Hey middle school health students!!!! We would like you to take some time and take a survey to help us better understand where you go to find answers to your questions when it comes to topics related to Health. Please click on the link below to begin the short survey!
Part 1:
Hey all you 6th graders! So you just learned about the Wellness Wheel and the four main areas of our health: Physical, Social, Emotional and Mental. You also learned that you are at your best when these four areas are at healthy balance. But sometimes knowing actually HOW to maintain balance in these four areas can be tricky!
First go through and look at Blue Zone Slideshows from the National Geographic.
After you are done looking through slideshows…
As you are looking at the pictures and reading the captions of the pictures, write down any FIERCE WONDERINGS about what you’re seeing on post its.
Give them about 15 minutes or so to look through the pictures and write down their wonderings.
Come back together as a group and have them bring their post its up to the FIERCE WONDERINGS chart paper and stick theirs up. Have a discussion about this.
Part 2
This is where you come in. We need your help. I know you just saw the slideshows and pictures of people living in BLUE ZONES. It’s crazy! People can’t stop talking about these places and we heard people who live in Blue Zones are special for some reason but we have yet to find out why. For some reason, I think the information we learn about blue zones could help us in some way. So let’s find out more about these BLUE ZONES!!!!
Begin your travels to the Blue Zones by Clicking this link: Blue Zones Project-Word.
Next, please go to my blog: https://teachinghealthandhappiness.com/
Show them my latest post and read to them the paragraph about Blue Zones. Show them where to get their research sheet, open the link and go over the questions with them. Have them open and save this document in their Health folders.
Begin the research on Blue Zones!
Day 2: Research continues on the Blue Zones…
The announcements did not lie. This was the best bake sale ever. Ms. Hefte’s home base sold a wide variety of cookies, cupcakes, and delicious baked goods. That may be reason enough for some people to believe that it truly was the best bake sale, but there’s more. Our bake sale was to raise money to help show our appreciation to the people who keep our school the amazing place it is. You guessed it, the support staff at SAS. The whole middle school worked together to feed the support staff lunch and fill bags with food for them to share with their families during this holiday season. Could there be a better time to give back to our amazing support staff than Chinese New Year? I didn’t think so. Ms. Hefte and her home base truly did pull off the best bake sale ever, and learned a lot about gratitude in the process.
By Lily Heald-6th grader @ SAS
Love this recent article from the Washington Post entitled Why adults have to stop trying so darn hard to control how children play. Such a great message to parents. It’s ok to take a step back and let kids figure it out!!!!
Check out this new commercial for Barbie. I think they finally have figured something out:)
Hey 8th graders. Now it’s time to dig deeper into the energy bars we taste tested last class to find out what the true ingredients are as well as if the bar itself matches the health claims on the wrapper and box. Let’s do this!
Hey guys! A new article out on limiting the amount of sugar consumed by American’s in one day. Read about how the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is going about spreading the word to the public.
Food messages around the world are changing every day. Today we are going to do a little research about what people are eating around the globe and how it compares to your daily diet. Watch this video clip about breakfast around the world and see how it compares to your daily breakfast and notice the differences amongst the countries.
Now take a look at this at this slideshow about school lunches around the world. When you’re looking at the pictures, think about how the lunches compare to your lunch and which lunches you wish were served here at SAS!
Now, you’re going to learn more about why people around the world consume the foods they eat by looking at the food and dietary guidelines all around the world. Here is the link to the most recent Food Based Dietary Guidelines around the world. Our hope is that you can make our cafeteria a place where students are able to put into practice the messages they learn:)
Below is your note-taking sheet that will help you with this project:
Food Guidelines around the World Note taking Sheet S2015
We are also going to be looking if you’re able to find and locate valid, resourceful information through your note taking sheet. Take a look at the rubric to make sure you’re on the right track and using all the skills you’ve been taught to locate these resources.
Can we all just spread the love? Let’s do this SAS!
Hey kids. Just another article about the importance of sleep and how it effects learning. And yes, I saw the at the end of the article how the author states schools need to start later to enable teens to get the 9 hours of sleep they need. I foresee this in the future! Enjoy!
Health and Happiness 
