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FITT Principle Cardiovascular Fitness

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Cardiovascular fitness relates to the body’s ability to generate energy and deliver oxygen to working muscles. It is considered the most important component of physical fitness and is one of the best indicators of overall health. In this lesson we will talk about the FITT Principle in relationship with Cardiovascular Fitness. This is important to help you obtain full benefit while working out. It also is important to keep you safe from injury while working out. 

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Sandy Wall

Mother Sauces and Soups

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For this lesson you will be sharing the Soups and Sauces Powerpoint with the students while they take notes using the gudied notes page provdied. After the information has been presented, students will be able to participate in making a mother sauce of their own.  They will have the option of creating a homemade mac n' cheese using a bechamel sauce base or a homemamde spaghetti sauce using a tomato sauce base. This Lesson Aligns with Utah State Standards for Foods 2: Strand 7: Standards 1-3 Performance Objective 7 

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Shanna Haws

Eat This Not That

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Students will use accurate nutrition information and current research-based guidelines to describe the importance of drinking water and eating a variety of nutrient-dense foods to balance nutritional needs in a variety of settings while evaluating food labels, specifically snacks the students are eating often. Students will also demonstrate how to balance caloric intake with caloric expenditure to maintain, gain, or reduce weight in a healthy manner while reading food labels.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Homework/Assignment

Author: Emily Tate

Talking To A Health-Care Provider

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Utah High School students are required to learn how to demonstrate how to talk with a healthcare provider about prescription options, effectiveness, side effects, and interactions of medications. Using this google document, the students will demonstrate a short conversation with a health-care provider.

Material Type: Assessment, Homework/Assignment

Author: Emily Tate

A Healthy Foundation

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This lesson will introduce the basic foundation of our overall well-being, healthy self-concept, strategies to enhance mental and emotional health and recognizing how self-esteem relates to interactions with others.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson

Author: Emily Tate

"Why Teen Are Impulsive"

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First, students will read and analyze NPR's interview with Dr. Frances Jensen, "Why Teens are Impulsive, Addition-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains."Students will then compare and contrast this reading with the article they previously read, "Teenage Brain."   Students applied the ideas conveyed in "Teenage Brain" to Romeo and Juliet's rash actions in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet.Lastly, students will practice using context clues to decipher word meaning and consult a dictionary to verify the accuracy.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Melissa Daley

Teen Diabetes

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This is an H5P interactive video resource found in our disease unit at Mountain Heights Academy about diabetes. These resource aligns with Utah State Board of Education Health II Strand 3 Safety and Disease Prevention Standard 6.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Author: Jennifer Gygi