Planet Health

Planet Health

An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Teaching Middle School Nutrition and Physical Activity

Carter, Jill; Gortmaker, Steven L.; Nobrega, Suzanne; Peterson, Karen E.; Wiecha, Jean L.

Human Kinetics Publishers

09/2007

592

Mixed media product

Inglês

9780736069182

1610

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A Letter to Teachers How to Use the CD-ROM Acknowledgments Section 1. Implementing Planet Health in Your School About the Curriculum Curriculum Components Getting Started Middle School Planner Section 2. Classroom Lessons Components of the Classroom Curriculum Resources Lesson Design Educational Approach Incorporating Planet Health Into Your Curriculum Making Every Lesson a Literacy-Rich Experience Part I. Introductory Classes for Students Lesson 1 Do You Make Space for Fitness and Nutrition? Lesson 2 Power Down: Charting Screen Time Part II. Language Arts Lesson 3 Food Power Lesson 4 Carbohydrate: Energy Food Lesson 5 The Language of Food Lesson 6 Keep It Local Lesson 7 Write a Fable: Important Messages About Activity Lesson 8 Go for the Goal Lesson 9 Lifetime Physical Activities: Research One, Describe One, Try One! Lesson 10 Choosing Healthy Foods Part III. Math Lesson 11 Problem Solving: Making Healthy Choices Lesson 12 Figuring Out Fat Lesson 13 Looking for Patterns: What's for Lunch? Lesson 14 Apples, Oranges, and Zucchini: An Algebra Party Lesson 15 Plotting Coordinate Graphs: What Does Your Day Look Like? Lesson 16 Survey the Class Lesson 17 Circle Graphs: Where Did the Day Go? Lesson 18 Energy Equations Part IV. Science Lesson 19 Passing the Sugar Lesson 20 Mighty Minerals: Calcium and Iron Lesson 21 Fat Functions Lesson 22 Smart Snacks Lesson 23 The Plants We Eat Lesson 24 Foods for Energy Lesson 25 Muscle Mysteries Lesson 26 The Human Heart Lesson 27 How Far Can You Jump? Part V. Social Studies Lesson 28 Food Through the Ages Lesson 29 Democracy and Diet Lesson 30 Global Foods Lesson 31 Around the World With Five a Day Lesson 32 Map Maker Lesson 33 Free to Be Fit Lesson 34 Impact of Technology Lesson 35 Food Rituals and Society Section 3. Physical Education Microunits Teacher Introduction to the Microunits Student Introduction to the Microunits Part VI. Introducing Exercise and Fitness PE Microunit 1 Thinking About Activity, Exercise, and Fitness PE Microunit 2 Warm Up Before You Exercise PE Microunit 3 Cool Down After You Exercise Part VII. FitCheck Teacher's Guide to FitCheck Introduction to FitCheck FitCheck Worksheets PE Microunit 4 Charting Your FitScore, Fit Score, and SitScore PE Microunit 5 What Could You Do Instead of Watching TV? PE Microunit 6 Making Time to Stay Fit PE Microunit 7 Setting Goals for Personal Fitness Part VIII. Getting Started PE Microunit 8 Let's Get Started on Being Fit PE Microunit 9 More About the Three Areas of Physical Fitness PE Microunit 10 Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type PE Microunit 11 Choose Activities You Think Are Fun PE Microunit 12 How Often Should I Exercise? Part IX. Improving Fitness PE Microunit 13 Improving Cardiorespiratory Endurance PE Microunit 14 Improving Muscular Strength PE Microunit 15 Improving Flexibility Part X. Measuring Fitness PE Microunit 16 Improving Your Overall Physical Fitness Levels PE Microunit 17 Knowing Your Resting Heart Rate PE Microunit 18 Exercise Makes Your Heart Beat Faster Part XI. Be Active Now! PE Microunit 19 Be Active Now for a Healthy Heart Later PE 20 Microunit Be Active Now for Healthy Bones Later PE 21 Microunit Be Active Now to Stay in Shape Part XII. Get Ready to Exercise PE Microunit 22 Energy for Exercise PE Microunit 23 Weather and Exercise PE Microunit 24 Getting Enough to Drink PE Microunit 25 Food and Supplement Myths Part XIII. Fitness Is Fun! PE Microunit 26 Dance for Fitness PE Microunit 27 Calisthenics PE Microunit 28 Running, Jogging, and Fitness Walking PE Microunit 29 Swimming PE Microunit 30 Cycling PE Microunit 31 Yoga Appendix A Nutrition Resources Appendix B Physical Activity Resources Appendix C Television Viewing and Other Screen Time Resources Appendix D Social Studies Resources Appendix E Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks About the Authors