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Mahopac 220
Students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain
physical fitness, participate in physical activity, and maintain personal health.
Intermediate
Family and Consumer Sciences
l. Students wilI use an understanding of the elements
of good nutrition to plan appropriate diets for
themselves and others. They will know and use the
appropriate tools and technologies for safe and
healthy food preparation.
Students:
• understand the relationships among diet, health, and
physical activities; evaluate their own eating patterns;
and use appropriate technology and resources to make
food selections and prepare simple, nutritious meals
• apply principles of food safety and sanitation
• recognize the mental, social, and emotional aspects of
good health
• apply decision making process to dilemmas related to
personal health.
This Is evident, for example, when students:
• plan a personal diet that accommodates nutritional needs,
activity level. and optimal weight
• prepare a meal with foods from the food groups described In the
food guide pyramid, handling food safely to avoid contamination,
and using appropriate cooking equipment safely and responsibly
• practice techniques to help reduce stress (e.g., time
management)
• Identify the impact risky behavior can have on long-term goals
(e.g., health, career).
STANDARD 1
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