BIOLOGY 300 (HONORS HUMAN NUTRITION) TOPIC SCHEDULE

SPRING 2009

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM in Folsom 303

Dr. Bonnie Wood

Key to Fonts:

Outline Titles and Numbers

•      In class and laboratory activities

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS, ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS

Textbook chapters and homework due dates

Homework assignments

 

WEEK

HOMEWORK

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

1

Read Syllabus

Ch. 1, Outline 1

Ch. 2, Outline 2

Due 1/22: Homework 1

 

1/20: What you Eat: Outline 1

·  Build Your Learning Group/Introductions

·  N.A.T.: Nutrition Aptitude Test

 

1/22: Planning a Healthful Diet: Outline 2

·  Estimating Serving Size

BRING A CALCULATOR

 

 

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Chs. 1&2, Outline 3

Due 1/27: Homeworks 2,3

Due 1/29: Homework 4 (first 24 hour record)

 

1/27: How to Determine Nutrient Needs: Outline 3

·  Discussion of Estimating Serving Size Activity

·  Comparing Nutrient Density

·  Discuss how to Record Food Intake and Physical Activity (Homework #4)

1/29: Dine® Healthy 6:The Computer Lab: Outline 4

MEET IN FOLSOM 101B COMPUTER LAB

BE SURE YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE UMPI NDS COMPUTER LAB ACCOUNT

·  Entering Your One-Day Food and Activity Record into Dine® Healthy 6

3

Ch. 2, Outline 5

Due 2/3: Homeworks 5, 6,7,8

Ch. 3, Outline 6

Due 2/5:

Homework 10

2/3: Interpreting Food Labels: Outline 5

·  Discussion of homework activities

·  Computation Of Your Personal Daily Values Using Food Cards

BRING A CALCULATOR

 

2/5: Digestive System and Its Many Related Functions: Outline 6

Guest speaker: Kim-Anne Perkins, Professor of Social Work. Director of Social Work Program

 

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Ch. 4, Outline 7 Due 2/10: Homeworks 11,12,13; Submit book review title

Due 2/12: Homework 14

 

2/10: Carbohydrates: Outline 7

·  Case Study: Sweet Indigestion

·  Lactaid and Beano

·  Guessing How Much Sugar

 

2/12: Carbohydrates: Outline 7

Guest speaker: Dr. Michael Amey, Assistant Professor of English

·  Carbohydrate Counting

·  Case Study: Morgan: A Case of Diabetes

 

WINTER BREAK-NO CLASSES: 2/16 to 2/20

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Ch. 5, Outline 8 Due 2/26: Homeworks 15,16

2/24: TEST (Outlines 1 - 7)

2/26: Lipids: Outline 8

·  What’s Your Cholesterol IQ? (quiz)

·  Sources of Fat

·  Lipid Transport Jigsaw Activity

 

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Ch. 6, Outline 9

Due 3/5: Homeworks 17,18

 

 

3/3: Lipids : Outline 8

·  Analysis of Lipid Profiles from Actual Patients

·  Case Study: Wake-Up Call

 

3/5: Proteins: Outline 9

·  Taste Test: Soy Products

·  Revise a Recipe

 

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Outline 10

 

3/17: Dr. Wood submits midterm grades

 

 

3/10: TEST (Outlines 8 - 9)

 

3/12: Preparation for Service Learning Project: Outline 10

·  Pairing of Students & Participants

·  Discussion of Institutional Review Board For The Protection Of Human Subjects (IRB)

·  Discussion of Schedule For Service-Learning Project

·  Discussion of Nutritional Assessment Outline And Point Distribution for Grading

 

 

 

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Ch. 11, Outline 11

Due 3/17: Homeworks 19,20,21

Make Appt. w/ service-learning partner to meet at UMPI Health Center

 

3/17: Energy Balance and Body Composition: Outline 11

·  Calculating BMR and Total Energy Needs

·  Calculating Waist-to-Hip Ratio & Waist Circumference

·  Estimating Body Frame Size

·  Healthful Weight According to Height-Weight Tables

3/19 Energy Balance and Body Composition: Outline 11

Guest instructors: Dr. Sue Beaudet, Professor of Physical Education and Aaron Tomlinson, Head Athletic Trainer. Demonstrations of body composition assessments: underwater weighing, skinfold measurements and bioelectrical impedance analysis.

