Unit Plan Health Grade 5

UNIT: Health P4B s TIME FRAME: 1-2 lesson(s) a week [7 lessons]

TEACHER: Melissa Kujundzic
Unit Summary and Rationale:
The Power4Bones program has been designed to integrate a
number of Alberta Curriculum expectations, including Health and
Life Skills, Physical Education, English Language Arts, and
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Fine Arts
and to provide an authentic, engaging learning experience for
students. Power4Bones focuses on the importance of eating bonebuilding foods and doing bone-building activities during
adolescence. The P4B program responds to research that shows
Alberta kids arent eating well enough or getting enough physical
activity to keep their bones strong. As a result, they are not
capitalizing on a crucial bone-building period of life. Healthy
eating and physical activity tend to decrease as kids progress
through the elementary school years, so its important to reach
them in Grade 5 to prevent this decline. The wide variety of
program components, including online web challenges and comic
episodes, help students improve their knowledge of the link
between bone health, nutrition and physical activity.
Unit SLOs:
Health and Life skills
W- 5.1(lessons 1,2,5-7)
W- 5.5(lessons 1,2,5-7)
R-5.9(lessons 1-7)
R-5.8(lessons 1-7)
R-5.4 (lessons 1-7)
L-5.1(lessons 5-7)
Physical Education
B5-2 (lessons 1,3,6,7)
B5-3(lessons 1,3,6,7)
B5-6(lessons 1,3,6,7)
B5-7(lessons 1,3,6,7)
D5-8(lessons 5-7)

D5-9(lessons 5-7)
Language Arts
1.1(lessons 2-4)
1.2(lessons 2-4)
2.1(lessons 2-4)
3.2(lessons 2-4)
3.3(lessons 2-4)
Essential Questions:
Why is important to build
bones?
When is the best time to build
bones?
What activities are good for
bone building?
What kinds of Foods are bone
building foods?
What is a PSA?
How can we make healthy
lifestyle choices?
What food choices can you
make to include bone-building
nutrients?
Why are bone-building nutrients
an important part of healthy
eating?
How are systems in our bodies
affected by what we eat?

Big Ideas:
Learn that their bones are alive
and need foods rich in calcium,
vitamin D and other bonebuilding nutrients to be strong.
Learn which foods are good for
their bones.
Learn that weight-bearing
activities are best for building
bones.
Learn examples of weightbearing activities.
Learn that they need to take
care of their bones NOW!
Learn that the best time to build
strong bones is during the early
teen years.
Learn that there are health
consequences for not having
good bone-building habits NOW
Learn that having Milk and
Alternatives four times a day is
the easiest way to build strong

bones.
Identify Milk and Alternatives
they can eat and drink to get
the bone-building nutrients they
need.
Identify the importance of living
a bone-healthy lifestyle.
Identify how they and their
peers can lead a bone- healthy
lifestyle.
Apply what they have learned
about bone-building foods and
activities to the development of
their PSAs.
Apply what they have learned
about bone-building foods and
activities to the completion of
their PSAs.
Review and revise their PSAs.
Review and vote on their
classmates PSAs.
Learning Tasks:
Reading Tasks
Comics
Paired reading
Group reading
Readers Theater Reading
Writing Tasks
PSA
Graphic organizers
Web challenges
Top ten bone builders

Skills:

Discussion Tasks
Jigsaw
Think pair share
Language/Vocabulary Tasks
Vocabulary knowledge game
Key Terms / Vocabulary:
Bok choy: A leafy green vegetable, a little like lettuce,
often used in Chinese cooking. It may also be spelled
bok choi.
Bone density: The thickness of a bone, or the amount of
bone tissue in a given amount of bone. Dense bones are
solid, strong bones.
Bone mass: The weight and thickness of our bones. When
our bones are heavy and thick we have strong skeletons.
Bone renewal: Our bones are always changing to help
keep them strong and healthy. Bone renewal is when old
bone cells are removed and new bone cells are made to
replace them. Old bone cells are removed by special bone
cells called osteoclasts, and new bone cells are made by
osteoblasts.
Bone-building: When new bone cells are made in your
body and added to your skeleton, your bones are made
thicker and stronger.
Bone-healthy foods: Foods that have key nutrients such as
calcium and/or vitamin D that help the body build strong
bones. Milk, chocolate milk, cheese, yogurt, soy beverage,
tofu and canned salmon with bones are good examples.
Brittle bones: Bones that are not thick or strong. Brittle
bones break easily.
Calcium: A very important bone-building nutrient. Calcium
is a mineral that helps to make our bones and keep them
strong. Most of the calcium in our bodies is stored in our
bones and teeth. We get calcium when we have foods such
as milk, yogurt, cheese, soy beverage, canned salmon with
bones and tofu fortified with calcium.

