Health: Food, Mood and Wellbeing

SecondaryYear 7 - 8SocialMental HealthPhysical HealthSocial and Emotional Learning

Lesson Summary

Students will investigate why they crave certain foods when they are tired or stressed and develop a list of healthy habits to combat stress and tiredness. Students will prepare a presentation to share this information with their school community and develop a personal healthy habits meal plan.

Learning intentions

Students will:

explore how the brain responds to different food, identify personal food habits and share their growing knowledge with the school community.

Success criteria

Students can:

discuss how different foods can impact mood, energy and stress levels
complete a research project on how food affects mood and share their findings with the school community
create a healthy, balanced meal plan that draws upon their research findings.

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Lesson Details

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Health: Food, Mood and Wellbeing

Lesson Summary

Learning intentions

Success criteria

Lesson Guides and Printables

Lesson Details

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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