Unit Plan Template

Name: Shersteen Shields

Grade level: 11-12
Content Area: Life Science (Advanced Biology)
Title of Unit: Nutrition & Obesity

Essential Questions or Driving Questions:

Essential Question(s) that allow learners to explore significant questions about themselves
and/or their world:
What are the implications of obesity for our country on healthcare and on the workforce?
What is the economic cost of obesity for our country?
Why are the Bogalusa study experts concerned about childhood obesity and long-term health risks
of the food our nation consumes and the attitude of the general population regarding the impact of
obesity?
What is the childhood origin of adult disease?
Why are zip codes correlated with obesity rates?
What is the obesity rate in your zip code?
What factors do you think contribute to the rate you find?
What are 3 popular fad diets, and why would the creators of these diets may actually want those
who take part, to fail?
What are the main flaws of the diets you looked into with regards to macronutrients?
Why is exercise such an important component to fighting obesity?
What is the relation between exercise and neurotransmitters ?
What were implications of the Interagency Work Groups findings, and what do these implications
mean for the future of our country based on the fact that Congress did not support their findings
enough to take action?
What are the implications of the lack of required Physical Education classes in most American
schools on the future health of our nation?
How has food consumption changed in relation to the rise in obesity?
What are the main reason why eating healthy foods really does cost the consumer more in the
short-term but less overall in the long-term?
What are the costs associated with obesity?

Standards:
Your statement about what learners should know and be able to do. (Be sure it related to your
essential questions or driving questions.):

Content Standardsoptional depending on your instructional setting (Pick 1-2 main ones.):

LS.2 develop and use a model to illustrate the organizational structure of interacting systems that
provide specific functions within multicellular organisms (Certica Solutions, Inc, 2017).

Adapted from the 2007 ISTE TEMPLATE I Lesson Plan. 1

ISTE*S Standards (Pick 1-2 rather than including the whole list.):

3a
Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources
for their intellectual or creative pursuits.

3b
Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance of information, media, data or
other resources.

3c
Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create
collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

3d
Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas
and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

Overview and Timeline

Lesson 1:

Weight of the Nation-Part 1

o 1-2 days to watch video
o 2-3 days create an infographic that addresses one of the questions based on the
video
Lesson 2:

Weight of the Nation-Part 1

o 1-2 days to watch video
2 pg. research paper
o 2-3 days to research, write, and peer-review
Lesson 3:

Weight of the Nation-Part 1

o 1-2 days to watch video
2 pg. research paper
o 2-3 days to research, write, and peer-review
Lesson 4:

Weight of the Nation-Part 1

o 1-2 days to watch video
o 2-3 days to create a presentation that gives an overview of the video and any
additional information you find to supplement that information
Assessment

Adapted from the 2007 ISTE TEMPLATE I Lesson Plan. 2

Students will be assessed on each of the final research papers, their infographics, and their
presentation.

Resources
Educator Preparation:
Organization of information on weebly website
Preparation of Rubrics

Tools and Resources Provided to Learners:

Links to useful resources and digital resources

Tutorials and Templates Provided to Learners:

Examples of previous student work

Briefly explain how the resources, tools, and tutorials may be used to differentiate content
or process for learners:

Students that are struggling:

Students assignment length could be reduced
Guidelines/outlines for presentations could be provided

Students that need to be challenged:
Student will have a choice of digital tool to present their lesson 4 information

Reason(s) for chosen technology(s):

Weebly was chosen as the platform for presentation, because it made it easy to present the
information in an organized fashion. It also allows me to demonstrate some of the ISTE standards
that students will be learning and using throughout the year.

As far as platforms that students will be using, they will be able to choose from numerous platforms
such as Prezi, Canva, Weebly, etc. Kids will take a chance. If they dont know, theyll have a go.
Theyre not frightened of being wrong...If youre not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up
with anything original (Sir Ken Robinson, 2006). Students need to have the opportunity to work
with different technologies and digital platforms to create projects. A little trial and error as they
navigate these programs is normal as they get a feel for something new.

Closure and Reflection

Students will fill out self-reflection forms at the end of each lesson.

Adapted from the 2007 ISTE TEMPLATE I Lesson Plan. 3