Before the Lesson:
Print out one copy of the MyPyramid Worksheet handout [PDF, 371 kb] for each student.

You will also need to prepare a short warm-up presentation on how eating habits can affect a person’s lifestyle. Also, be prepared to answer questions related to lesson content.

Instructional Steps:
1.  Presentation on how eating habits can affect a person’s lifestyle
2.  Learn about eating habits – learners will visit a set of websites designated by the instructor to learn about eating habits.
3.  Complete MyPyramid Worksheet – learners will complete a MyPyramid Worksheet that will help them determine what nutrition needs they may have.
4.  Analyze personal eating habits – learners will create a list of improvements that they could make to their eating habits, and then select one to focus on for this lesson.
5.  Analyze partner’s eating habits – learners will trade their selected nutrition habit with a partner, and then offer some ideas for feedback on what could be done to change this habit.
6.  Complete online goal setting lesson – learners will complete an online lesson about setting achievable and specific goals.
7.  Create personal nutrition plan – learners will create realistic goals for changing their selected eating habit, and then add these goals to the Moodle calendar tool.  These calendars will then be printed.

Overview:

Pre-instructional Activities:
The lesson will begin with a motivational activity to gain the learner’s interest.  The activity will begin with a short presentation on how eating habits can affect a person’s lifestyle.

Content Presentation:
After the learners are logged in to the class, the rest of the activity is self-guided.  Learners will be guided through a set of web sites that will teach them about eating habits and goal setting.  Questions about goal setting need to be directed back to the online lessons.

Learner Participation:
The learner will guide themselves through web sites and online lessons.  Learners will complete a MyPyramid Worksheet that will help them pinpoint some areas of change in their eating habits.  Learners will then select one area for improvement.  Learners will receive and offer feedback about how to change the area that they select.  Learners will then create a nutrition plan and enter the dates for the plan on the calendar tool.

Assessment:
The learner will demonstrate to the instructor that he/she is successful by completing a calendar containing the steps of his or her nutrition plan.

Post-Instructional Activities
Learners will follow their nutrition plan.  They will be evaluating how well this plan worked in the next lesson.

Grading Rubric:
100 Points Possible

Students will turn in a printout of the calendar they have created.  This calendar must have at least three activities per week for a four week period (minimum).  Deduct 8 points for each missing activity.