By Alison Fricke

1. By Alison Fricke UbD Nutrition Unit UbD Nutrition Unit Designed by Alison Fricke EDPC 605 Curriculum Design May 15, 2008

2. Grade Level: 5thSubject/Topic Area: HealthTime frame: 30 min Three times a week for 7 weeks

3. This Nutrition unit supports NY State standards: Personal Health and FitnessStandard 1.1: Students willhave the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity, and maintain personal health

4. ISTE Student Standards 1.Creativity and Innovation  Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. 2.Research and Information Fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

5. Brief Summary of Unit (Including curricular context and goals): This Nutrition unit is designed to have 5th graders understand how to choose a proper diet. The goal is to educate pre- adolescents to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems relating to dietary choices throughout their life.

6. What audio/visual/technology are needed for this unit? • Computer lab or COWs for internet research, playing games, and creating broadcast 2. Code for unblocking sites 3. Powerpoint, Word, Kidinspiration, Excel 4. Use of TV studio for broadcast (lights, cameras, video/audio mixing software, sound board) 5. Art materials and poster printer for background of broadcast and projects 6. Classroom Sound-Field System 7. Smartboard with Senteo interactive response system for video, internet, rubric, response & survey

7. Curricular Context USDA food groups and recommended serving size USDA food pyramid guidelines Long and short term effects of poor nutrition. How to read nutrition labels Sources of accurate nutrition information / support

8. Essential Questions • What effect does diet have on ones performance, growth, and health, and now and in future? • What is a healthy diet? • How can you decide if information about nutrition is accurate? • What can one do if you need to change your diet?

9. Identify Desired ResultsStatement of Enduring Understanding • Student will understand that their dietary choices will influence their short term and long term health and functioning • Student will understand how to obtain truthful information and apply nutritional knowledge to form optimal eating patterns • Student will think critically about nutrition information

10. Student will understand that that their dietary choices will influence their short term and long term health • Student will understand how to obtain truthful information and apply nutritional knowledge to form optimal eating patterns • Student will think critically about

11. What critical declarative knowledge will students acquire through this unit?

12. What critical procedural knowledge will students acquire through this unit?

13. What evidence will show that students understand?

14. Summary description of Performance TaskStudents will perform a morning broadcast for the school consisting of information on the food pyramid, tips for healthy eating, warnings about unhealthy foods, a health segment on effects of unhealthy eating, a cooking segment showing recipe for healthy snack, a commercial for breakfast, an explanation of the menu for the 5th grade overnight trip and the work that went into planning the menu. There will be music Students may use pre-recorded segments or video clips. The broadcast will give accurate information and sources of research used.

15. Summary of Other Evidence *These tasks lend themselves to differentation. Students may use different media such as art, music. Some materials available in Spanish. Also quiz and written tasks can be modified for Inclusion.

16. Monitoring and Feedback Smartboard with Senteo interactive response system Class Discussion Rubric Group work Response from WW

17. Student Self-Assessment Rubric Checklist Self assessment of diet

18. Constructing A Performance Task ScenarioWhere To

19. Thank you for your attention