Nutrition and Body Systems

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In their health class, students will learn about the variety of food sources and diets. In their Physical Education topics, students will cover the musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory systems and how they impact one’s physical activity.  

  • Students will learn about the variety of food sources and the different models that represent nutritional suggestions. Students will go over different fad diets and related diseases, nutritional imbalances and discuss nutrition in sports and marketing tactics to entice different target audiences. 
  • Students will learn the different types of bones, where they are in the body, levers, planes of movement, and movement terminology. Students will learn the different types of muscles, where they are in the body and movement of terminology. 

What You Will Learn

Term 1

  • Nutrition Source and Function 
  • Food Selection Models 
  • Fad Diets 
  • Sports Nutrition 
  • Nutritional Imbalance 
  • Marketing Tactics 
  • Diet Related Diseases 

Term 2

  • Skeletal system 
  • Muscular System 
  • Movement skills 

Ways You'll Learn

  • Written notes 
  • Group discussions 
  • Applying content to real world scenarios 
  • Participation in practical classes 

How You'll Show Your Learning

  • Complete activities in booklet 
  • Participation in practical classes 
  • Practical application of content 
  • End of content assessment

Assessment Tasks

1 end of content Learning Task – assignment style for Physical Education 

1 end of content Learning Task – assignment style for Health 

Future School Pathways

VCE General

  • Physical Education
  • Health and Human Development

VCE-VM Vocational Major

  • Personal Development Skills
  • Work Related Studies
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

VCE VET Certificates

  • VCE VET: Sport, Aquatics and Recreation 
  • VCE VET: Health