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Longevity -
Interactive expedition from April 20-May 1 reveals health secrets |
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Overview
Why are the people on a small island in the northern Aegean Sea living such long, healthy lives? In this project, students uncover clues to longevity and help direct the research team during a live, online expedition April 20-May 1, 2009. Through email exchanges, students collaborate to solve the mystery of health and longevity and brainstorm how to implement healthier behaviors in their own lives. |
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Essential Questions
- How does diet and nutrition affect health and longevity?
- How does exercise and movement affect health and longevity?
- How do social connections affect health and longevity?
- How do customs and culture affect health and longevity?
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Objectives
- Students will be able to understand concepts of health promotion and disease prevention.
- Students will understand that food provides energy and nutrients for healthy growth and development.
- Students will understand that regular exercise is important to the maintenance and improvement of good health.
- Students will understand the influence of family, peers, culture, technology and media on health behaviors.
- Students will understand the geographic and cultural complexity of Ikaria, Greece, including its language, beliefs, customs, attitudes, world views, institutions, technology and geographic components.
- Students will understand how the geographic and cultural complexities of Ikaria, Greece, influence and improve the health and longevity of the location.
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Culminating Activity
Students will create final digital presentations about the secrets to a long and healthy life in Ikaria, Greece, reflecting an increased understanding of the differences and commonalities between their cultures and Ikaria, Greece. |
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Project Elements
This project has three parts:
- Engage, Activate Prior Knowledge and Build Context;
- Exchange of four emails with ePals; and
- Create digital presentations about the secrets to a long and healthy life in Ikaria, Greece
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Standards
National Health Standards
Standard 1: The student will understand concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
Standard 2: The student will comprehend the influence of family, peers, culture, technology and media on health behaviors.
Standard 3: The student will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
National Science Education Standards
Standard #F 1.1: The student will understand that regular exercise is important to the maintenance and improvement of good health.
Standard #F 1.5: The student will understand that food provides energy and nutrients for healthy growth and development.
National Council for Geographic Education Standards
Standard 6: Places and Regions: how culture and experience influence people’s perception of places and regions.
Standard 9: Human Systems: the characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface.
Standard 10: Human Systems: the characteristics, distribution and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.
Standard 12: Human Systems: the process, patterns and functions of human settlement.
NCTE/IRA English Language Arts Standards
Standard 1: Students read a wide range of print and non-print text to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information…
Standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers… |
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