Grade Level: 7th grade
Columbus County Schools
Subject: Health
Pacing Guide
Unit/Focus: NUTRITION and PHYSICAL ACITIVITY
Time Frame: 2nd 9 weeks
Standards:
7. NPA.1 Apply tools (MyPlate, Food Facts Label) to plan and
employ healthy nutrition and fitness.
Essential Questions:

What are the benefits of physical activity?

How to increase your strength, endurance, and flexibility.

How to plan a fitness program?

What are the advantages of both individual and team
sports?

What nutrients does a body require for high quality of
life?

How to plan a nutrient meal?

Why is breakfast the most important meal?

List food choice influences.
7.NPA.3.2 Attribute a positive body image to healthy self-esteem
and the avoidance of risky eating behaviors

What are healthy and reasonable weight management
practices?
7. NPA.4 Apply lifelong nutrition and health-related fitness
concepts to enhance quality of life.

Students will incorporate a health fitness plan into daily
life.
7.NPA.1.1 Use the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to eat
nutrient dense foods in moderation
7.NPA.1.2 Analyze Food Facts Labels for nutrients such as
proteins, fats, and carbohydrates
7. NPA.2 Apply strategies to consume a variety of nutrient dense
foods and beverages in moderation.
7.NPA.2.1 Compare weight management strategies for healthy
eating patterns, including attention to portion and serving sizes
7.NPA.2.2 Recall the health benefits of consuming more water
7. NPA.3 Analyze the relationship of nutrition, fitness, and
healthy weight management to the prevention of diseases such
as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and eating
disorders.
7. NPA.4.1 Design goals for increasing physical activity and
strategies for achieving those goals.
7. NPA.4.2 Implement a personal fitness plan that balances
caloric intake and expenditure
Grade Level: 7th grade
Columbus County Schools
Subject: Health
Vocabulary:
physical activity
fitness
exercise
strength
endurance
heart and lung endurance
muscle endurance
aerobic exercise
anaerobic exercise
flexibility
body composition
warm-up
cool down
frequency
intensity
target heart rate
individual sport
team sports
dehydration
conditioning
overtraining
anabolic steroids
saturated fats
unsaturated fats
vitamins
fiber
cholesterol
density
Suggested Resources:
BMI (Body Mass Index)
eating disorder
anorexia
bulimia nervosa
binge eating disorder
nutrients
carbohydrates
proteins
fats
minerals
nutrition
Food Guide Pyramid
calorie
dense
www.learn360.org
www.kidshealth.com
www.pbs.com
www.health.glencoe.com
www.choosemyplate.gov
Textbook: Glencoe Teen Health
Chapter 3, Physical Activity and Fitness pp. 52-75
Chapter 4, Food Nutrition pp.86-110
Grade Level: 7th grade
Columbus County Schools
Subject: Health
Assessment Tasks:
 BMI charts (continual)
 Teacher observation
 Formative assessments
 Word maps
 Graphic organizers
 Power point presentations
 Student projects
 Pre-test and post test comparison

Technology Standards:
7.TT.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks
7.TT.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information
7. TT.1.3 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others.
7.RP.1 Apply a research process to complete a given task
7. RP.1.1 Implement a collaborative research process activity that is group selected.
Literacy Standards:
 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text.
 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text.
 Produce a clear and coherent writing in which the development organization and style are appropriate to task
purpose and audience.
Grade Level: 7th grade
Columbus County Schools
Subject: Health
STUDENT PROJECTS
Informational Brochure
Students will research eating disorders and create a brochure about one of them. Groups of two or three students
will work on a single brochure. You need to be creative in developing the brochures and to use computer graphics
programs to make them. The brochures should be brief and easy to read, but also informational. They should cover
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what eating disorders are
description of the eating disorder (symptoms, causes, who is most often effected, dangers and effects,
etc.)
how the particular eating disorder is treated
Each group will present its finished product to the group. **rubric provided
Power point Game
Students will create a power point game with questions and answers about diet and nutrition. Groups of three or
four students will work together. You need to use what you have learned during this study but also conduct
research to locate information that you can use for your questions and answers. You must be accurate in your
information.
Game templates are available for the following games: Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Smarter than a
Fifth Graders, and Hollywood Squares.
Each group will present its power point game to the class. **rubric provided
Grade Level: 7th grade
Columbus County Schools
Subject: Health
Brochure Rubric
CATEGORY
Attractiveness &
Organization
(Organization)
Content Accuracy
(Ideas)
Writing Mechanics
(4) Excellent
(3) Good
(2) Almost
The brochure has
The brochure has attractive The brochure has wellexceptionally attractive
formatting and wellorganized information.
formatting and well-organized organized information.
information.
(1) Not Yet
The brochure's
formatting and
organization are
confusing
The brochure has all of the
required information (see
checklist) and some
additional information
The brochure has all of the The brochure has most The brochure has
required information
of the required
little of the
information
required
information
All of the writing is done in
complete sentences.
Capitalization and
punctuation are correct
throughout the brochure.
Most of the writing is done
in complete sentences.
Most of the capitalization
and punctuation are correct
throughout the brochure.
Some of the writing is
done in complete sentences. Some of the
capitalization and
punctuation are
correct..
Most of the
writing is not
done in complete
sen-tences. Most
of the
capitalization and
punctuation are
not correct.
Graphics/Pictures The graphics go well with the The graphics go well with
text and there is a good mix the text, but there are so
of text and graphics.
many that they distract
from the text.
The graphics go well
with the text, but there
are too few.
The graphics do
not go with the
accompanying
text or appear to
be randomly
chosen.
Sources
There are a few
citations accurately
listed on the brochure.
Incomplete
citations are
listed on the
brochure.
(Conventions)
There are many citations
from a variety of sources
accurately listed on the
brochure.
There are some citations
from a variety of sources
accurately listed on the
brochure.
Grade Level: 7th grade
Columbus County Schools
Subject: Health
Rubric - PowerPoint Games
Component
Student
Appeal
Excellent
Students will be
interested in all of
the aspects of this
game. (20-25)
Value to the The game greatly
Instructional enhances the students’ understandProcess
ing. The game is
valuable enough to
devote classroom
time (30-40)
Average
Unsatisfactory
Points
Possible
Students will be
interested in some
aspects of this game.
(11-19)
Students will be
interested in few
or no aspects of
this game. (0-10)
/25
The game has the
potential to enhance
one or two student
understandings. The
game has moderate
educational value
(11-29)
The game is not
designed to enhance any student understanding. The game
has little or no
educational value.
(0-10)
/40
Most of the questions
and answers are
correct and relevant.
Some things are not
clear. (10-14)
Few of the
questions and
answers are
correct or
relevant.
(0-9)
/20
Game had several
technical errors
(0-5)
/15
Game
Components
All of the questions
and answers are
relevant and correct.
Everything is clear
and easy to
understand.
(15-20)
Ease of Play
Game ran smoothly; Game ran with only
no technical errors. minor technical
(11-15) G
errors (6-10) G
Total Points
/100