Health · Week 11 · Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Personal Health
Fact or Fad? The Claim Detective
Students use a simple claim checklist to test six imagined health and fitness ads and decide which claims are trustworthy, questionable, or myths.
- Students will
- Students distinguish between facts and myths regarding nutrition practices, products, and physical performance and evaluate the accuracy of claims about food and dietary supplements.
- SEL skill
- Slow down and use evidence before deciding whether to trust a claim
- What it looks like
- Students make reasoned decisions by checking evidence and noticing how emotional language in ads pushes quick choices.
- Content focus
- Evaluating health claims and separating facts from myths
- Format
- Detective debate
Responsible decision-making
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- 2.3.N: Nutrition and Physical Activity, Standard 2 (Analyzing Health Influences), item 2.3.N
- 3.2.N: Nutrition and Physical Activity, Standard 3 (Accessing Valid Health Information), item 3.2.N
- Student page: Health journal page
- CA Health overarching standard: Standard 2: Analyzing Health Influences
- CA Health overarching standard: Standard 3: Accessing Valid Health Information
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