Recipients of the Health & Nutrition (Adapted) credential have demonstrated concept proficiency and completed the following tasks:
Activity 1: Measuring Height & Weight
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Get a Measurement Chart. Write your name and age. Circle boy or girl. |
| 3. Take off your shoes, coat and hat. |
| 4. Find the tape measure your teacher put on the wall. |
| 5. Stand with your back to the tape measure. Put your heels against the wall and have your back straight. Look straight ahead. |
| 6. Ask your volunteer to lay the ruler flat on your head and read the number on your tape measure. |
| 7. Write your height on the Measurement Chart in inches. |
| 8. Stand on the scale and look straight ahead. Ask your volunteer to read the number on the scale. |
| 9. Write your weight on the Measurement Chart. |
| 10. Now switch places with your volunteer. Help your volunteer find his or her height and weight and write it on his or her measurement chart. |
| 11. Have your teacher check your work. |
| 12. Clean up your materials. |
Activity 2: Using Height & Weight to be Healthy
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Look at the Adapted Height Chart and find your age. Draw a line across the page to the average height for your age. Circle that number. |
| 3. Find your height on the Measurement Chart. Write it on the Adapted Height Chart. Is it above or below the average? |
| 4. Write a plus or minus on the Measurement Chart to show if your height is above or below the average of other people. |
| 5. Look at the Adapted Weight Chart and find your age. Draw a line across the page to the average weight for your age. Circle that number. |
| 6. Find your weight on the Measurement Chart. Write it on the Adapted chart. Is it above or below the average for other people? |
Activity 3: MyPlate Food Guide
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Place the Sorting Pages on the table. Mix the food models and put on the table. |
| 3. Match one of the food models to the correct page. |
| 4. Continue until all the food models are on the correct page. |
| 5. Have your teacher check your work. |
| 6. Clean up your work area. |
Activity 4: Planning Healthy Meals
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Sort your food models like you did in Activity 3. |
| 3. Choose one protein from the food models. Place it on the dinner plate. |
| 4. Choose one grain from the food models. Place it on the dinner plate. |
| 5. Choose one dairy from the food models. Place it on the dinner plate. |
| 6. Choose one fruit from the food models. Place it on the dinner plate. |
| 7. Choose one vegetable from the food models. Place it on the dinner plate. |
| 8. This is a healthy meal because it includes foods from all of the food groups. |
| 9. Get another dinner plate and make another healthy meal with the food models. |
| 10. Have your teacher check your work. |
| 11. Clean up your work area. |
Activity 5: Counting Calories
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Use the food models to create two meals like you did in Activity 4. Be sure to include a food from each food group. |
| 3. Pick up a food model from one meal and turn it over. |
| 4. Look at the food label and find the place where it lists the amount of calories. |
| 5. Write the amount of calories for this item on the Calories Counting Worksheet. |
| 6. Find the calorie amounts for the rest of the food on this plate. List these on your Calories Counting Worksheet. |
| 7. Use a calculator to add up the total amount of calories in the meal. Write this total on the Calories Counting Worksheet. |
| 8. Does it have 600 or less calories? Mark it on the worksheet. |
| 9. Find the calories in the food on the second plate. Use a calculator to find the total amount of calories in that meal. |
| 10. Does it have 600 or less calories? Mark it on the worksheet. |
| 11. Have your teacher check your work. |
| 12. Clean up your materials. |
Activity 6: Choosing Low Calorie Meals
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Using the food models, create a healthy breakfast. Be sure to include a food from each food group. |
| 3. Write the amount of calories for each breakfast item on the Calories for the Day worksheet. |
| 4. Add the calories for each item to find out the total amount of calories in that meal. |
| 5. Using the food models, create a healthy lunch. Be sure to include a food from each food group. |
| 6. Write the amount of calories for each lunch item on the Calories for the Day worksheet. |
| 7. Add the calories for each item to find out the total amount of calories in that meal. |
| 8. Using the food models, create a healthy dinner. Be sure to include a food from each food group. |
| 9. Write the amount of calories for each dinner item on the Calories for the Day worksheet. |
| 10. Add the calories for each item to find out the total amount of calories in that meal. |
| 11. Add the calorie amounts from each meal to find out the total amount of calories for breakfast, lunch and dinner. |
| 12. Write the number on the worksheet. |
| 13. Subtract this amount from 2000. Write the total number of calories left for the day. |
| 14. Do you have any calories left for snacks? If not, what menu item can you change to make a meal with less calories? |
| 15. Have your teacher check your work. |
| 16. Clean up your materials. |