Health

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Health NutritionInterdisciplinary Lesson

• Melissa Merchich
• Natalie Glackin
• Natalia Hausmann
• Tiffany Johnson

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Unit Objectives

• To create an awareness of food types and
  quantities consumed in a day.
• To educate on different kinds of diets and eating
  disorders.
• To understand how to calculate calories and how
  food is consumed in the body.
• To understand nutritional labels and applying
  them to a healthier way of eating.

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Subject Areas

• Science
• Melissa Merchich
• English
• Tiffany Johnson
• Social Studies
• Natalia Hausmann
• Math
• Natalie Glackin

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Science

• DAY ONE
• Objective The students will be able to compare
  what they eat to the food pyramid.
• Activity What Is The Food Pyramid?

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Science

• DAY TWO
• Objective The students will be able to
  understand which foods are better for the human
  body.
• Activity What Foods Have Fat?

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Science

• DAY THREE
• Objective Students will be able to explain the
  process a piece of food goes through with the
  human body.
• Activity Where Does My Food Go?

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Science

• DAY FOUR
• Objective The students will know how a target
  heart rate is achieved and what that means.
• Activity How Do Muscles Burn Calories?

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Science

• DAY FIVE
• Objective The students will be able to
  demonstrate an exercise routine in order to keep
  their heart rate up.
• Activity What Is Your Heart Rate?

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English

• Lesson DIETING
• Eating Disorders
• Diets

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English

• DAY ONE
• Objective Students will understand the
  psychological problems of someone with an eating
  disorder.
• Activity Stick Figures

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English

• DAY TWO
• Objective Students will understand the causes
  and effects of eating disorders, identify warning
  signs and know how to get help and treatment.
• Activity Trackstar

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English

• DAY THREE
• Objective Students will evaluate the
  authenticity of a diet ad and determine which
  factors are truthful and untruthful.
• Activity Truthful and Untruthful Lists

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English

• DAY FOUR
• Objective Students will research a particular
  diet using the Internet, magazine articles and/or
  diet pamphlets.
• Activity Research in groups.

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English

• DAY FIVE
• Objective Students will evaluate which diet is
  most adaptable in a fast-food world.
• Activity Presentations Nutritional Guides.

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Social Studies

• Goals Students will be able to
• Utilize Trackstar as a helpful research tool,
  exploring the websites posted and answering the
  questions / activities listed.
• Discuss what climate is and how it influences
  what foods are eaten in specific climate areas.
• Distinguish what foods are typically eaten in
  that climate region.

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Social Studies

• DAY ONE
• Lets Learn About the Earths Climate!
• Activity Trackstar

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Social Studies

• DAY TWO
• Climate and Foods in other Areas - The Forested
  Climate in China!
• Activity The teacher reads the book "Rice is
  Life" by Rita Golden Gelman
• Students eat rice dish
• Students visit China website

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Social Studies

• DAY THREE
• Climate and Foods in Other Areas - The Desert
  Region of Iraq!
• Activity Using Trackstar to find different foods
  eaten in a desert climate.

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Social Studies

• DAY FOUR
• Climate and Foods in Other Areas - The Polar
  Region of the Arctic!
• Activity Trackstar what people eat in the
  Polar Region of the Arctic

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Social Studies

• DAY FIVE
• A Wrap-Up on The Earth's Climate
• Activity Climate Map of the World
• Students draw pictures of food
• Students paste food to its location on the map
• Discussion of the impact of climate on food.

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Math

• OutcomesStudents will
• 1) Communicate an understanding of the components
  of a nutrition label.
• 2) Convert fractions, decimals, and percents.
• 3) Demonstrate how to multiply fractions by a
  whole number.

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Math

• DAY ONE
• Nutrition Labels and what they
  represent
• Groups of 4
• Nutritional Labels
• Calculate a days worth
  of food

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Math

• DAY TWO
• Nutrition Labels and Discovering Percents,
  Fractions and Decimals
• Students will figure out the percent, fraction
  and decimal it is of their daily diet.

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Math

• DAY THREE
• Personal Food Journals and How
  they Compare to the Recommended
  Daily Serving Using Percentages

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Math

• DAY FOUR
• Multiplying Fractions by a Whole Number for
  Recipes
• Batch of Cookies

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Math

• DAY FIVE
• Using Fractions with an Actual Recipe
• Students will answer questions following the
  baking on fractions and percents.

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