Healthy Lifestyles Unit of Inquiry

Who We Are

An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.

Central idea

Healthy lives require a balance of many integrated factors.

Lines of inquiry

• What happens to food when we eat it.
• The kinds of food which are necessary for people to grow and remain healthy.
• How hygiene and exercise contribute to good health.
• The body’s need for a balance of rest and exercise.

Creating the healthy eating plate.

What food group is this?

Sorting the foods.

Recording our learning.

Constructing our central idea puzzle.

Investigating the digestive system.

Taking down key words in preparation for non fiction research.

Recording our understanding.

Investigating the word family of <heal>: the base of "healthy".