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Nutrition and Wellness Curriculum

NUTRITION AND WELLNESS COURSE OVERVIEW

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The 5 Units

Wellness and Food Decisions in Today’s Setting

Digestion and Major Nutrients

Body Size and Society

Physical Activity, Fitness, Sports Nutrition, and Stress

Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

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What You Get When You Buy!

All lesson Google Slide decks for each unit you purchase.

Standards and lesson objectives included!

Modern design with fun graphics!

Can be downloaded to PPT for easier edits!

Corresponding Info Documents for every lesson!

Think of the Info Docs as textbook pages for assigned readings and studying!

A variety of activities within each lesson:

EdPuzzle’s

TedEd’s

Kahoot.it

Embedded Videos and Articles

Entrance/Exit Tickets

Gallery Walks

Polleverywhere

Flipgrid

25 Corresponding Lesson Assignments Across all Units (digital & PDF)!

Interactive Google Slide Assignments (available for print).

Fun and eye-catching!

Gen-Z approved!

Lesson Assessments

2-3 Quizzes per Unit

1 Unit Test

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All lesson Slides, Info Documents, Activities, Assignments, and Assessments are Completely Editable!

Linked CANVA Templates for easy edits!

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A lifetime of updates! Any time I make an update or change to the curriculum, you will have access to the latest materials for FREE!

Curriculum Map for planning with what to teach and what to assign each day!

15 Week (75 Day)

10 Week (50 Day)

5 Week (25 Day)

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Wellness and Food Choices in Today’s Environment

In this unit we talk about the 7 areas of wellness, food habits and consumption trends, how to read food labels, foodborne illnesses, and how to access community resources for nutrition!

Sample Assignment:

All About the Label:

Evaluate 2 Food Labels

Compare nutrients

Decide which snack is better!

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Digestion and Major Nutrients

  • In this unit we discuss the macro and micronutrients. We go into details about the function of carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals within the body.

Sample Assignments

Fast Food Analysis

Calculate Personal Macronutrients

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Body Size and Weight Management

  • In this unit we talk about culture, body image, and genetics. We also discuss the different types of eating disorders and current diet trends that influence today’s generation!

Sample Assignments

Media and Body Image

Calculating BMI and Total Energy Output

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Physical Fitness, Sports Nutrition, and Stress

  • In this unit we talk about athletic performance and nutritional needs. We also discuss various diet supplements and how are nutrition can be influenced by stress.

Sample Assignment

Personal Stress Response FlipGrid

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Life Cycle Nutrition

  • In this unit we discuss the various nutritional changes from pregnancy to breastfeeding, infants, to childhood, adolescents to adulthood, and frail elderly.

Sample Assignment

Peer Pressure and Food Choices

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Nutrition Research Paper

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Quizzes and Tests

2-3 Quizzes per Unit!

1 Test per Unit!

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Overall Workload / Time Commitment

As the semester goes on, the workload decreases!

Some weeks are lighter than others.

30-40 minutes of Nutrition work a day, will keep the D’s and F’s away!

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Ultimately..

It’s a fun class!

Learn useful/relatable lessons that are applicable to your real life!