Nutritious Living- Lesson Plan Bundle (4 Lesson Plans)

Understanding how our bodies work and knowing what our bodies need teaches us how to live a healthy and nutritious life. In this unit, students will be introduced to healthy living basics that will help them achieve their individual health goals.

Grades level: 9-12

Lesson Plan Durations: 60 min each

Lessons:

• Lesson Plan 1: Nutrition Education 101
• Lesson Plan 2: Hormone Health
• Lesson Plan 3: The Gut Microbiome
• Lesson Plan 4: Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle

Learning outcomes:

It is expected that students will: 

• Recognize what nutrition strategies will help them achieve their goals and what lifestyle choices will hinder them
• Identify and apply strategies to pursue personal healthy-living goals
• Demonstrate an understanding of strategies that can help them take control of their health and pursue well-being
• Recognize what hormones impact their ability to metabolize food, burn fat, and optimize their performance
• Identify and apply strategies to balance their hormones in order to optimize their health and performance
• Demonstrate an understanding of strategies that can help them take control of their health and pursue well-being
• Recognize why the gut microbiome is so important to a person’s overall health
• Identify and apply strategies to nurture and heal the gut microbiome
• Demonstrate an understanding of foods that both help and heal the gut microbiome 
• Recognize that healthy choices can support lifelong health and well-being
• Identify what strategies can help them achieve their personal healthy-living goals
• Demonstrate an understanding of healthy-living strategies

Bundle includes: 

• All Nutritious Living lesson plans and accompanying printable material

Required Materials (Not Included):

Nutrition Education 101

•  Eating the World’s Worst Diet for 7 Days (YouTube)

Hormone Health

• How Do Your Hormones Work? (YouTube)
  

The Gut Microbiome

• Video: How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome (YouTube)
• Canva (www.canva.com)

Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle

• Canva (www.canva.com)
• Video editing software (computer or phone)

NB: Purchase includes access to streamable video and downloadable resources for 6 months.