Year 10 - Physical education
Nutritional awareness
Health and wellbeing: commitment to a personalised training plan
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' ability to design and carry out a training programme with a focus on physical fitness and commitment to exercise that is enjoyable and tailored. Pupils will also learn about nutrition to help support them in living a healthy and active life beyond school.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to recognise how correct nutrition can aid training.
Key Notes
- Move: fitness training with correct form will burn off calories from specific food items.
- Think: awareness of how a balanced diet supports growth, development and training.
- Feel: burning off unused, empty calories from sugar can give a sense of achievement.
- Connect: discussing nutritional habits fosters empathy and support, showing investment in each other's well being.
Vocabulary To Learn
- nutrition: The process of providing or obtaining the food needed for health and growth
- macronutrients: the nutrients needed in large amounts by the body, including carbohydrates, proteins and fats
- micronutrients: the vitamins and minerals needed by the body in small amounts
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Everyone needs exactly the same nutritional plan.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: fitness training with correct form will burn off calories from specific food items. Think: awareness of how a balanced diet supports growth, development and training.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'nutrition'
The process of providing or obtaining the food needed for health and growth.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Everyone needs exactly the same nutritional plan. Correction: Different people have different nutritional needs, at different times in life, especially when training for different activities.
More Lessons In This Unit
- A cardiovascular base Study Guide
- Future goals and healthy habits Study Guide
- Hydration and fuelling your body for exercise Study Guide
- Injury and injury prevention Study Guide
- Mental health and stress management Study Guide
- Planning a training programme Study Guide
- Review your progress Study Guide
- Routines for daily flexibility and mobility Study Guide
- Sleep and recovery Study Guide
- Strength training for all Study Guide
- Your current fitness and goals Study Guide
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