Unit 2: Using the Super Tracker in the Classroom
Introduction
The Super Tracker is an amazing tool that can be utilized in the classroom with students of all ages! It is a tool that can help you plan, analyze, and track the foods that you consume as well as your physical activity. It allows you to look up the nutritional value of individual foods, compare nutritional values, and find recommendations for what and how much you should eat. You can then use the Super Tracker compare your food choices to the recommendations given for your nutrient needs, and assess personal physical activities and identify ways to improve your life style.
Unit Objectives
- Target Population: 7th-12th grade health students
- Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to create a daily food log to assess their daily calorie intake
- Indented line Students will be able to create a daily activity log to track their daily physical activity
- Students will enter calorie information from their daily food and activity log into in to the Super Tracker
- Students will use the Super Tracker data to how their current how healthy their current life style is
- Students will use the Super Tracker data to determine how to improve their current life style if improvement is needed or determine how to successfully stay on the right path if they are already living a healthy life style
- New York State Health Standards
- Standard 1: Personal Health and Fitness - students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity, and maintain personal health.
- Standard 2: A Safe and Healthy Environment- Students will acquire the knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment.
- Standard 3: Resource Management- Students will understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources.
Lessons
Lesson 1- Sign-up and Get Started
Lesson 2- Creating A Food and Activity Log
Lesson 3- Entering Data into into Super Tracker
Lesson 4- Analyzing Super Tracker Data
Go to homepage: ChooseMyPlate.gov Mini-Course