Nutrition: Section 1 – Hydration

Taylor Pickett
All Saints High School
TM: Kevin Maclellan

Time and Date Friday, March 5th Course Sports Performance 10

10:30am-12:30pm Lesson 120 minutes

Duration
 

PROGRAM OF STUDY OUTCOMES

HSS 1020: NUTRITION WELLNESS
GLO 2: Explain the effects of hydration on health and wellness
SLO 2.1: describe the role water in the body
SLO 2.2: describe the function of the thirst mechanism at various ages
SLO 2.3: recognize signs and symptoms of dehydration
SLO 2.4: describe the impact of dehydration on physical activity
SLO 2.5: summarize steps for preventing dehydration during rest and physical
activity

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1. Identify why water is the essential nutrient
2. Learn how to calculate their hydrate status
3. Understand what dehydration is and its symptoms
4. Identify what a muscle cramp is and what causes it
5. Understand the effects of sweat on the body and hydration status
6. Understand the composition of sports and energy drinks, and their effect on the human body.

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

 Laptop
 Powerpoint
 Workbooks
 Video

PREPARATION AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

 Have the notebooks ready to handout to the students
 Powerpoint should be cued up on the loft screen

PROCEDURE
 Introduction Notes

 Introduce this unit to the students. 15 minutes

“In this unit we will touch on topics such as hydration, fueling the body, healthy body weight,
and competition nutrition.”

 As you are doing this handout the booklet

“This booklet contains fill in the blank notes, so as we go through the Prezi you will follow along
and fill in the information missing from the notes. There are activities in the booklet we will be
completing as well!”

 Inform students that you will be taking in their booklets at the end of the unit to assess
the activities that are done throughout the course.
 This particular section focuses on hydration of the athlete, the importance it has on
athletic performance, and how dehydration affects the body and athletic performance.

Body Notes

Introductio “On the first page of your note book you will find 7 questions, answer these - Be mobile
n Activity questions to the best of your ability! The purpose of this exercise is to extract while students
information that will help you set realistic, sport-specific performance goals for are answering
10 Minutes yourself.” the questions
 Students should try to answer these questions to the best of their
abilities as we can refer back to them throughout the duration of this unit
 They will be given about 10 minutes to answer these questions
o More time can be given if need be

Hydration  Begin presentation. The topic of discussion is hydration. - Ensure students

40 mins  We will begin by discussing water. Touch on how it is the essential nutrient, aren’t on their
and the importance of adequate hydration on the human body. phone
 They will learn how calculate their hydration status and what hydrating and
dehydrating fluids are.
“This activity in your notebook requires you to put a tick mark in the boxes for
the number of servings you have in each grouping of fluids. Once this is
complete, we will calculate your hydration status. Your goal is to have a
hydration status of 8 points or more”

 We will then transition into the cause dehydration, and the

symptoms our bodies demonstrate at different percentages of percent
weight lost in water

“How do we lose water throughout the day? Does anyone have any ideas?”

 We will then transition muscle cramps and how they can be treated and
prevented - Give wait time
for students to
“Muscle cramps are often associated with dehydration but can also be related answer
to overexertion fluid loss, inadequate conditioning and electrolyte imbalance”
questions.
  We will then move to the chart that shows the first aid for muscle cramps
“One of the main ways our body’s loses water is through sweat, so let’s take a
look at how we lose water this way!”

 From there we will move onto sweat rates and the composition of sweat. In
this section we will discuss how to properly replenish the body after
sweating during physical exercise.

“How can we replenish the body fluid? Water are some things we can do to
help increase our food intake?”

 This will lead into sports and energy drinks, there composition and the
benefits/determents they have on the human body during activity.

“Sports drinks are really popular among athletes, but please remember that
your body stores enough electrolytes to sustain you for at least one hour of
intense exercise”

“What is the best drink to replenish the bodies fluid levels? WATER! There is
really no need for sports drinks like Gatorade and Power Aid until after about
60-90 minutes of exercise”

 This leads us into the discussion of the composition of sports drinks

o Water  92%-94% by volume (rapid absorption)
o Carbohydrates  6-8% by volume (energy source preferred by
working muscles, improves taste, increases desire to drink)
o Sodium & Potassium  replace electrolytes lost in sweat, increased
desire to drink

“There is an activity to make your own sports drink, take a look at it, but we
won’t be doing it in class at the moment!”

 This furthers our conversation on energy drinks.

 We then touch on what the consumption of energy drinks can lead to, and
who SHOULD NOT be consuming these drinks.
 The last topic we will touch on is Energy drinks and physical activity

“Why are energy drinks not appropriate before or during physical activity?”

Conclusion Time

 “I want 5 students to tell me one thing they learned from today’s lesson.”
5 mins
 To sum up the lesson review the key points of hydration.
 o Such as water being the essential nutrient, what percentage of the body it
makes up, how dehydration affects the body, how to replenish the body after
physical activity and the composition of sport and energy drinks.

Assessment
Formative Assessment: Summative Assessment:
 Observation  Workbook