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Healthy Eatings Level: 7 to 9

Prescribed Learning Outcomes in Health and Career Education (HACE),
Physical Education (PE) and Home Economics (HE)

The Healthy Living Performance Standards represent selected PLO’s at these grade levels. For a complete list of PLO’s go to Health and Career Education, Physical Education and Home Economics.

Printable Version of the 7 to 9 Healthy Eating PLO (PDF 65KB | Word 31KB)

Health and Career Education

Grade Seven

Goals and Decisions

  • A1 design a plan to achieve a specific goal
  • A2 demonstrate an ability to apply a decision-making model to a specific situation

Healthy Living

  • C1 analyse factors (including media and peer) that influence personal health decisions
  • C2 describe strategies for attaining and maintaining physical, emotional, and social health during puberty and adolescence

Grade Eight

Healthy Living

  • set personal goals for attaining and maintaining a healthy lifestyle
  • analyse influences on eating habits, including family, peers, and media

Grade Nine

Healthy Living

  • relate the characteristics of a healthy lifestyle to their ability to maximize personal potential
  • analyse how healthy eating habits can support a healthy lifestyle

 

Physical Education

Grade Seven

Active Living

  • Knowledge

    A2 analyse the relationship between personal nutrition choices and participation in physical activity

 

Home Economics: Foods and Nutrition

Grade Eight

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

  • C1 describe the importance of nutrition and other factors that contribute to health
  • C2 use Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide to plan simple, nutritious dishes and snacks
  • C3 use product labels to identify and compare the nutritional value of a variety of food products

Social, Economic, and Cultural Influences

  • D1 describe factors that influence personal food choices

Grade Nine

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

  • C2 use Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide to plan meals and snacks for a nutritionally balanced diet
  • C3 examine the relationship between individual eating practices and physical activity
  • C4 identify and compare the ingredients and nutritional value of various commercial food products

Social, Economic, and Cultural Influences

  • D1 describe factors that influence food choices