S1+Richter,+Jennifer

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= - C1. Healthy Practices and Behaviors - Grades 6-8 - Students demonstrate a healthy practice and/or behavior to maintain or improve their own health in both of the following areas: healthy eating and physical activity. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: Health Education and Physical Education - C. Health Promotion and Risk Reduction

//What understandings are desired?//
• the combination of an unhealthy diet and lack of and/or low levels of physical activity can be detrimental to ones health. • in regards to health, It is important to build a sturdy foundation for your body at a young age in order to maintain healthy practices for life. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * • they will need to practice healthy behaviors and eating habits in order to maintain/improve their personal health.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• How can I adapt my behaviors with the resources I have access to and improve my overall health? • Why should I worry about my health decisions now when I can improve them in ten years? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How can my dieting and eating behaviors effect my overall health?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• __Key Factual Information__: Population effected, Nutritional Information (Sugars, Fats, Carbs), Calorie Count and Obesity Rates (state wide, nation wide, world wide). • __Important Resource__s: Textbooks, Nutrition Models, Population Graphs, Dietary Journals and Personal Concepts. || • model a well constructed diet that targets all essential food groups. • evaluate the effects of unhealthy lifestyle habits over a lifetime of years. • design individual meals that provide the proper nutritional values from the essential good groups. • compare unhealthy lifestyle patterns to healthy behaviors, identify the differences and then reflect on their findings • consider developing healthy habits that they can maintain throughout their entire life. • recognize unhealthy and healthy behaviors through verbal discussion. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * • __Terminology__: Population, Epidemic, Pandemic, Morbidity, Mortality, Disease, Overweight, Obesity, Prevention, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and etc.


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**