SHS1 Physical Education Health Elective · Semester 1, Week 4

Nutrition and Diet in Health

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.1 - Explain healthy living behaviour and how that promotes physical health

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

  1. Define healthy living behaviour in their own words and list at least four examples of such behaviours.
  2. Explain how at least three healthy living behaviours (such as regular exercise, adequate sleep, stress management, and avoiding harmful substances) promote physical health.
  3. Distinguish between healthy and unhealthy living behaviours by sorting given scenarios into the correct categories.
  4. Develop a personal checklist of healthy living behaviours they will adopt to promote their physical health.
  5. Justify, using reasoning, why adopting healthy living behaviours is more beneficial than neglecting them, giving at least one Ghanaian example.

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Curriculum details

Strand
Health Education (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Nutrition and Diet in Health (1.2)
Content standard
1.1.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of nutrition and diet in health. 1.1.2.LO.1 Discuss nutrition and diet in healthy living
Indicator
1.1.2.LI.1 - Explain healthy living behaviour and how that promotes physical health
Suggested placement
Semester 1, Week 4 (Week 4 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
NaCCA curriculum document, p. 28

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Digital Learning: Watch a video or PowerPoint Presentation or listen to a presentation on Healthy Living Behaviour and its effect on physical health.
Collaborative Learning: Through think-pair-share, discuss the key points on healthy living based on the presentation.
Activity-Based learning: With your partner, develop a checklist of healthy living behaviours that you will adopt in order to promote physical health.
Assessment (1.1.2.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 3 Strategic reasoning.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Charts/pictures of professionals
- Coursebooks
- Videos
- ICT tools, e.g., Laptops, cell phones, projectors, etc.