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- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students complete an evaluation checklist while analyzing various health related websites. They present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the different food groups on the food pyramid. In groups, they discover the proper amount to eat from each food group and how to prepare healthy meals. They keep a food journal and calculate the amount of calories they take in taking into account the amount of physical activity they receive in a day. To end the lesson, they discuss whether being a vegetarian is healther than not. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the guidelines the United States Department of Agriculture places on food. In groups, they create a list of the foods they consume and discuss the political and environmental implications of purchasing the food. They use the internet to research the food situation around the world and how food is stored and transported. To end the lesson, they discover how to be better food consumers to help protect areas of the world facing malnutrition and political unrest. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore a food diary and an on-line analysis of food chains and nutrient density. They keep an activity log that records and offers information on activities, exercise, and fitness principles to assist in making sound health and fitness decisions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore a wellness Web Quest to discover information about lifestyle choices. They research mental and emotional wellness, physical health and physical fitness, nutrition, weight control, and the effects of the environment and drug use. They publish a wellness magazine and share their information through a Magazine Debut party. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate how knowledge of science influences people in their daily lives, specifically in their careers. Students conduct interviews with an individual in a Science or Technology career as part of their research on the impact science has on occupational decisions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students create a portfolio throughout their middle school years on wellness. Students explore their awareness of the connections between health, physical education, and family and consumer sciences with particular emphasis on the areas of fitness and nutrition. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students review the factors of production and how they are used to make the products they buy. In groups, they participate in different scenerios in which they discover the amount of power they have to affect change buy purchasing the products they do. They also brainstorm the lifecycle of newsprint and how it affects the environment. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students discuss ways to keep healthy, and examine factors that influence health, including media. They then participate in mock public meeting on genetically modified foods in order to explore importance of governmental decisions in their lives, and consider views of different interest groups. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students explore the importance of good health and the food pyramid. They examine food labels and the importance of healthy food choices. Students investigate food additives. Full Review »
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