthy lifestyle. Key concepts/skills include:

1. the relationship between health promotion and disease prevention;
2. the connection between nutritional guidelines and weight management;
3. strategies for managing stress;
4. the importance of exercise and recreation;
5. the effects of personal health habits on cardiovascular fitness;
6. the importance of developing and maintaining a positive self-image.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will evaluate the relationship between the recommended dietary guidelines and weight management.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• define a calorie. (a unit of energy produced by foods and used by the body)
• explain caloric output. (total number of calories your body uses each day)
• describe dietary guidelines to help you stay healthy and live longer:
  • eat a variety of foods from the food guide pyramid;
  • balance the foods you eat with physical activity;
  • eat few fatty foods, sugar, and very little salt;
  • eat plenty of grains, vegetables, and fruits; and
  • do not drink alcohol.
• define nutrients. (proteins, carbohydrates, fats, water, minerals, and vitamins)
• explain the importance of reading food labels. (to find out what nutrients are in the food, to see if you are following the dietary guidelines, and to get the right number of servings as recommended on the food guide pyramid)
• determine desirable weight. (the weight suggested for age, sex, height, and body build - weight at which you look and feel your best)
• define fat cells. (store extra calories - a young person who eats too many calories increases the number of fat cells - this explains why people who were fat at a young age always have difficulty losing weight)

Sample Lessons

About All You Can Eat: A Feast at Plimoth Plantation
Grades 3-5
Compares foods eaten in 1627 with high fat foods eaten today. Also looks at 500 BC.
Sponsor: PBS
Two class periods
Contact: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource(select Health & Fitness - Grades 3-5 - Fitness & Nutrition)
Free

BAM! Body and Mind> Teachers’ Corner> Active or Not Here it Comes!
The goal of this section is to expand students understanding of physical activity beyond organized sports. By extending their view of physical activity, students will recognize that organized sports (e.g., playing on the football or soccer team), less competitive or personal fitness activities (e.g., swimming with friends or weight training), lifetime sports (e.g., golfing or walking), and some everyday activities (e.g., walking their dog, dancing to their favorite song, or mowing the lawn) are all forms of physical activity. As student’s understanding grows, they will determine that they already participate in physical activities to some extent and gain confidence to expand upon their activities.
Sponsor: Center for Disease Control
http://www.bam.gov/teachers/activities/active_or_not.htm
Free

Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH)
Grades 3-5 (Hearty Heart and Friends - 3rd grade; Go For Health - 4th and 5th grades; and Facts for 5 - 5th grade)
*Evaluated program with mixed results
Coordinated effort between classroom, cafeteria, and physical education to decrease fat, saturated fat, and sodium in students' diets; increase physical activity; and prevent tobacco use.
Sponsor: Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH)
http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/chppr/catch/andhttp://www.flaghouse.com
+Cost

Discovering Foods of Mexico
Grades 5-6
Compares nutritional and wellness practices between cultural groups.
Sponsor: PBS
One-two class periods
http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors/midplan.htmlFree

Dole's Five A Day Lesson Plans
Covers food journals, new fruits and vegetables, measuring portions, and where plants grow. Linked with reading/language arts, math, history, social science, science, geography, health, art/music/dance, agriculture, technology, home school, community service learning, and recognition curricula standards.
Sponsor: Dole
http://www.dole5aday.com/index.jsp
Free

Eat Well and Keep Moving
Grades 4-5
*Evaluated program
Comprehensive program to increase physical activity, increase fruits and vegetables, decrease fat, and decrease television viewing. Children learn as they move. Includes 44 lessons, CD-ROM to customize lessons, worksheets, school campaigns, and reproducible materials.
Sponsor: Harvard University
http://www.humankinetics.com
+Cost

Elementary Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Every Day, Lots of Ways (EDLOW)
Grades: K-1, 5 A Day for Better Health (focus - five fruits and vegetables a day)
Curriculum to promote healthy food choices.
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Department of Education
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/food_nutrition/cwp

5 A Day The Color Way - "There's a Rainbow on My Plate"
Grades K-6 (K-3, 4, 5, 6)
Encourages students to eat more fruits and vegetables each day through a variety of lessons and activity sheets. Teacher's guide, take home literature, recipes.
Sponsor: Dole Food Company
http://www.5aday.com
Free

The Food Groups: Food Pyramid
Grades 3-5
Students learn about the five food groups and how to use the food pyramid as their guide.
Sponsor: Ask ERIC Lesson Plan
Two classes
http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – nutrition)
Free

Food Works
Grades 3-5
Activity-based program to build skills and motivate students to make healthy food choices. Each kit includes teaching guide, videos, magazines, family newsletter, posters, and worksheets. Produced in 1995.
Sponsor: USDA
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/educators/scholastic.html
+Cost

