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Title - Do Something about... Eating Healthy
Day 8: Action Plan
By - Do Something, Inc. / www.dosomething.org
Primary Subject - Health / Physical Education
Secondary Subjects - Other
Grade Level - 9-12
Do Something about...
Eating Healthy
10-Day Unit
The following lesson is the eighth lesson of a 10-day
Eating Healthy Unit from Do Something, Inc.
Other lessons in this unit are as follows:
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Day 1: Green Scene
Students learn the benefits of green vegetables and the number of recommended servings |
Day 2: Vital Vitamins
Students learn about different types of vitamins and how they function in the body |
Day 3: Nutritious Choices
Students examine their eating habits and learn about a balanced diet |
Day 4: International Food Day
Students learn the differences in people's diets from around the world |
Day 5: Super-size Me
Students learn about America's growing obesity and its relationship to portion size |
Day 6: Got Greens?
Students learn ways foods are marketed towards youth in order to start their own green campaign |
Day 7: Getting the Skinny on Obesity
Students learn about the New Food Pyramid and how to evaluate their Body Mass Index |
Day 8: Action Plan (See the lesson below)
Students evaluate their own activity levels and plan ways to add more movement into their lives |
Day 9: Fitting in Fitness
Students evaluate how they spend their time and how to include physical activity into their day |
Day 10: Green Day
Students plant a garden and/or fix up a community space for physical activity |
More student resources for this cause are at:
www.dosomething.org/causes/healthy_eating
Day 8: Action Plan
Goal:
Students will evaluate their own activity levels and think of way to bring more movement into their everyday life.
Steps:
- Warm-up: If possible, work with the physical education teacher and administer a fitness test. Otherwise, have students do jumping jacks and take their pulse.
- Use the following chart to measure resting and active pulse rates: http://www.webmd.com/hw/heart_disease/hw233473.asp Do students' pulse rates fall into normal range? How does pulse rate speak to a person's health and level of fitness?
- Afterwards, ask students to rate their daily activity level using these categories: Sedentary, Moderate Activity, Active, or Very Active.
- Ask students to define what a sedentary lifestyle means. What might moderate activity look like?
- Go to any of the following websites to calculate the amount of calories burned during various activities:
Explain to students that all of these websites take into account weight and the amount of time for a particular activity.
- Reflect: In groups, have students brainstorm 10 ways to increase their activity level. These might be actual exercises or small ways they can change their routines, like not using the remote to turn a channel or walking up stairs instead of taking the elevator.
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