Calcium supplement: A pill for people who are not getting

enough calcium from food. If you eat enough bone-healthy
foods every day, your bones will get all the calcium they
need to be strong, and you will not need to take a calcium
supplement. Besides, bones need more than just calcium.
With food, you can get the other bone-building nutrients
you need, such as vitamin D.
Carbohydrates: A type of nutrient that our bodies and
brains use for energy. When we are active we need a lot of
carbohydrates. We get carbohydrates from foods like fruit,
vegetables, cereal, pasta, rice, bread, milk, yogurt and
beans.
Cartilage: Tough, rubbery tissue in our bodies. It helps to
support and cushion our skeletons. When we are babies,
our skeletons are made mostly of hard cartilage. As we
grow, most of it is replaced with bone. You can feel
cartilage by touching your nose and ears.
Cells: Cells are like tiny building blocks. They are alive.
Our bodies (including our bones), and all living things, are
made up of billions of tiny cells. We need a powerful
microscope to see cells.
Cranium: Another word for skull, the bone that protects
your brain. E
Eating Well with Canadas Food Guide: Also known as
Canadas Food Guide. This guide shows Canadians the
type and amount of food to eat to get the nutrients and
energy we need to be healthy. How much we need to eat
depends on how old we are and whether we are female or
male.
Fat-soluble vitamins: A group of vitamins that dissolve in
fat and are stored in the body. Since they need fat to do
their jobs, we need to eat some foods with fat to be
healthy. Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat-soluble. Vitamin D
is a key bone-building nutrient.
Femur: The bone in your thigh. It is the longest bone in
your body.
Fortified: A food that has had nutrients added, such as
vitamins or minerals. For example, in Canada, cowsmilk is
always fortified with vitamin D to help us build strong

bones.
Fortified soy beverage: A drink made from soybeans, with
calcium and vitamin D added.
Fracture: To crack, split or break something, such as a
bone. Bones that do not get enough bone-building
materials, such as calcium and vitamin D, may fracture
more easily.
Geriatric: A medical word used to describe things related
to people who are old or elderly.
Joints: The places where bones are connected to each
other. For example, your elbows, wrists, knees, ankles and
hips are all joints.
Kefir: A drink made of fermented milk. It is similar to a
yogurt drink, but it has bubbles. It may be flavoured or
unflavoured. Kefir is common in Eastern Europe.
Lactose: A natural sugar found in milk.
Lactose intolerance: A term used to describe the
symptoms someone may feel because of a decreased
ability to digest the natural sugar (lactose) in milk. It is
not an allergy.
Magnesium: A bone-building nutrient. Magnesium is a
mineral we get when we eat foods such as whole grains,
green leafy vegetables, nuts, meat, milk, yogurt, kefir and
some cheeses.
Media: A form of communication that includes audio,
visual, audio-visual, print and electronic materials.
Examples are television, movies, newspapers, radio,
magazines, billboards and the Internet.
Minerals: A group of nutrients that our bodies need only
tiny amounts of to grow and be healthy. When we eat the
type and amount of food described in Eating Well with
Canadas Food Guide, we get all the minerals we need.
Muscles: A type of body tissue that we can move. We can
tighten, relax, and stretch our muscles. When muscles
move they cause parts of the body to move.
Nutrients: Substances in food that help our bodies be
healthy. The nutrient groups are vitamins, minerals,
protein, fat and carbohydrates. We need more than 50
different nutrients every day to be healthy. When we eat

