Lesson Plans : Fair Preparation

Science Inquiry Using Humans and the Ethical Considerations

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Estimated Lesson Duration: Three – 15-25 minute lessons Overview: Students will develop a question and hypothesis based on their interpretation of one of the Let’s Get Healthy! graphs. Then they will design a hypothetical experiment to test their hypothesis. Following this, students will share their experiments and discuss the ethical implications of each. Once the ethical issues have been identified, students working in a small groups will chose one experiment and design an Institutional Review Board (IRB) to further explore and resolve ethical implications.   Key Concepts and Standards: Key Concepts: Question, hypothesis, interpretation, institutional Review Board, ethics, human research, data…

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Traffic Light Meal and Activity Plans – Red, Yellow and Green choices

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

  Estimated Lesson Duration: 45 min   Overview: Students can use these quick and easy scoring guides to estimate their diet and physical activity (one page each) before or after the Let’s Get Healthy! fair. Serves as an extension activity to get students thinking about their health and answering survey questions.   Key Concepts and Standards: Key Concepts: Not all foods and activities are created equal! Standards: National Health Education Standards (NHES) Grades 6-8 • 8.1 Analyze the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health. • 1.8.6 Explain how appropriate health care can promote personal health. • 1.8.7 Describe the benefits of…

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Healthy Habits- Pre-activity for Let’s Get Healthy! fair

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Estimated Lesson Duration: 20-40 min   Overview: This pre-fair activity helps students orient to what to expect at the fair.  The lesson consists of a power point showing the students what to expect at the Let’s Get Healthy! fair, notes embedded in the powerpoint to give the teacher some background on the various stations, a worksheet for the students to fill out during the power point, and worksheet for them to summarize what they learned at the Let’s Get Healthy! fair.   Key Concepts and Standards:  Key Concepts: To prepare students for the Let’s Get Healthy! fair so they can gain…

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Physical activity – How healthy are you?

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Estimated Lesson Duration: Five 45 minute lessons   Overview: Students will analyze their own physical activity level, present their data, and compare it to the suggested activity level for adolescents.  This lesson is  a unit consisting of five smaller lessons.  It can be used for physical education or health classes or as part of math, statistics or science classes related to how to collect data and administer surveys. Lesson 1: Gathering information – taking an activity survey Lesson 2: What the Experts Say – Wed-based article review in a “Jigsaw” fashion Lesson 3: Making data make sense – creating an organized…

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