Health


 * Subject:** **Health**




 * ** Technology: **
 * Internet: Weight-By-Date™ Software for Windows will be used for calculating the nutrient values of foods. Students will first research Internet sites and on-line recipe books for nutritious international recipes to create a weekly meal plan.


 * ** Curriculum Standard **
 * 6th Grade: CDC’s School Health Education: Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.


 * ** Description: **
 * Students will form groups of 3-4 students each and will be assigned one of the following countries: Germany, Mexico, Japan, India, Poland, Egypt, and Brazil. Based on the food ethnicity of their assigned country, each group will search Internet sites and on-line recipe books to create one complete day’s worth of meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two snacks).
 * The goal of the lesson if for students to identify tasty and appealing, yet nutritious, low fat, low calorie, international meals by adhering to predetermined dietary guidelines (i.e., snacks may not exceed 200 calories, must be trans-fat free, fat calories cannot be more than 35% of total fat calories, etc.). The student groups will then enter their daily meals into the Weight-By-Date™ Software which will calculate the total nutrient values and calories for the entire international weekly meal plan. Students will  compare the software’s calculations to their own daily plans to see if they were successful in adhering to the dietary guidelines in creating a healthy international meal plan.


 * ** Supporting Research ** :
 * A research article, available from EBSCO in PDF format, sites a number of studies that show evidence of how “using Internet assessment tools for health-related fitness allows students to interact with the content and apply their knowledge to authentic tasks.” When directly addressing software, the author states, “These innovations assist students in making cognitive connections between physical activity and diet.”
 * APA citation: Thornburg, R. & Hill, K., (2004). Using internet assessment tools for health and physical education instruction. //TechTrends, 48// (6), 54-56.

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 * ** Tried & True or New & Innovative: **
 * **T&T/N&I:** Using technology to supplement health instruction is relatively new to health education classrooms. However, using technology to assist in calculating nutrients and calories is tried and true because it has been around for over ten years. This activity is beneficial for students because they learn nutrition content knowledge which they can apply directly to their daily lives, increasing their own healthy life style practices. This lesson captures students’ attention as well as they engage in a creative, authentic,  problem solving activity. Utilizing technology in this manner helps teachers create a student-centered learning environment that increases both student and teacher effectiveness.

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