Students will learn about vitamins and minerals to ultimately design and implement their own personal dietary plan that incorporates more fruits and vegetables into their daily food regime.
Students will explore the dynamics of stretching and conduct research to determine the benefits of static and dynamic stretching.
Students will learn about the relationship between emotions and mood, and consider why it is important to recognize emotions and manage moods.
Students will use analytical and graphing skills to evaluate the healthiness of beverages and consider why it is important to make healthy drink choices. Students conduct an experiment in which they compare the amounts of sugar found in several drinks.
Students use analytical and graphing skills to explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy. They identify potential and kinetic energy in a variety of exercises and determine at what point in an exercise the potential energy is greatest.
Students use analytical and graphing skills to identify healthy responses to stress and fatigue. Students focus on the choices they make – in particular the foods they eat – when they are feeling poorly and how these choices make them feel.
Students use analytical and graphing skills while exploring healthy relaxation techniques and consider why it is important to rest and relax during the day.
Discovery Education, Sanford Health and WebMD teamed up to create a new program called fit 4 the classroom, an extension of the fit initiative designed to educate, motivate, and inspire children of all ages to live a healthy lifestyle.
Students will learn how they use energy for all activities, including their basic body processes, and the amount of energy used by many of their daily activities.
Students will learn how food and beverages give them the energy they need to work and play.
Students will examine the role that Energy Balance can play in their lives.
Students will be introduced to the concept of Energy Balance as they explore the important role it plays in their lives.