Unit 1 Exam Flashcards
Explain what backward design planning is and give an example of how it can be used to help you plan a health curriculum. (Ch. 4)
Backward design planning is when you look at what knowledge your students already have and you make a plan to bridge the gap between what they already know and what they need to know. This can be used to help you plan a health lesson, as you could take a pre-test to gauge an understanding of how much your students know about a blanaced meal and the importance or eating a balnaced meal, and then use this informaiton when planning to teach a unit on this topic.
As it relates to brain development, why do children have a hard time with risky decisions, and what is a health curriculum topic that relates to risky decisions? (Ch. 2)
Children’s prefrontal cortex and amygdala, the areas of the brain responsible for decision-making, are not fully formed yet, which is why children have a hard time making decisions. A health curriculum topic that relates to risky decisions would be ATOD (alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs). This relates to risky decisions, as kids may not be able to weigh the short-term benefits against the long-term consequences of drinking, smoking, or doing other drugs.
Pick 3 of Gardeners’ Multiple Intelligences and give examples of how you can implement these learning styles into a health curriculum lesson (give one example for each of the three that you choose). (Ch. 2)
1) If you were teaching an ATOD unit, you could have the students reflect on themselves and what they want their future to look like, and have them write about how doing drugs will not help them reach that future (Intrapersonal). 2) If you were teaching a lesson about hand-washing, you could have the students make a hand-washing song to sing while washing their hands (Musical). 3) If you were teaching a lesson on balanced meals, you could have students work in groups to dmealsesign their own balanced meals and make advertisements for their meal (Linguistic).
What is physical literacy? (Ch. 5)
Physical literacy is the confidenc eand competency 2 be physically active 4 life
What is physical activity? (Ch. 5)
Phyiscal activity is any body movement that result sin energy expenditure
What are some of the benefits of physical activity for children? (Ch. 5)
Regular physical activity is associated with a better quality of life, a reduced risk of a variety of diseases, mental benefits, improved cognitive function, reduced anxiety, reduced depression risk, improved sleep, better classroom behavior, increased mental alertness, improved self-esteem, better academic achievement, improved attention, concentration, achievement test scores, and elevated brain-derived neurotrophic factors.
What is physical education? (Ch. 5)
Physical aeducation is an academic subject that provides a planned, sequential, K-12 standards-based program of curricula and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge and behaviors for healthy, active living, physical fitness, sportsmanship, self-efficacy and emotinal intelligence
What do high-quality education programs do? (Ch. 5)
High-quality education programs help foster lifelong habits of physical activity and improve health of children
What is a physically literate person? (Ch. 5)
A person who has learned the skills necessary to participate in a variety of physical activities knows the implications and the benefits of involvement in the various types of physical activities, participates regularu in physical activity, is physically fit, and values physical activity and its contributions to a healthful lifestyle.
What strategies can you integrate into your classroom to help students who face language barriers?
You could use pictures of activities, vidoes, GIFS of skills, cue words from different languages on handouts, word walls, and bulletin boards to help students who face language barriers.
What are the 5 SEL core competencies as identified by The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)? (Ch. 4)
1) Self-Awareness, 2) Responsible Decision-Making, 3) Relationship Skills, 4) Social Awareness, 5) Self-Management
What is a Comprehesnive School ehalth Educaiton? (Ch. 4)
A planned, sequential health education curriculum with appropriate scope and sequence that addresses the mental, emotional, physical, and social dimensions of health and enables students to become healthy productive citizens.
What does the Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) do? (Ch. 4)
The HECAT uses the NHES and the CDC’s Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curriculum as a framework to assess the needs and identify gaps in a school’s health education program.
How much PA must students get daily?
Students must get 30 minutes of PA daily
What is the most recent federal policy designed to improve student health? (Ch. 3)
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA)
