Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health
Author: Chris Hopper, Bruce Fisher, Kathy Munoz
$25.98 CAD
Kids are struggling with weight issues as they never have before. In fact, more than 15 percent of children ages 6 to 19 are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Those same kids face greater risks of developing type 2 diabetes, elevated cholesterol levels, and heart disease. They're also more likely to experience depression, anxiety, social isolation, and decreased attendance at school.
To combat this problem, many schools are turning to coordinated school health models to develop healthier students. And that's where Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health comes in.
This book and CD-ROM package will help you promote fitness and nutrition among students and staff, and its nutrition services tools will help you garner support from parents and community members to enhance student success. This package includes
- 60 developmentally appropriate, pilot-tested lessons for fitness and nutrition;
- CD-ROM with 124 reproducibles, including 16 family activities, 45 worksheets, 6 transparencies, 27 exercise cards, 24 food cards, and 6 station cards;
- tools that offer practical ideas for building student health physically, emotionally, and cognitively;
- cross-curricular information that supports other subject areas and is adaptable for various grades;
- multiple assessment techniques; and
- family and community activities.
The lessons are easy to understand and ready to go. In integrating fitness and nutrition concepts as part of a healthy lifestyle, the lessons will help students improve in all components of health-related fitness now while establishing healthy behaviors for the rest of their lives. The lessons are adaptable to involve children with disabilities and include challenges for higher-level and higher-skilled students. All the lesson plans are tied to the WOW! Health Education Series and can be used within that series or on their own.
Section I explores the energy equation, including the calories for energy and the role of the heart and respiratory system in providing energy during exercise. Section II introduces the concept of aerobic activity and presents the FIT principle and the function of carbohydrate and fat as fuel sources for aerobic activities. Section III focuses on improving strength, endurance, and flexibility, and it broadens nutritional knowledge as it relates to weight management and obesity. Section IV emphasizes physical activity and nutrition as parts of a healthy lifestyle.
Physical Activity and Nutrition for Health will help you plan and implement physical education and nutrition education programs that significantly improve health and reinforce standards in health, physical education, mathematics, and science. The fitness elements, nutrition services, and parent involvement tools all address major components of the CDC's coordinated school health model.
Audience
Reference for elementary physical education teachers, elementary classroom teachers who teach health or physical education, and elementary health educators.
Preface
Introduction: Warm-Up, Cool-Down, and Stretching Exercises
Section 1 Energy Connection
Calories
Lesson 1: Fueling Up
Lesson 2: Calorie Calculator
Energy Balance
Lesson 3: Turbo Charged
Lesson 4: In and Out Diner
Heart Structure
Lesson 5: Heart Facts I
Lesson 6: Follow the Red and Blue Road
Lesson 7: Take It to Heart
Heart Function
Lesson 8: Heart Facts II
Lesson 9: Circulation Patterns
Lesson 10: Chamber Circuit
Heart Rate
Lesson 11: Body Beats
Lesson 12: Windows of Opportunity
Pacing
Lesson 13: Training Heart Rate
Lesson 14: Pacing Practice
Section 2 Food for a Workout
Fat
Lesson 15: Where's the Fat?
Lesson 16: Feeling Fats
Lesson 17: Skim and Trim
Carbohydrate
Lesson 18: Carbohydrate Loading
Lesson 19: Supermarket Sweep
Keep Moving
Lesson 20: O2 (Oh-Two)
Lesson 21: Aerobic Kickball
Lesson 22: Cardio Hoops
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Lesson 23: What's in a Workout?
Lesson 24: Challenge Course
Lesson 25: Station to Station
Frequency, Intensity, and Time
Lesson 26: FIT
Lesson 27: 7-5-3
Lesson 28: Moving With Moo
Specificity
Lesson 29: Target Practice
Lesson 30: Aerobic Voyage
Section 3 Power Fitness
Protein
Lesson 31: Protein Power Chains
Lesson 32: Pump It Up With Protein
Fluid
Lesson 33: Water Logged
Lesson 34: Do Yourself a Flavor
Exercise Progression
Lesson 35: Better, Stronger, Quicker
Lesson 36: Fitness Challenge
Lesson 37: Probability Fitness
Types of Flexibility
Lesson 38: The Bends
Lesson 39: Personal Flexibility Routine
Lesson 40: Flex Moves
Muscles and Bones
Lesson 41: Extreme Muscle Measures
Lesson 42: Build a Better Body
Overload
Lesson 43: Overload
Lesson 44: Back Yourself Up
Section 4 Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
Active Living
Lesson 45: My Physical Activity Pyramid
Lesson 46: Healthy Living
Lesson 47: Aerobic Bowling
Lesson 48: Jump for Life
Food Guide Pyramid
Lesson 49: Pyramid Power
Lesson 50: Stack 'Em Up
Food Portions
Lesson 51: How Do You Measure Up?
Lesson 52: Sizing Up Our Servings
Balanced Diets
Lesson 53: Rate Your Plate
Lesson 54: The Case of the Label Connection
Body Systems
Lesson 55: Follow the Food
Lesson 56: Oxygen Grab
Goal Setting
Lesson 57: Checking In on Height and Weight
Lesson 58: Push-Up Challenge
Lesson 59: Cooperative Games
Lesson 60: Keep on Walking
About the Authors
CD-ROM User Instructions