Project I.D.E.A. Inquiry into Diet, Exercise and Anatomy

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Project I.D.E.A.Inquiry into Diet, Exercise and
Anatomy

• Mark A. Minger
• St. Cloud State University
• An Improving Teacher Quality Program Grant

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Project I.D.E.A.A School Health Initiative in
your School

• Project Overview
• Teachers develop and implement health related
  inquiry activities/investigations in their
  classroom.
• Teachers design and conduct an inquiry
  investigation in the Human Performance Lab.
• Teachers learn content on nutrition, exercise,
  and anatomy.
• Students collect baseline health related data
  that is submitted to a central database at SCSU.
• Students conduct an 8 week inquiry investigation
  to see effects on baseline data.
• Students have access to database for classroom
  analysis projects.
• Students plan and participate in a School Health
  Fair

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Rationale/Need

• Obesity, a key risk factor for heart disease, has
  tripled among the nations youth in the past 15
  years.
• The American Heart Association recently published
  a report and guidelines for preventing cardiac
  disease in children.
• Schools can model healthy lifestyles through the
  science curriculum, promoting fitness and
  providing healthy diet choices.
• Emphasis can be placed a Health Initiative.

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Student Health Concerns

• Obesity
• Juvenile diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Heart disease
• Lack of exercise and general fitness
• Poor diet choices

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Project IDEA Goals

• Science, health, and physical ed. teachers
  receive specific content material on diet,
  fitness, and anatomy during summer institute.
• Science, health, and physical ed. teachers
  develop and implement relevant health related
  activities in their classrooms.
• Data collected from the activities and
  investigations are recorded in a central database
  for analysis opportunities for interested student
  researchers.
• Students participate in school wide health
  fair/initiative.

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Project IDEA Activities

• The following slides briefly describe the 8
  Project IDEA activities.
• These activities can be completed by students in
  a variety of classes, promoting interdisciplinary
  collaboration between teachers/classes.
• Activities can be blended into the existing
  curriculum.

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Why Walk a Mile?

• Students collect data on their general fitness by
  completing a one mile walk and calculating their
  maximum volume of oxygen.

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Diet Analysis

• Students complete a comprehensive diet analysis.
• Foodworks software is utilized to report on
  dietary intake.

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Body Composition

• Students study the importance of body composition
  in relationship to personal health.
• Students calculate their Body Mass Index (BMI).

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Stress Survey

• Students complete a stress survey
• Students learn about simple coping strategies for
  dealing with stress.

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Personal Health Profile

• Students complete a personal health profile
  questionaire.
• Heart disease, cancer, and stroke are often
  caused by poor lifestyle choices, including poor
  diet and lack of exercise.

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Blood Pressure

• Students record resting and recovery heart rates
  and blood pressure.
• Students learn about the rising numbers of
  children with heart disease.

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Oh, Say Can You Stretch?

• Students measure their flexibility.
• Students learn the importance of maintaining good
  flexibility.

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Whats Your Sleep Number?

• Students conduct a sleep log for seven days to
  establish their sleep patterns.
• Students learn about the importance of sleep for
  maintaining a healthy body and mind.

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Central Database

• St. Cloud State University has established a
  website that is designed to collect student
  baseline data from the investigations.
• Students participating will have the opportunity
  to access and analyze data from the database.
• Preset Program Wizards will be established to run
  pre-determined statistics on selected data.

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Webpage Example Screen
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8 Week Inquiry Investigations

• Project I.D.E.A. has three official
  Investigations that students can participate in
  after completing some or all of the baseline data
  activities.
• Students who choose not to conduct the official
  I.D.E.A. investigations will have options to
  design their own investigations.
• These investigations can be included in the
  school health initiative by challenging students
  to improve their fitness level and nutrition
  choices.