GRADE LEVEL:  5 - 8

LEARNER OUTCOMES:

1. The student will discuss the definition of diabetes and the two major types.
2. The student will identify and list the benefits of exercise and its relationship to healthy lifestyles.
3. The student will describe the impact of exercise on diabetes.
4. The student will identify the symptoms of and  describe how to help someone who has low blood sugar.
5. The student will search a fitness site.
6. The student will search a diabetes site.

DURATION OF LESSON:    30-45 minutes

1. Handouts
2. Puzzles
3. Cnn.com article "Being overweight creates a heavy risk for diabetes"
4. Internet access
5. Worksheet Answers
6. Multiple Choice Answers
7. Word Identification/Matching Answers

1. Computer
2. Internet Access

1. Give students lesson handouts
2. Give students word search puzzle
3. Go through internet search process

List/define and discuss words to know

1. diabetes
2. insulin
3. hypoglycemia
4. glucose
5. symptoms
6. type 1 diabetes
7. type 2 diabetes
8. exercise
9. carbohydrates
10. chronic illness

1. improved blood sugar control
2. weight loss
3. improved digestion and appetite control
4. lower blood pressure
5. better sleep
6. lower cholesterol
7. improved mood, attitude, self-esteem
8. improved circulation
9. improved energy levels

After reading the CNN article, "Being overweight creates a heavy risk for diabetes" from the Internet
 

1. List and discuss the impact of exercise on diabetes
2. maintains healthy weight and wards off diabetes
3. delays or stops the toll of organ damage
4. lessons the work of the pancreas, the organ that makes insulin and regulates blood sugar
5. helps to burn up glucose in the blood stream
6. produces muscle which burns up glucose faster

List and disucss the symptoms of low blood sugar

1. sweaty
2. hungry
3. weak
4. dizzy
5. confused
6. change in behavior
7. headaches
8. tingling in mouth and/or fingers

1. When symptoms occur, confirm with blood sugar test, if possible.
2. When in doubt, treat.
3. Treat immediately.
4. If unconscious, get to doctor immediately.
5. If conscious, give fast acting sweet drink or food available. Allow 10-25 minutes for the sugar to be effective and repeat if no improvement is seen.

Common choices may be:

A.  orange juice (1/2 cup)
B.  regular soda (3/4 cup)
C.  4 lumps of sugar
D.  12 jelly beans
E.  3-4 small sugar mints
F.  4 tsp. of sugar, honey, or syrup, placed under the tongue
G.  instant glucose (20 grams)
H.  milk (3/4-1 cup)

MODIFICATIONS: 

1. Refer to student IEP to determine specific modifications/accomodations 

1. Complete word search puzzle.
2. Complete diabetes games and word finds
3. Play fitness monopoly game

• Rubric Evaluation With Students Achieving At Least A Minimum Satisfactory Rating

1. Worksheet
2. Multiple Choice Test
3. Word Identification/Matching

• Health:  6.27, 6.34
• Computer/Technology:  6.35, 6.36, 6.37
• Physical Education:  6.12, 6.13, 6.30, 6.31, 7.3, 7.6, 7.9, 7.10, 7.18, 7.23, 8.3, 8.4, 8.12, 8.23, 8.25

National Standards:

Health:
     Standard 7
          Level III
               1. Knows personal health strengths and risks (e.g., results of a personal health assessment)
               2. Knows how positive health practices and appropriate health care can help to reduce
                   health risks (e.g., good personal hygiene, health screenings, self-examination).
               3. Knows strategies and skills that are used to attain personal health goals (e.g., maintaining 
   an exercise program, 
                   making healthy food choices).
               4. Understands how changing information, abilities, priorities, and responsibilities
                   influence personal health goal.
               5. Knows how health is influenced by the interaction of body systems.

Technology: 
     Standard 1
          Level III 
               3. Connects via modem to other computer users via the internet, an on-line service,
                   or bulletin board system.

Physical Education:
     Standard 3
          Level III
               1. Understands long-term physiological benefits of regular participation in physical
                   activity (e.g., improved cardiovascular and and muscular strength, improved flexibility
                   and body composition).

     Standard 4
          Level III
               4. Understands the role of exercise and other factors in weight control and body composition.

References:

1. DiabetesAtWork
2. Animation Factory
3. Diabetestoolbox
4. Lessonplanspage
5. CNN
6. WebReference