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A PBL Template

Page history last edited by Conrado Gonzalez 11 years, 7 months ago

 

The Fat of the Matter

 

Google search (August 2012) for child obesity images:

  

 

 

 

 

Scenario

The fact of the matter is that US population in general has been getting fatter and fatter in the last 30 years or so. The US's children population have not been the exception.

According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "since 1980, obesity prevalence among children and adolescents has almost tripled".1 This is a problem that is affecting all of US children but seems to be having a greater negative effect on minority groups such as the Latino and African-American populations. If you were not aware of this issue, watch the following Youtube video to get an idea of the magnitude of this problem:

 

 

Study the following map:

 

2010 State  Obesity Prevalence Among
Low-Income Children Aged 2 to 4 Years2

 

 

Look closely at Texas. According to the map, Texas has more obese 2-4 year old than any of the states that it is surrounded by. In fact in this map Texas is one of the nation's most obese states. Do you think that this is the case? Have you looked at your community, your relatives and others schoolmates? Have you looked at yourself? Take a look if you haven't done so already. Do make fun of others because they are fat, just as you wouldn't like them to make fun of you if you are the one overweight. Yet, observe and be critical.

 

Do you think that there is a problem with child obesity in your community? Why do you think that this is the case? If you think that there is a problem in your community with child obesity, why do you think that this is the case? What are some of the factors that are contributing to the problem? What can your community do in order to reverse the negative effects of this trend?

Task

Sample Investigations/Teacher Resources

 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website offers some solutions to tackle child obesity. These solutions are offered here:

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/solutions.html

 

When the director of the CDC, Thomas R. Frieden, was reviewing the CDC's website, he noticed that child obesity solutions are layout for states and parents but he couldn't find a set of guidelines from the children's perspective. He has randomly selected your school and grade level to come up with a set of guidelines and recommendations to fight child obesity.

 

Do not provide a 'copy-and-paste' solution. Go online, consult with your librarian, ask your teacher, have a hall-town meeting with community members. In other words, brainstorm and filter the best practices and solutions. Good luck.

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/

 

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/problem.html

 

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/solutions.html

 

http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/child_obesity/

 

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/obesity_in_children/article_em.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Resources

Sources 

 

http://www.safesearchkids.com/google-safesearch.html

 

http://www.wikiforkids.ws/

 

http://www.mymcpl.org/kids/school-age-kids/websites-kids

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/

 

http://www.google.com/apps/edu/students/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 CDC. (2012, July 16). Cdc. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html

2 CDC. (2012, July 16). Cdc. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html

 

 

Student Work

Standards

1. List your personal understanding, ideas or hunches.

Now that you are familiar with child obesity you will write everything you know about it. Describe your thoughts or ideas about how to solve the problem. There are not incorrect answers in this step, just feel free to brainstorm your ideas.

 

2. List what is known.

 With your team use all the information available in the scenario to list everything that you know about child obesity. You do not have to conduct any research yet. Just use the information given and write the facts that you already know about this issue.

3. List what is unknown.

With your team, make a list about what you do not know and would like to learn. List all the questions you will need to answer to solve the problem.  

 

4. List what needs to be done.
"What should we do?" List actions to be taken, e.g., question an expert, conduct research, go to a board meeting about topic. List possible actions. 

 

5. Develop a problem statement.

You will be responsible for thinking and choosing one of the questions to solve the problem.  A problem statement should come from your analysis of what you know. In one or two sentences, you should be able to describe what it is that your group is trying to solve, produce, respond to, or find out. The problem statement may have to be revised as new information is discovered and brought to bear on the situation.

6. Gather information

Use all the resources available (Internet, library, etc) to research about the problem/topic and find a solution.


7. Present Findings

The students will present their results using through a wiki.

 

ยง115.7. Health Education, Grade 5

 

(b)  Knowledge and skills.

(1)  Health information. The student knows ways to enhance and maintain personal health throughout the life span. The student is expected to:

(A)  examine and analyze food labels and menus for nutritional content;

(B)  apply information from the food guide pyramid to making healthy food choices;

(C)  identify foods that are sources of one or more of the six major nutrients;

(D)  calculate the relationship between caloric intake and energy expenditure;

(E)  differentiate between health-related and skill-related physical activities; and

(F)  analyze the components of a personal health maintenance plan for individuals and families such as stress management and personal safety.

(3)  Health information. The student knows how to utilize health information. The student is expected to:

(A)  describe methods of accessing health information; and

(B)  demonstrate ways to communicate health information such as posters, videos, and brochures.

 


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Communicating Ideas and Messages_2nd Grade by C. Gonzalez is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

 

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