Planet Health : An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Teaching Middle School Nutrition and Physical Activity

by Carter, Jill; Wiecha, Jean L., Ph.D.; Peterson, Karen E.; Nobrega, Suzanne; Gortmaker, Steven Lawrence

• ISBN13: 9780736069182
• ISBN10: 0736069186
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2007-09-04
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

The second edition of Planet Health: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Teaching Middle School Nutrition and Physical Activityoffers an innovative approach to teaching health education. You can use this proven, evidence-based curriculum to teach students about nutrition and physical activity while helping them build skills and competencies in language arts, math, science, social studies, and physical education. The curriculum is designed for use by teachers in core academic areas as well as in physical education and health.This new edition includes revised nutrition and physical activity information, ensuring that you're equipped with the most up-to-date science. The book also includes an all-new CD-ROM with plenty of reproducible worksheets, parent information and newsletters, school health resources, and other teacher resource materials. Like the popular first edition, Planet Healthprovides -35 complete, ready-to-use lesson plans and 31 microunits that promote healthy nutrition and activity;-materials and instructions to implement Power Down, a two-week campaign to reduce television and other media viewing time, which you can launch in the classroom or school-wide; and-FitCheck, a self-assessment tool to help students track and improve their activity levels.In addition, the book includes access to a Web site, which features a teacher training PowerPoint presentation, a Planet HeathFAQ, and more. Planet Health, Second Edition,encourages students to think holistically about how health behaviors are interrelated, and it offers a constructivist approach to teaching and learning. With this approach, you can build on your students' knowledge and experiences to create an active, inquiry-based, student-centered learning environmentone in which students learn best as they construct meaning for themselves.Developed by educators and scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health, Planet Health, Second Edition,is aligned with the Massachusetts Department of Education Curriculum Frameworks (learning standards) for health, language arts, math, science and technology, and history and social science, and it meets the standards in many other states. Every Planet Healthlesson incorporates a range of language arts learning standards and engages students through discussion ideas for small or large groups in which they cooperatively learn and solve health-related issues. Active discussions are used to encourage higher-level thinking and cognition, and peer-group work fosters social development.This new edition of Planet Healthis the perfect antidote to kids' inactivity, poor food choices, and high levels of screen-viewing time. Acquiring good habits regarding nutrition and physical activity in adolescence often carries over into adulthood. Help your students develop good habits now with Planet Health, Second Edition, and they'll have a better chance of growing into healthy adults.

Table of Contents

A Letter to Teachers

How to Use the CD-ROM

Acknowledgments

Implementing Planet Health in Your School

About the Curriculum

Curriculum Components

Getting Started

Middle School Planner

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

Introductory Classes for Students

Do You Make Space for Fitness and Nutrition?

Power Down: Charting Screen Time

Language Arts

Food Power

Carbohydrate: Energy Food

The Language of Food

Keep It Local

Write a Fable: Important Messages About Activity

Go for the Goal

Lifetime Physical Activities: Research One, Describe One, Try One!

Choosing Healthy Foods

Math

Problem Solving: Making Healthy Choices

Figuring Out Fat

Looking for Patterns: What's for Lunch?

Apples, Oranges, and Zucchini: An Algebra Party

Plotting Coordinate Graphs: What Does Your Day Look Like?

Survey the Class

Circle Graphs: Where Did the Day Go?

Energy Equations

Science

Passing the Sugar

Mighty Minerals: Calcium and Iron

Fat Functions

Smart Snacks

The Plants We Eat

Foods for Energy

Muscle Mysteries

The Human Heart

How Far Can You Jump?

Social Studies

Food Through the Ages

Democracy and Diet

Global Foods

Around the World With Five a Day

Map Maker

Free to Be Fit

Impact of Technology

Food Rituals and Society

Physical Education Microunits

Teacher Introduction to the Microunits

Student Introduction to the Microunits

Introducing Exercise and Fitness

Thinking About Activity, Exercise, and Fitness

Warm Up Before You Exercise

Cool Down After You Exercise

FitCheck

Teacher's Guide to FitCheck

Introduction to FitCheck

FitCheck Worksheets

Charting Your FitScore, Fit Score, and SitScore

What Could You Do Instead of Watching TV?

Making Time to Stay Fit

Setting Goals for Personal Fitness

Getting Started

Let's Get Started on Being Fit

More About the Three Areas of Physical Fitness

Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type

Choose Activities You Think Are Fun

How Often Should I Exercise?

Improving Fitness

Improving Cardiorespiratory Endurance

Improving Muscular Strength

Improving Flexibility

Measuring Fitness

Improving Your Overall Physical Fitness Levels

Knowing Your Resting Heart Rate

Exercise Makes Your Heart Beat Faster

Be Active Now!

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

Get Ready to Exercise

Energy for Exercise

Weather and Exercise

Getting Enough to Drink

Food and Supplement Myths

Fitness Is Fun!

Dance for Fitness

Calisthenics

Running, Jogging, and Fitness Walking

Swimming

Cycling

Yoga

Nutrition Resources

Physical Activity Resources

Television Viewing and Other Screen Time Resources

Social Studies Resources

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks

About the Authors

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