Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy​
Nutrition and Wellness                      Fall 2021

Instructor:  Peres Sambu phone: 608 -519-6977 email: peressambu@gmail.com
Ages: 5-18
Location:  Neighbor to Neighbor in Berrien Springs or Zoom
Format: In person or Virtual 
Dates and Times:  Classes must begin in September. Updated days and times as of 7/30
Elementary: Tuesday 4 - 5 pm
Middle school: Thursday 4 - 5 pm
High school: Thursday 5 - 6 pm


Nutrition and Wellness I (Elementary students)
Why do I have to eat my salad? Why do I need water? Kids are curious and teaching them good nutrition in answer to their own questions will help build healthy eating habits that will positively impact their health both now and in future. This course introduces the students to healthy eating. Using the concept of Traffic Light Eating, this course covers the importance of eating whole grains and fruits & veggies. (Proteins, healthy fats & oils and Water will be completed the following semester.) Introduction to exercising is incorporated and the concept wise and healthy food shopping is also briefly introduced.
Syllabus

Nutrition and Wellness I (Middle School students)
“Although adolescence and young adulthood are generally healthy times of life, some important health and social problems either start or peak during these years.” Listed among these problems is “Nutrition and weight conditions”. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/Adolescent-Health
Teaching adolescents good nutrition will help build healthy eating habits that will positively impact their health both now and in future. This course introduces the students to healthy eating. Using the concept of Traffic Light Eating, this course covers the importance of eating whole grains and fruits & veggies. (Proteins, healthy fats & oils and Water will be covered the following semester.) Introduction to exercising is briefly covered in this course . The concept of wise and healthy food shopping is also taught with special emphasis on reading food labels.
Syllabus


Nutrition and Wellness I (High School students)
“Although adolescence and young adulthood are generally healthy times of life, some important health and social problems either start or peak during these years.” Listed among these problems is “Nutrition and weight conditions”. https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/Adolescent-Health
Teaching adolescents good nutrition will help build healthy eating habits that will positively impact their health both now and in future. This course introduces the students to healthy eating. Using the concept of Traffic Light Eating, this course covers the importance of eating whole grains and fruits & veggies. (Proteins, healthy fats & oils and Water will be covered the following semester.) Introduction to exercising is briefly covered in this course . The concept of wise and healthy food shopping is also taught with special emphasis on reading food labels.
Syllabus

*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Peres Sambu