ATTENTION TEACHERS: Having Trouble Finding Curriculum Supplements That Wont Break Your Dwindling Bud

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ATTENTION TEACHERSHaving Trouble Finding
Curriculum Supplements That Wont Break Your
Dwindling Budget?
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Standards-Based Experiential Learning Resources
for Health Nutrition Education

• Michelle J. Garwood
• Graduate Assistant, Nebraska 4-H
• Additional Presenters
• Patricia Fairchild, Ed.D.
• NIAHPERD Joint Conference
• November 4, 2006
• Council Bluffs, Iowa

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Our Purpose

• To introduce exciting, supplemental, reliable and
  timely materials which health educators can use
  to meet the No Child Left Behind mandate
  through experiential learning and career
  exploration.

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Our Methodology

• We will illustrate how Nebraska-made 4-H
  curricula provide ideal alternatives through
  research-based options which are affordable and
  easily accessible.
• These materials are currently available to
  educators and schools through the Universitys
  Extension System.

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4-H How credible is it, really?

• 4-H has a proud, century-long history of
  providing experiential learning opportunities to
  youth

USDA , 2003.
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4-H How big is it, really?

• Nearly 7,000,000 youth in the USA
• Over 610,000 volunteer leaders
• About 3,600 FTEs of professional staff
• International with over 4,000,000 youth in 60
  countries
• About 45,000,000 4-H alumni

USDA , 2003.
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4-H Where is it, really?

• 105 State Land Grant Universities
• Conducted in 3,051 counties in the US
• District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin
  Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Micronesia, and
  Northern Mariana Islands

USDA , 2003.
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Nebraska 4-H Participation

• Highest enrollment per/capita of eligible age
  (5-19) participants in the world.
• Nebraska uses a multi-delivery method
• School enrichment
• After hours/after school
• Special Projects
• Traditional Clubs

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4-H In the Schools

• Approximately 60 of Nebraska 4-H participation
  occurs in schools.
• Supplemental curriculum
• School enrichment programs
• Before/After School Programming

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Nebraska 4-H Goals

• To develop competent, confident and connected
  youth and adults of good character.

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Nebraska 4-H Curriculum Materials

• Focus is on experiential learning
• Research-based, educational curricula written by
  experts
• Reliable and timely subject matter that
  supplements traditional classrooms
• Exploration of future career options
• New and revised projects are matched to school
  standards

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4-H Motto

• Learning by Doing
• Curricula based on the experiential learning
  model.

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What is Experiential Learning?
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Research-based, educational curricula written by
experts

• Multi-unit collaborations within the University
  system
• Fast Foods Specialists within the Department of
  Nutrition and Health Sciences
• YOUth in Motion Two-year research project with
  Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, St.
  Elizabeths Hospital and Lincoln Public Schools

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Research-based, educational curricula written by
experts

• Teams of teachers provide input to make
  curriculum more classroom friendly.
• Contracting teachers to align curriculum to
  educational standards.
• Partnering with teachers to pilot new curriculum.

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Reliable and Timely Subject Matter

• Hot topic issue addressed Childhood Obesity
  Prevention
• Fast Foods
• How to prepare healthy foods at home using My
  Pyramid.
• Stocking the pantry, grocery shopping and portion
  control
• YOUth in Motion
• To promote life-long physical activity and
  healthy eating using the Activity Guide Pyramid
• Selecting healthy snacks, reading labels and
  nutrition analysis

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Fast Foods
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What is Fast Foods?

• Curriculum designed for 11-14 year olds, though
  is easily adaptable to younger or older
  audiences.
• A place where anyone can learn to cook

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Why Fast Foods?

• People can not cook!
• Food literacy is lacking
• Not enough time to cook
• Families are not sitting down together to eat
• Many career opportunities exist in the foods
  industry.

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Goals of Fast Foods

• Reconnect children and families to real food
• Help children develop basic cooking skills
• Assist families in getting healthy, nutritious
  meals on the table quickly
• Develop the enjoyment of cooking and eating good
  food
• Research shows improved diets and fewer social
  problems for families that cook and eat together
  on a regular basis!

