19: Nutritional Awareness

Lyons Township High School
LaGrange, IL

Lesson Title: Nutritional Awareness
Lesson #: 19
Grade Level Appropriateness: 9-12

GOAL: To make students aware of how their personal nutrition habits impact their health.

OBJECTIVES:

Students will gain knowledge of where they fall in comparison to the suggested standard norms for height, weight, and body fat percentages.
Students will have hands on experience in technology by using the TriFIT machine and taking the health risk appraisal for nutrition.
Students will view their overall nutrition graph as a summary of their nutritional habits.

ACTIVITIES/PROCEDURES:

In small groups, students will assess height, weight, and skinfolds by using the TriFIT System.
After completing the skinfold portion of the assessment, students will choose the body composition entry from the encyclopedia. Upon completion of height, weight, and skinfolds, proceed to health risk appraisals and complete the Nutrition HRA.
Students will view their overall nutrition graph and print out.
Teacher guided discussion will take place on how nutrition choices affect your health and wellness.

RATIONALE:

This lesson serves as the starting point for students to design their own personal health-related fitness program based on an accurately assessed fitness profile. (NASPE #4 Standard).
Students will gain basic operations and concept skills in using the TriFIT System. (Tech Standard #1)
Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software. (Tech Standard #2)
Students will use the TriFIT to process data and report results. (Tech Standard #5)
Students will use the TriFIT to find out possible nutritional deficiencies and find solutions to help solve their nutritional problems. (Tech Standard #6)

REFLECTION: The students will walk away with a comfort level with the TriFIT. Students will see the ease in collecting data and producing results that can assist them in "Fitness for a Lifetime."