Sixth Grade Curriculum Resources
Standard of Learning
6.6 The student will access and analyze information for the purpose of improving personal and family health. Key concepts/skills include:
- assessment of personal and family wellness;
- analysis of the reliability of health information;
- recognition of the persuasive tactics used by various types of media;
- interpretation of the contraindications for prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines.
Understanding the Standard
The student will understand how to measure and interpret personal and family wellness data.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
The student will:
- identify and explain the wellness components. (social, physical, emotional, intellectual, environmental, spiritual, and career)
- identify methods of assessing personal and family wellness.
Sample Lessons
Dysfunctional Eating
Grade(s): 6
This lesson integrates Health Standard 6 (dysfunctional eating) with Language Arts Standard 7 (imperative writing). It teaches students the dangers of dysfunctional eating. Students create a recipe for a healthy snack and present it to the class both orally and in written format.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=419
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Healthy Colon with Good Digestion and Fiber
Grade(s): 6
This mini-teach lesson is designed for the 6th grade. Students will be introduced to the colon and the relationship it has with the body. Students will learn the process of digestion, the process of the colon, and why fiber is necessary for a healthy diet and a healthy colon.
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/bi9602.html
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Nutrition Education - Cooking Methods
Grade(s): 6
The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness through learning different cooking methods.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=977
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Nutrition Education - Fast Foods
Grade(s): 6
The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=971
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Nutrition Education - Food Preferences
Grade(s): 6
The students will understand how a healthy diet and exercise can increase the likelihood of physical and mental wellness.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=970
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Nutrition Education - Labeling
Grade(s): 6
Students will learn how to interpret food nutrition labels and how understanding the labels helps with learning about nutrition.
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=969
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Personal and Family Health
This lesson plan teachers Students to recognize antibiotic resistance as a dangerous threat to community and personal wellness in the future.
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Health
Personal_Family_Wellness.pdf
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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/
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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
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Additional Instructional Resources
- Target Heart Rate - http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/hr.shtml
- Virginia Department of Health – Antibiotic Worksheets - Antibiotic_Worksheets.pdf
- Virginia Department of Health – Antibiotic Pretest - Antibiotic_Pretest.pdf
- Wellness Checkup - http://www.wellnessu.org/wellnessassessment.htm
Assessment Ideas
The student will:
- plan a "family wellness" program that includes the seven components of wellness.
- create a calendar of family wellness goals.
- compare family wellness priorities now to other generations.
- research a two-page report that compares family wellness priorities for early pioneers to present day wellness efforts.
- chart personal and family wellness accomplishments during a two-month period of time.
