Health, Nutrition & Care
Objectives
- D03.S3.12.01 Synthesize the science of nutrition with ethical, cultural, and environmental considerations to make lifelong food decisions.
- D03.S3.12.02 Advocate for food systems and policies that support health and dignity for all people, linking individual and collective wellbeing.
- D03.S4.12.01 Manage their own health independently, integrating sleep, movement, nutrition, mental health, and medical care.
- D03.S4.12.02 Explain how to care for the health and safety of others, including basic emergency response and caregiving, and when to step in.
Essential questions
- How do I synthesize the science of nutrition with ethical, cultural, and environmental considerations to make lifelong food decisions?
- How do I advocate for food systems and policies that support health and dignity for all people, linking individual and collective wellbeing?
- How do I manage my own health independently, and how do I care for the health and safety of others — including emergency response and caregiving?
Big ideas
- Lifelong food decisions synthesize the science of nutrition with ethical, cultural, and environmental considerations, honoring my own needs and the wider world.
- Health and dignity are collective as well as individual: advocating for food systems and policies links my wellbeing to everyone's.
- Independent health management integrates sleep, movement, nutrition, mental health, and medical care, and caring for others' health and safety — including emergency response — is a responsibility I can meet.
Lessons
- 1 The Science of Nutrition: What Bodies Need 55 minutes
- 2 Nutrition, Ethics, and the Environment 55 minutes
- 3 Cultural Foodways and Lifelong Food Decisions 55 minutes
- 4 Food Systems: From Farm to Table 55 minutes
- 5 Advocating for Health and Dignity for All 55 minutes
- 6 Independent Health Management: Sleep, Movement, Nutrition 55 minutes
- 7 Mental Health and Medical Care: Managing Your Own Health 55 minutes
- 8 Putting It Together: A Lifelong Health Plan 55 minutes
- 9 Caring for Others: Caregiving and When to Step In 55 minutes
- 10 Emergency Response: Basic Skills 55 minutes
Assessment plan
A lifelong-food-decisions synthesis weighing nutrition science with ethical, cultural, and environmental considerations; a food-systems advocacy linking individual and collective wellbeing; an independent health-management plan covering sleep, movement, nutrition, mental health, and medical care; and an emergency-response and caregiving plan, gathered as capstone portfolio artifacts.
Unit 8 — Health, Nutrition & Care
Overview
This unit returns to the body at the threshold of adult life, now with independence and care for others. Learners synthesize the science of nutrition with ethical, cultural, and environmental considerations to make lifelong food decisions, and advocate for food systems and policies that support health and dignity for all people, linking individual and collective wellbeing. They manage their own health independently, integrating sleep, movement, nutrition, mental health, and medical care, and explain how to care for the health and safety of others, including basic emergency response and caregiving, and when to step in. Every body, every pace, and every family’s way of living is honored; the body is taught with dignity, never shame.
Essential questions
- How do I synthesize the science of nutrition with ethical, cultural, and environmental considerations to make lifelong food decisions?
- How do I advocate for food systems and policies that support health and dignity for all people, linking individual and collective wellbeing?
- How do I manage my own health independently, and how do I care for the health and safety of others — including emergency response and caregiving?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.12.008.01 | The Science of Nutrition: What Bodies Need | D03.S3.12.01 |
| L.12.008.02 | Nutrition, Ethics, and the Environment | D03.S3.12.01 |
| L.12.008.03 | Cultural Foodways and Lifelong Food Decisions | D03.S3.12.01 |
| L.12.008.04 | Food Systems: From Farm to Table | D03.S3.12.02 |
| L.12.008.05 | Advocating for Health and Dignity for All | D03.S3.12.02 |
| L.12.008.06 | Independent Health Management: Sleep, Movement, Nutrition | D03.S4.12.01 |
| L.12.008.07 | Mental Health and Medical Care: Managing Your Own Health | D03.S4.12.01 |
| L.12.008.08 | Putting It Together: A Lifelong Health Plan | D03.S4.12.01 |
| L.12.008.09 | Caring for Others: Caregiving and When to Step In | D03.S4.12.02 |
| L.12.008.10 | Emergency Response: Basic Skills | D03.S4.12.02 |