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Lesson Title: Importance of Calcium for Teenagers

Lesson Essential Questions: How can Trackstar be used to educate others on reading updated information about the importance of calcium?

PA. Standard(s): 3.7.10. Technological Devices A. Identify and safely use a variety of tools, basic machines, materials and techniques to solve problems and answer questions. B. Apply basic computer operations and concepts. .

NETS Standard(s): 1. **Creativity and Innovation:** a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression. 2. **Communication and Collaboration**: a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

Materials: Computer, [|www.trackstar.4teachers.org], overhead projector and screen, search engines

Vocabulary: secure websites, factual information, text, links, truncating

KNOW: How internet resources can provide valuable and useful information that can be used to teach others UNDERSTAND: How to select factual information by identifying websites that are from credible sources DO: Create a resource page for students to use in locating information on the importance of calcium in the diet.

Project Information: 1. Teacher will review the trackstar used in a previous lesson and display the page and links on her trackstar page. #403565 2.Teacher will have students set up an account to begin their own page. 3.Teacher will describe truncating in locating websites by giving an example of []. The students will then begin to truncate to see that this website is part of a US government website on calcium supplements. Have students use Google, ask, and AltaVista to locate specific information on calcium in foods, calcium and diet and then have them share information they found and discuss if they feel this is a legitimate site. 4.Teacher will explain the assignment to the students a. Each student will be assigned a food group or disease to create a page to be presented in class. b. 3 links to websites should be included explaining the pros or cons of that food group/disease and how it affects calcium absorption or usage c. Students will have 2 class periods in using computers to create this informational tool. 5.Students will present their Trackstar page to the class with an explanation of each website they used and if it provided useful information. Peers may ask questions.

6. After presentations are given, class will discuss what they learned about trackstar and how it may be used in presentations for various subjects. A review will also be done on truncating and checking out websites before utilizing them for research projects.

Differentiation: Gifted: Must include statistics of the affects to the body and provide a link to a medical website. Learning Support: extended time will be given for students to complete the project and provide pictures instead of written text to explain some diseases or foods Other: ESL- students may include links in their native language to encourage the promotion of calcium in the diet.

Cell Phone Lesson Plan Format Lesson Title: Foods and/or Products Containing Calcium

Lesson Essential Question(s): What types of foods that you eat and enjoy contain calcium? Pa. Standard(s): 11.3.9C

NETS standard(s): Performance Indicators for Grades 9-12: 1a; 2a; 2d; 3b; 3d; 6a; 6b

Materials (include technology resources): Cell phones with video/photography capabilities Flickr account, supermarket, list of favorite foods, www.mypyramid.org, computer lab

Vocabulary: images, calcium, Flickr

Use this section below to share what students will:

Students will be able to locate calcium in food items in the supermarket || Students will understand how to take pictures of items using their cell phones and share with the teacher/class using the Flickr class account Students will have an understanding of how to recognize foods with calcium || Students will make a list of foods they eat on a regular basis, locate those of which they think contain calcium, find this foods in the supermarket, use their cell phone to take pictures and send them to the class account in Flickr || Project Information: 1. Students will list favorite foods they normally eat. They can keep track of what foods they eat in a food journal. 2. Teacher will open the flickr class account (Mrs. Kennedy’s Foods Classes) and display on the overhead projector and display some examples she captured during her visit to the supermarket. 3. Teacher will explain to students to only capture the image of foods they think contain calcium. 4. Students will complete assignment over a weekend, giving them time to get to the supermarket. 5. Teacher will check to make sure students have completed assignment and then open class account for evaluation/discussion of their choices. 6. Students will make a list of their foods and enter them into the food tracker in mypyramid.org and print out their findings 7. Students will be asked to make suggestions on good choices and how to improve on their calcium intake.
 * Know || Understand || Do ||
 * Students will know how to use cell phone images in tracking what they eat and sharing with the class their choices

Differentiation: Misc. Teacher Notes:
 * Gifted: students will be asked to develop a booklet with foods high in calcium to be shared with elementary students ||
 * Learning Support: students will be asked to choose 4 items they feel have calcium ||
 * Other (ESL, HI, NI, etc.): ||

Dairy Unit Curriculum Lesson Plan Lesson Title: Nutritive Contributions Dairy Products Provide for Our Health

Lesson Essential Question(s): What important nutrients do dairy products provide to our body? What happens to the body if there is an insufficient amount of calcium in the diet over an extended period of time?

Pa. Standard(s): 11.3.9G

NETS standard(s): 1.a, 3.b, 4.b

Materials (include technology resources): Nutrition Facts of dairy products, projector/computer, [|www.mypyramid.gov], [|4pack.wordpress.com/.../], [|chrischamcl.wordpress.com/.../], [|www.scienceproject.com/.../ IB301.asp]

Vocabulary: life cycle, osteoporosis, bone density, calcium absorption

Use this section below to share what students will:

2. Students will know foods that contain calcium || 1.Students will understand the importance of calcium and Vitamin D and the amounts needed in each life cycle 2. Students will understand how bone density changes with the aging process || 1.Students will complete a menu for one day utilizing the maximum needed amount of calcium for their age group using any of the selected websites listed above in materials 2. Students will create an improvement to ensure adequate sources of calcium in their diet ||
 * Know || Understand || Do ||
 * 1.Students should apply previously acquired information on the importance of nutrients from the Nutrition Unit

Project Information: 1. Have students participate in a review game of the 6 essential nutrients and the importance of each. (Carbohydrates, Fats, Protein, Vitamins, Minerals, Water) 2. Ask if students can name 6 foods that contain calcium other than milk (leafy green vegetables, canned salmon with bones, strawberries, oranges, collard greens, pinto beans, tofu) 3. Discuss the term bone density and the meaning of osteoporosis (bones full of holes) and how each life cycle requires different amounts of calcium for the bones. Explain calcium absorption and deposits into their “savings account”. Explain the importance of Vitamin D in the absorption of calcium 4. Display images of the body at various ages and how the bone density changes if adequate amounts of calcium are not absorbed into the bones 5. List foods/substances that may affect calcium absorption (soda-phosphoric acid, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco 6. Have students create a menu for one day listing foods that will meet the maximum requirement for calcium. They may use any of the websites listed in Materials to help. Students will then input their menu into [|www.mypyramid.gov] to see if they met the required amount for their age and activity level 7. Students will then initiate an improvement plan tomaintain adequate amounts of calcium on a daily basis

Differentiation:
 * Gifted: Create an informative video on the importance of calcium in the diet of teenagers ||
 * Learning Support: have extended time to complete important assignment ||
 * Other (ESL, HI, NI, etc.): ELL-work with partners for strengthening of English words ||

Misc. Teacher Notes: