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New Mexico State University

Just Be It! Healthy & Fit Program Curriculum

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Includes:

  • proven teaching strategies
  • field trip workshops
  • activities for the classroom
  • informative worksheets & charts
  • cooking activities & recipes
  • best practices food safety
  • comprehensive nutritional guidelines
  • preventative health information
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEARNING THEORY & TEACHING STRATEGIES

New Mexico Public Education Department Standards and Benchmarks, Social Learning Theory and Health Belief Model, Tips for Safe Classroom Cooking

HOW TO USE THIS CURRICULUM

Student Resources, Teacher Resources, Publicity Tools

FIELD TRIP WORKSHOPS

Workshop Set-up and Organization, MyPyramid, Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits, Fun with Food Facts, Power Up with Exercise

ACTIVITIES

  1. Food Safety
    Fight Bac Video Activity; Germ Detective; Soapy Solutions Hand washing Activity; Safely Separate - Cross contamination; Seeing is Believing; Store Foods Properly; Microwave Safety; Move It! Fitness Activity; Mini Kabobs Snack; Mini Quiz; Parent Newsletter

  2. Food Guide Pyramid
    Build a Healthy Diet; MyPyramid Basics; Food Nutrients, How Many Servings Do We Need?; MyPyramid Grocery Store; Make a Meal Relay; Paper Plate Pyramid; Make a Favorite Food Pyramid; Three Dimensional Pyramid; MyPyramid Matching Game; Parent Newsletter

  3. Power-Up with Exercise
    The Three Forms of Exercise; Safety, Warming up and Cooling Down; Pedometers, Logging Your Steps; Be Cool with Water Activity; Dance Pads; Start a Classroom Walking Club; Calories In, Calories Out; Parent Newsletter

  4. Grains - Whole or Not?
    Health and Nutrient Benefits; Label Detective, Breakfast Cereals; Where are the Carbs?; Fiber Experiment; Grain Obstacle Course; Grain Mini Quiz

  5. Milk Anyone?
    Health Benefits and Nutrients; Rate the Milk; What's on the Label?; The Merits of Milk; Bone-Up on Calcium; Yogurt Parfait Snack; Parent Newsletter; Milk Group Quiz

  6. Meat and Beans Group
    Health Benefits and Nutrients; Where's the Fat Activity; Don't Spill the Beans Activity; Muscle Chart; Stretch Band Strength Activity; Trail Mix Snack; Protein Word Search

  7. Vivacious Veggies
    Health Benefits and Nutrients; Stone Soup Story; Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits; Steps to a Healthier You; Veggie Identification; Veggie Ad Campaign; Potato Races; Crunchy Vegetable Burrito Banditos

  8. Fabulous Fruits
    Fruit Fly Bingo; Comparing Labels; Applesauce Taste Test; Fruit Basket Upset; Fruit Leather

  9. Fast Food or Fat Food?
    Are There Any Good Fast Food Choices?; Fast Food Consumer Decision Making; Fat Facts, Compare Solid Fats to Oils; How to Calculate Percent Calories from Fat; Another Where's the Fat Activity; Eat, Move, Learn Activity; Parent Newsletter

  10. Diabetes Prevention
    Diabetes Prevention; About Type 2 Diabetes; How Diabetes Affects the Body; Diabetes Vocabulary Game

APPENDIX

BEST PRACTICES FOR FOOD SAFETY

Resources: National Health Promotion Campaign Weeks and Events, Evaluations, Web Based Games, Sample Letter and Permission Slip for Classroom, Cooking Projects, Additional Recipes for Classroom Use

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Order Just Be It! Healthy & Fit Curriculum

  • Coil binder, 350 page book in color with DVD
  • Easy reprinting of charts, worksheets, recipes, and handouts
  • Easy to follow with fun activities
  • Designed for 5th grade students, but useful for all educational levels