Nutrition and Wellness: Grade 9, 10, 11, 12

Content Standards

Integrate processes of thinking, communication, leadership, and management in order to apply knowledge and skills for nutrition, food, and wellness.

Apply nutrition principles to health and wellness choices across the life span.

Analyze factors that influence nutrition and wellness practices.

Demonstrate abilities to prepare and serve safe, nutritious foods. 

Analyze impacts of science, technology, and careers on nutrition and wellness.

Demonstrate components of critical thinking, creative thinking, and reasoning

Evaluate effective communication processes in school, family, career, and community settings

Demonstrate leadership that encourages participation and respect for the ideas, perspectives, and contributions of group members

Apply management, decision-making, and problem solving processes to accomplish tasks and fulfill responsibilities

Examine the interrelationships among thinking, communication, leadership, and management processes to address family, community, and workplace issues 

Demonstrate fundamentals to career success (e.g. strong work ethic, goal setting, time-management, positive attitude, adaptability/flexibility, stress resilience, accountability, self-discipline, resourcefulness, cooperation, self-assessment) 

Demonstrate etiquette skills for business and social situations

Apply knowledge gained through research to solve problems and communicate ideas in the fields of food, fitness, nutrition, and wellness

Analyze food and nutrition information, including USDA Dietary guidelines and MY Plate, to meet nutrition and wellness goals across the lifespan

Demonstrate proper portion sizes from each of the food groups to meet nutrition and wellness needs of individuals across the lifespan

Describe the six classes/groups of nutrients, explain their functions to meet health and nutrition requirements of individuals and families, and classify food sources

Compare food label information to make health and wellness choices

Analyze and assess wellness goals across the lifespan, particularly for teenagers (e.g., food fads and fallacies, extreme procedures for weight management, sports supplements, nutritional supplements)

Assess physical, emotional, social, intellectual, cultural, and ethnic components of individual and family wellness

Explain how geographical location and climate location affects food selection and availability

Examine how economic factors affect food selection and availability

Identify legislation and regulations related to food, nutrition, and wellness issues

Evaluate the nutritive value and costs of snacks, fast foods, and balanced meals

Define and explain food borne illness and demonstrate how to prevent them by applying the concepts of “clean, separate, cook, and chill” 

Demonstrate basic abilities to safely use and maintain equipment within a kitchen setting, including large and small appliances, small kitchen tools, measuring tools, and knives

Demonstrate abilities to prepare nutritious foods using a variety of basic methods and techniques

Apply basic principles of resource management when planning, preparing, and serving nutritious food, including food costs and availability, work plans and timetables, efficient work methods, and collaboration with others

Demonstrate abilities to increase and decrease recipe measurements based on desired yield 

Discuss current technology and techniques used to develop, produce, process, and store foods and their impacts on food safety, nutrition, and wellness (e.g., organic, holistic, genetics, hormones)

Explore technological tools and advancements used to track nutrition and wellness goals and progress

Examine developments and trends in food marketing, and their impacts on family and consumer choices

Discuss trends, employment opportunities, and preparation requirements for careers related to nutrition, food, and wellness