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. |