Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment

Description: Childhood obesity and diabetes are epidemic in children today. Children are bombarded with hundreds of food messages each day, either on TV, on the radio, or in magazines. Students receive different, many times, conflicting, nutritional and dietary advice from news media, and advertising. A number of significant advances have been made in the understanding of how diet and nutrition relate to both a student’s wellness in addition to diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and asthma. This interactive lecture will teach students principles of nutrition and how to apply these principles for improving their nutritional status. Dr. Bill presents very down-to-earth suggestions for students about how foods can be BOTH fast AND healthy and how snacks can be BOTH tasty AND nutritious. As part of this program, Dr. Bill asks students to bring in advertisements of foods and snacks that they consider “bad” versus “good”. He asks students to volunteer to put their advertisements on the document camera for discussion of the specific food or snack. This program is highly interactive and students will have ample opportunity to have questions answered.

SD HEALTH EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS
K-2
 

STANDARD/GOAL TWO:
Students will access and evaluate health information, products, and services.

INDICATOR 1: Students will evaluate the impact of culture, media, and technology on personal health decisions and practices.

Kindergarten

1. identify personal health habits and family beliefs/practices regarding health.
2. Identify examples of health-related products.

First Grade

1. explore similar and unique attitudes/beliefs about health.
2. identify commonly advertised and purchased health products and their uses.
 

Second Grade

1. explore different philosophies regarding a healthy lifestyle.
2. identify ways media promotes commonly purchased health and hygiene products.

STANDARD/GOAL THREE:
Students will understand the benefits of practicing health-enhancing behaviors, which reduce health risks.

INDICATOR 3: Students will evaluate the role of personal responsibility in health-related decisions.
Kindergarten
 

2. define personal health responsibility.
3. list healthy behaviors, e.g., asking adults for help.

First Grade

1. list health choices/decisions, which support good health.
2. define personal health responsibility to self and others, e.g., hand washing,
managing conflict.

Second Grade

1. compare various health decisions, e.g., prevention vs. treatment.
2. describe personal responsibility in maintaining health, e.g., hygiene, medical
checkups.
3. explain practices, which help prevent health problems, e.g., following the food,
guide pyramid.
 

SD HEALTH EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS
3-5

STANDARD/GOAL TWO:
Students will access and evaluate health information, products, and services.

INDICATOR 1: Students will evaluate the impact of culture, media, and technology on personal health decisions and practices.

Third Grade

1. identify various cultural practices that influence a healthy lifestyle, e.g., diet.
2. recognize that the media can influence the selection of health products.
3. explore how technological resources provide health-related information.
 

Fourth Grade

1. explore cultural practices that influence a healthy lifestyle, e.g., rest patterns.
2. examine how the media can influence the selection of health products and services.
3. explore how to use technological resources for health-related information.

Fifth Grade

1. investigate cultural practices that influence a healthy lifestyle, e.g., physical activity.
2. explain how media influences the selection of health information, products, and services.
3. explore ways to use technological resources from home, school, and community.

STANDARD/GOALTHREE: Students will understand the benefits of practicing health-enhancing behaviors which reduce health risks.

INDICATOR 3: Students will evaluate the role of personal responsibility in health-related decisions.
Third Grade

1. explore the depth of personal health responsibility.
2. predict outcomes of health decisions.
3. explore how current health decisions affect one’s future.
4. describe behaviors which help prevent health problems, e.g., brushing teeth, washing
hands.

Fourth Grade

5. research how others demonstrate personal health responsibility.
6. investigate consequences of health actions/decisions.
7. understand that health decisions can be proactive or reactive.

Fifth Grade

1. analyze how others practice personal health responsibility.
2. investigate how current decisions can impact one's future health.
3. compare proactive and reactive health decisions, e.g., prevention vs. cure.
4. maintain a record of personal health behaviors, e.g., physical activity, nutrition.
 

NOTE: Each site must audio mute upon connecting to the session to prevent voice activated moving of the cameras from site to site.

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