CLUB: Framework for Integrated Teaching
Embedding concepts of food, fitness and farming into the classroom
F.I.T. CLUB’S MOTIVATION
In the United States, both children and adults are facing an unprecedented epidemic of obesity, diabetes and associated chronic diseases; a large percentage lack basic knowledge about meal planning, food budgeting, and cooking. As our public schools increasingly focu
s on Mathematics and the English Language Arts, there is less space in the curriculum to teach about the links between nutrition and disease. CLUB’S PURPOSE
F.I.T. Club is committed to developing an integrated web-based health curriculum, which utilizes Common Core Standards directed toward urban students but applicable to any school setting and to anyone who eats! CLUB’S CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
F.I.T. Club curriculum integrates the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and the English Language Arts with Science and Social Studies to educate students about food sourcing and production, cooking, sustainability, nutrition and disease. The target audience is K-12 students, with specific lesson plans designed for second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade students; however, the concepts can be easily adapted to other grade levels. Curriculum webs, lesson plans, and annotated reading lists are centered on three themes: Young Farmers Club, Young Chefs Club and Young Doctors Club. The goal is to introduce key concepts of food, fitness and farming within the current framework. Club is designed to enhance the current curriculum.
