Competency 002-Consumer Health. The health teacher assists learners to become informed consumers who know how to acquire, evaluate, and use information to make positive health choices. Students are expected to be in class and punctual. Students are to complete reading and other assignments prior to class and be prepared to effectively receive and contribute to information and class discussion. Studying text material, listening, and interacting in class and adopting a good method for note keeping is essential to effective learning.
Assignments are to be neat, complete, accurate, and on time.
Students will need to bring scantrons to class on the test dates. This assignment is designed to the have students study their own diets. Students will need to record their food intake for three days and input this information into a dietary analysis computer software program. This computer program is located on the second floor of the Gee library in the student computer lab. The Dietary Analysis should help make the study of nutrition more meaningful and personal.