Lifetime Nutrition & Wellness
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| Course Standards & Pacing Guide | ||
| General Nutrition Resources | ||
This content was updated on November 2019. The toolkit includes a user's guide, four handouts, a PowerPoint, pre and post test and an infographic. Also includes sample social media posts. |
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| Topic 1: Effective Work Habits (1 Week) | Suggestions of tasks/activities for students to do at home and earn points for class. |
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| Topic 2: General Nutrition Principles (5 Weeks) | ||
| Topic 3: Food Safety & Sanitation (1 Week) | ||
Our cross-curricular resources on health and nutrition will engage your students with fun and informative lessons, printables, and activities on their well-being. Teach them about illness, physical education, and balanced diets so they have the knowledge to make healthy choices. Good eating habits and a healthy amount of exercise help keep the mind and body performing at their best. Students will be fascinated with science activities on the human body, and you'll find plenty of resources on delicious foods to keep them interested in nutrition. |
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| Topic 4: Food Management Principles (8 Weeks) | ||
New and updated information is added frequently, also links to other resources. |
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This website hosts numerous how to videos on making scones, bread, etc. as well as a variety of recipes. |
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| Topic 5: Digestion & Metabolism (3 Weeks) | ||
| Topic 6: Lifetime Effects of Nutrition & Wellness (12 Weeks) | Online supplemental curriculum. |
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This nutrition-based curriculum introduces students to the fundamentals of healthy food choices, using the Nutrition Facts label as the starting point, and may be used separately or in conjunction with the food safety curriculum. With engaging hands-on activities, students will become aware of calories, serving size, and the nutrients to get “more of” and “less of.” Designed for use by middle level and high school teachers, the emphasis is on an inquiry approach that is customizable to science, health, and/or family and consumer science classes, aligning with current education standards in these curriculum areas. Your students will learn about:
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