Health

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 * 1) ===== 1.8.1 Analyze the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health. =====
 * 2) ===== 1.8.7 Describe the benefits of and barriers to practicing healthy behaviors. =====

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Students will use the USDA's Food Pyramid to find their current nutrition status and to determine if they are above or below the “normal” health state for their age/weight comparison. Students will then use this number to plan a week's worth of meals, having to balance calorie intake/exercise so that they do not go over the number of calories allowed based on their original status. =====


 * 1) ===== Log on to [] =====
 * 2) ===== Click “Get a personalized plan” on the right hand side. =====
 * 3) ===== Students will enter their personalized information. =====
 * 4) ===== Click to move to the food plan the student wants (for current weight, or to move to a gradually healthier weight). =====
 * 5) ===== Review the information-have students share surprises, things they find interesting. =====
 * 6) ===== Click on “Menu Planner” on the left hand side. =====
 * 7) ===== Students will need to put in their personal information again. =====
 * 8) ===== Students will now search for food items in the search box and will decide the time of day they want it, for each day of the week. Students need to watch the maximum mark and where the calorie level goes after each item is added. =====
 * 9) ===== Students will print two copies of their Menu Planner. One copy will go in their health folder and they will take the other home. Encourage students to try their personalized plan if possible. Explain that the class will check in on their health status and compare the printouts near the end of the course to measure progress. =====

Ip, M. (2010, July). Good Reception-Kids Receive Healthy Messages Through Interactive Technologies. //Today's Dietitian 12,// 28-31.
This article looks at new laws and the initiative by First Lady Michelle Obama to stop childhood obesity. The article argues and supports that technology has a possibility to teach good health lifestyles if designers create more games and activities that allow students to engage in learning about health.

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This activity/lesson is considered to be “Tried and True” because it asks students to log on to a website to look for information. Students are required to do this often while in school and are trained on how to conduct research, find information, etc. on the Internet. However, this lesson is also “New and Innovative” because the site allows students to put in personal information and students make the website about them. Students also are asked to print the material and keep for later reference where the figures will be compared to measure student progress and if the plan they made will make a difference. =====

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