the type and amount of food described in Eating Well with

Canadas Food Guide, we get all the nutrients we need.
Osteoblasts: Special cells in your body that make bones.
Osteoclasts: Special cells in your body that soak up and
remove old bone.
Osteoporosis: A disease that causes bones to become
brittle and weak so they can break easily. People who do
not eat bone-building foods or do bone-building activity
such as walking, dancing, running or jumping when they
are younger are more likely to get osteoporosis when they
are older.
Peak bone mass: Peak bone mass is the greatest thickness
and weight that a persons bones will grow to. This
happens in your 20s. For your bones to be able to reach
their peak bone mass, you must feed them lots of bonebuilding foods and do lots of bone-building activities when
you are in your teen and pre-teen years.
Pediatric: A medical word used to describe children and
child-related things. If a disease is a pediatric disease, it is
a disease that develops in children.
Phosphorus: A bone-building nutrient. Phosphorus is a
mineral we get when we eat foods such as milk, yogurt,
kefir, cheese, fish, chicken and turkey, peas, beans, nuts
and eggs.
Pores: Small openings or holes, like the pores in our skin.
Our bones have them, too.
Protein: A type of nutrient. Protein is used by our bodies
to build and grow skin, muscles and other body tissues.
Protein is also used for energy. It is a nutrient we get
when we eat foods such as chicken, beef, fish, beans,
nuts, milk, yogurt and cheese.
Raita: A mixture of milk, yogurt and chopped vegetables,
such as cucumber. Raita is often used in Indian cooking.
Smoothie: A great-tasting bone-healthy drink made by
mixing fruit, fruit juice, milk and/or yogurt in a blender
until its smooth.
Strong bones: Bones that will not break easily. To build
strong bones we need to eat bone-building foods and do
bone-building activities every day.

Supplement: A pill for people who do not get the nutrients

they need from food. If you eat healthy foods every day by
following Eating Well with Canadas Food Guide, your body
will get the 50 nutrients it needs. You will not need to add
more nutrients by taking supplements.
Syndrome: A group of symptoms or signs of a disease that
happen at the same time.
Tendons: A type of body tissue, a little like rope, that
attaches muscle to bone.
Tofu: A food made from soybeans. It can be firm, like
cheese, or creamy, like yogurt, depending on how much of
the soybean juice has been squeezed out.
Tzatziki: A sauce or dip made from yogurt, chopped
cucumber and garlic.
Vitamins: A group of nutrients that our bodies need only
small amounts of to grow and be healthy. When we eat the
type and amount of food described in Eating Well with
Canadas Food Guide we get all the vitamins we need.
Vitamin D: A nutrient that helps our bodies absorb calcium
for strong bones. Our bodies can make this vitamin when
we are out in the sun but our bodies cant make it when
we wear sunscreen or during the colder months of the
year. Thats why we need to get vitamin D from our food.
We get vitamin D when we have foods such as milk,
salmon, sardines, herring, fortified soy beverage, liver and
egg yolks.
Water-soluble vitamins: A group of vitamins that dissolve
in water. If you eat more water-soluble vitamins than your
body needs, they are not stored in your body, but get
washed out in your urine. Vitamin C and B vitamins are
water-soluble.
Weight-bearing activities: Activities where you push, pull
or carry something. Weight-bearing activities also include
any activity in which your body works against gravity,
such as running, jumping or skipping. This is the only type
of physical activity that helps to build strong bones.
Zinc: A bone-building nutrient. Zinc is a mineral we get
when we eat foods such as milk, shellfish and wheat.

Assessments:
Formative assessment: 20%
Not all assignments will be marked but to ensure students are
completing quality work and understanding the curriculum, some
will be taken in.

Summative Assessment:
Bone building (Top Ten Bone Builders), Checklist (self
assessment), as well as a public service announcement.
Projects -60%
Self assessment -20%
Learning Activities:
1. Lesson 1: BONES IS
COMING!
2. Lesson Feed your bones
3. Move your bones
4. Top Ten Bone Builders
5. 4-a-Day Is Easy!
6. Start PSA
7. Complete PSA

Resources / Text Selections:

Power 4 Bones Program