The Great Body Shop
Grades preK-6
Evaluated program
Encourages students to make life-long healthy choices including healthy nutrition and physical activity. Comprehensive health education program. Topics include:
--Critical thinking
--Life skills
--Health values
Available in English and Spanish; parent bulletins in seven languages
Sponsor: The Children's Health Market
http://www.thegreatbodyshop.net
+Cost

Health Database
Grades 2-5
Students analyze the content of school lunches to see if the lunches are balanced.
Sponsor: Ask ERIC Lesson Plan
Five class periods
http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – nutrition)
Free

Healthy Weights for Healthy Kids
Grades 3-6
Addresses healthy eating, physical activity, and positive body image for children. Discusses healthy food, drink, and snack choices; physical activity options; and positive body image.
Sponsor: Virginia Cooperative Extension
Contact local County Extension Office
Free

HeartPower
Grades 3-5
Teaches students about the heart and how to keep it healthy. Includes physical activity, nutrition, and living tobacco-free. Science-based.
--Healthy-Heart Menus Quick Activity (Children create a one-minute television feature called "The Healthy-Heart Minute.")
--Target: No Smoking Game
--A Bunch of Reasons Not to Smoke Quick Activity
--Stand and Deliver Game
--What Does the Heart Do? - lesson idea
--How Does Blood Circulate? - lesson idea
--How Do Foods Help Our Bodies? - lesson idea (Encourages students to eat a variety of healthy foods. Describes various nutrients.)
--How Do You Choose Snacks and Other Foods? - lesson idea (Discusses factors influencing why students choose the foods they do. Activity sheets.)
--How Does Physical Activity Help You? - lesson idea (Discusses factors that influence students' choices about physical activity.)
--How Can You Stay Fit? - lesson idea (Discusses peer influences on personal health decisions related to fitness. Discusses heart-healthy fitness. Activity sheet. "What's Your Activity IQ?")
--"Smoking in the Cellar" - lesson idea
--Label the Heart's Parts - activity sheet
--What's in Foods? - activity sheet
--Be Choosy! - activity sheet
--Rate that Snack! - activity sheet
Sponsor: American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org(select HeartPower!)
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

Mission Nutrition
Grades K-5 (K-1; 2-3; 4-5)
Three units related to promoting healthy body image, healthy eating, and physical activity. Includes lesson plans and student activities.
Sponsor: Dietitians of Canada and Team from Kellogg Canada, Inc.
http://www.missionnutrition.ca/missionnutrition/eng/educators
Free

Nutrition – Food Pyramid Book and Game
Grades 2-6
Students create a food pyramid and classify foods.
Sponsor: Ask ERIC Lesson Plan
One class period.
http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – nutrition)
Free

Oral Health Education: Saving Smiles Series- “Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body”
Grades:  4 & 5
Lesson Plan (1) Identify the components of a balanced meal and describe carbohydrates and their impact on oral health. (SOL 4.1b, d ; 5.2b)
Lesson Plan (2) Develop an awareness of community health resources available (SOL 4.5a,b ; 4.6a ; 5.4a,b ; 5.5c,d,e,f)
Lesson Plan (3) Describe the causes of dental diseases including the role of bacterial plaque, and describe how dental diseases can be
prevented. (SOL 4.4b,d ; 5.2a)
Lesson Plan (4) Identify laws related to the purchase of tobacco products and describe the effects of tobacco on oral health and the body. (SOL 4.4b,d ; 5.2a) 
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Health, Division of Dental Health
Contact:  http://www.vahealth.org/teeth/OralHealthEducation.asp (curriculum resources)
Free

Planning a Healthy Menu Using the Food Pyramid
Grades 3-8
Students use the food pyramid to plan a healthy meal.
Sponsor: Ask ERIC Lesson Plan
One class period
http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – nutrition)
Free

Pyramid Explorations
Grade Four
Program to teach students about good eating habits, sound nutrition, and the Food Guide Pyramid. Lessons based on aliens coming to earth to learn about nutrition. Each activity is one act of a six-act plan. Includes activity sheets, teacher guide, workbook for each student, food pyramid poster, handouts, and additional activities.
Sponsor: National Dairy Council
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• Review 4.1a-e
• BMI Calculator and Factors that Affect BMI (calculates BMI) -http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/bmi-for-age.htm
• Energy Calculator - http://www.nat.uiuc.edu
• Dietary Guidelines - http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/Subjects/eatsmart
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans - http://www.cnpp.usda.gov
• Dietary Guidelines Lessons - http://www.healthteacher.com/lessonguides
• Nutrition - http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Education/Lessons/Health/Nutrition
• Oregon Dairy Council - http://www.oregondairycouncil.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• use math skills to compare their diet and physical activity calories.
• describe the dietary guidelines to help you stay healthy.
• determine desirable weight.

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