State Curriculum - Health

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Standard 6.0 Nutrition and Fitness: Students will demonstrate the ability to use nutrition and fitness knowledge, skills, and strategies to promote a healthy lifestyle. Standard 6.0 Nutrition and Fitness: Students will demonstrate the ability to use nutrition and fitness knowledge, skills, and strategies to promote a healthy lifestyle. Standard 6.0 Nutrition and Fitness: Students will demonstrate the ability to use nutrition and fitness knowledge, skills, and strategies to promote a healthy lifestyle.
A. Responses to Food A. Responses to Food
1. Identify the relationship between food and the senses
1. Demonstrate the relationship between food and the senses.
a. Compare foods that have different smells.
a. Differentiate how the five senses affect food choices.
 
b. Tell why food appearance affects food choices, such as color, shape, and texture.
   
B. Food Production
1. Tell the source of different foods.
a. Identify foods that come from different sources, such as plant and animal.
   
C. Manners
1. Define proper eating manners
a. Demonstrate proper eating manners, such as chew with mouth closed, don’t talk with mouth full, don’t reach across the table, and don’t grab food from others’ plates.
   
D. Nutrients
1. Define nutrient.
    a. List the six major nutrients: water, fat, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and protein.
    b. Name a food source for each nutrient.
E. Food and Health E. Food and Health E. Food and Health
1. Recognize the relationship between food and health.
1. Recognize the relationship between food and health.
a. Explain how food affects the body.
a. Define physical fitness.
 
b. Discuss how media influences food choices.
b. Describe how food keeps the body healthy by maintaining strong bones, muscles, and teeth and preventing illness.
 
2. Explain the relationship between personal fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
    a. Discuss the importance of physical fitness and what it means to each individual.
F. Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines F. Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines F. Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines
1. Identify food categories.
1. Recognize that foods are categorized into groups.
1. Demonstrate that foods are categorized into groups.
a. Name the food groups.
a. Recognize the My Pyramid as an outline for healthy eating.
a. Classify foods into groups according to My Pyramid.
b. List examples in each food group.
b. Explain the location of the food groups on the My Pyramid.
b. Specify the number of servings recommended per day from each group.
  c. Demonstrate why it is important to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, such as Fruits and Veggies: More Matters.
c. Illustrate a serving from each food group.
2. Identify the Nutrition Facts Label.
    a. Define the purpose of the Nutrition Facts Label.
    b. Identify servings per container/package, calories and fat on a Nutrition facts label.