MEET AT POOL AT GENTILE HALL

SPRING BREAK-NO CLASSES 3/23 to 3/27

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Ch. 7, Outline 12

Due 3/31: Homework 22

Ch. 8, Outline 13

Due 4/2: Homework 23.

1st & 2nd meetings with service learning partner (Bring in signed Informed Consent)

3/31: Nutrients Involved in Fluid/Electrolyte Balance: Outline 12

·  Fluid and Electrolyte Quiz

·  Case Study: Lost in the Desert

·  Make your Own Sports Drink

·  Researching the Supplements: Divide homework for Outlines 13, 14, 15, and 16 among learning team members

4/2: Nutrients Involved in Antioxidant Function : Outline 13

REPORTS ON SUPPLEMENTS

·  Vitamins and Antioxidant Quiz

·  Case Study: All That Glitters May Not Be Gold: A Troublesome Case Of Transgenic Rice

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Ch. 9, Outline 14

Due 4/7: Homework 24.

Due 4/9: Homework 25.

By 4/9: Book review draft consultation at Writing Center.

4/7: Nutrients Involved in Bone Health : Outline 14

Guest speaker: Krista Delahunty, Researcher at The Jackson Laboratory. “Using Mice To Investigate The Genetics Of Osteoporosis”

REPORTS ON SUPPLEMENTS

·  Bone Health Quiz

·  Case Study: Osteoporosis: Marissa, Jeremy, and Eleanor

 

4/9: Nutrients involved in Energy Metabolism and Blood Health : Outline 15

REPORTS ON SUPPLEMENTS

·  Energy Metabolism and Blood Health Quiz

·  Case Study:  Thiamin Deficiency: A Directed Case Study

·  Case Study: The Chemistry of Cooley's Anemia

 

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Ch. 12, Outline 16

Due 4/16: Homeworks 26, 27

Ch. 13, Outline 17

Due 4/16:

Final book review.

4/14: Nutrition and Physical Activity: Outline 16

REPORTS ON SUPPLEMENTS

·  Case Study: A Can of Bull?

·  Design an Invitation

·  Plan Menu for May 7 Luncheon

 

4/16: Disordered Eating: Outline 17

Guest speaker: Kim McCrea, Lecturer/Clinical Ed. Coordinator Athletic Training.  “Female Athlete Triad”

 

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Due 4/21: Homeworks 28, 29

Third meeting with Service Learning Partner

Ch.14, Outline 19

Homework 30: Make a food label using DINE at a computer lab

4/21: Sports Nutrition: Outline 18

Guest Speaker: Aaron Tomlinson, Head Athletic Trainer.

TEAM PRESENTATIONS OF HOMEWORK #29.

 

4/23: Food Safety: Outline 19

·  Food Safety Quiz

·  Case Study: The Benign Hamburger

·  Case Study: Irradiation: Is It Consumer-Friendly?

 

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Due 4/24: Draft of Nutritional Assessment.

Make appt for fourth  meeting with service learning partner

4/28: TEST (OUTLINES 10-19)

·         Sign up for individual appointment with Dr. Wood

 

4/30: Individual Meetings with Dr. Wood to review your Nutritional Assessment draft.

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, 316 South Hall.

Homework 30: Submit the printed nutrition facts label and recipe for the food you will bring to the luncheon.

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Due 5/7 Bring food item with its Nutrition Facts label to the luncheon

5/5: Meet with your Service Learning Partner to explain Nutritional Assessment and present him/her with a written copy (your grade will be an “Incomplete” until this is accomplished.

5/7 (11:00 AM–1:30PM) 11:30AM LUNCHEON FOR SERVICE LEARNING PARTNERS, CAMPUS CENTER

SIT WITH YOUR PARTNER!!

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FINAL COPY OF NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF YOUR SERVICE LEARNING PARTNER IS DUE IN MY OFFICE BY 5:00 PM, TUESDAY MAY 12, 2009

NO FINAL EXAM.