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Table of Contents

• Nutrition
• Grocery Store Tour
• Stocking the Pantry
• Spices
• Substitutions
• Food Equivalences
• Cool Cooks Tools
• Cooking at High Altitudes

• Menu Planning
• Table Setting
• How to Measure
• Scaling Recipes
• Cooking Terms
• Food Safety Basics
• Recipes

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Activities

• Virtual Grocery Store Tour
• Planning Meals with MyPyramid
• The Art of Menu Planning
• Food Safety Basics
• Nutrition
• Stocking the Pantry
• Helpings and Servings

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Nontraditional Users

• College students (bachelor living)
• WIC
• BNF

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YOUth in Motion
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Why YOUth in Motion?

• By the time youth reach high school, just 1 in
  every 5 engages in sufficient levels of moderate
  physical activity, vigorous physical activity,
  and strengthening exercise.
• In the U.S. 1 in every 6 students in grades K-12
  is overweight while an additional 1 in every 6 is
  at risk for overweight.
• As the number of obese individuals increases, so
  does the number of physical and emotional
  problems.
• The financial cost of obesity in the U.S. is
  nearing 78.5 billion in medical expenses per
  year.
• Obese adults are 50 to 100 more likely to die
  prematurely.
• Major implications for employers and employees
  now and in the future!

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Goals of YOUth in Motion

• Teach basic physical activity, nutrition and
  goal-setting skills (target grades 5-7).
• Promote family involvement in goal-setting and
  behavior modification process.

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YOUth in Motion Contents

• Building Stronger Muscles
• Healthy Down Time
• Helpings and Servings
• Healthy Drinks
• Is Snacking Okay?
• Label Able

• Your Heart Rate
• Resting Heart Rate
• Find Your Working Heart Rate
• Goal Setting for Physical Activity
• Stretching

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YOUth in Motion Activities

• Major focus on Family Involvement.
• Goal setting
• Assessing and increasing physical activity level
• Trying new activities
• Snacking healthier

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Up-to-Date Resources

• Both Fast Foods and YOUth in Motion contain the
  NEW MyPyramid!

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Exploration of future career options

• 4-H has traditionally provided youth with a
  chance to explore a wide variety of interest
  areas.
• Curricula offer youth the chance to progressively
  increase skill attainment.
• Interest areas can be translated into career
  fields.

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Exploration of future career options

• Nebraska is in the beginning stages of aligning
  4-H project areas to the Nebraska Career
  Education Career Cluster Model.

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New and revised materials are matched to
educational standards

• Nebraska 4-H school enrichment materials meet
  state and national educational standards.

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New and revised materials are matched to
educational standards

• FAST FOODS YOUth in Motion are aligned to
  standards in
• Reading
• Math
• Science
• Health/P.E.
• (Also in the process of being aligned to FCS
  standards)

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How easy is it, really?
Nebraska 4-H Curriculum Home Page http//4hcurricu
lum.unl.edu
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NEW WEB SITE!!!
http//4hcurriculum.unl.edu
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New Online Catalog!
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Coming Soon!

• Educators Corner
• Technology Components
• Entrepreneurship Education

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Future Content of Educators Corner

• Web page being designed Fall 2006
• Ideas for Use
• School Standards
• Technology Tools
• Other Resources, Research

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A great new resource for teachers!
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Technology Components

• CD ROM Web-Based Activities
• Enhance and supplement hard-copy curriculum
• Great for diverse learning styles

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Coming Soon Entrepreneurship!

• Entrepreneurship Education
• Visit the 4-H Cyber Fair at the 2006 Nebraska
  State Fair for a sneak peek at this exciting
  collaborative project!
• http//4h.unl.edu/cyberfair/

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Summary

• Nebraska 4-H curricula provide ideal, affordable
  alternatives for todays various educational
  settings.
• Utilize the resources of the Land Grant System.
• Curricula are exciting, reliable and timely using
  the experiential learning model.
• Nebraska 4-H curricula promote career
  exploration.
• All new and revised curricula are being aligned
  to educational standards.
• Obtaining curriculum is simply a click away!
• More resources coming soon Career Cluster
  alignment, Educators Corner, Technology,
  Entrepreneurship

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THANK YOU !
Michelle J. Garwood Graduate Assistant, Nebraska
4-H
For more information, contact
Patricia J.
Fairchild, Ed.D. [phone] pfairchild2_at_unl.ed
u Michelle Garwood [phone] mgarwood2_at_unlno
tes.unl.edu
To access Nebraska 4-H Curriculum online
http//4hcurriculum.unl.edu