OBJECTIVES OF MODULE FIVE

• Review recent information on the state of the nation’s current “Healthy School Environment”.
   

• Identify opportunities to incorporate healthy behaviors into daily interactions with students.
   

• Develop lesson plans and activities that will enable and encourage students to eat healthier.
   

• Develop lesson plans and activities that will enable and encourage students to become more active.
   

• Provide comprehensive evaluation of your school's health environment and ability to use food as a teaching tool.
   

• Define the differences between physical activity and physical education.
   

• Evaluate classroom activities to ensure that students are exposed to lifestyle physical activity and physical education.
   

• Evaluate classroom activities to ensure that students are able to identify media impact on their choice of foods and snacks.
   

• Evaluate classroom activities to ensure that students are able to distinguish the differences between “nutritious” foods and “junk” foods.
   

• Evaluate classroom activities to ensure that students are exposed to non-food rewards and incentive programs.
   

• Evaluate classroom activities to ensure that students are exposed to after-school programs that emphasize lifestyle physical activity.
   

• Evaluate school’s vending services to ensure that students are exposed to healthier snack options.
   

• Evaluate school’s lunch program to ensure that students have access to healthier meal options.