Blue Zones Challenge: Lessons

Extend the Quest experience and bridge the connections between what your students know and what they do. The Blue Zones Challenge is an open-ended learning experience that offers countless opportunities for critical-thinking skills, such as inquiry, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Use the Blue Zones Challenge to help students make the connection between the science of healthy aging and their own long-term health.

Use these Blue Zones Challenge Lessons along with the Blue Zones Challenge to make an impact on children’s health and wellness.

	Description	PDFs
Lesson 1	In this lesson, students can understand the importance of being physically active and identify physical activitiy scenarios	Get Moving
Lesson 2	In this lesson, students can identify ways to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables	Healthier Food, Healthier You
Lesson 3	In this lesson, students can read nutritional labels, understand the health costs associated with consuming sweetened beverages, calculate the financial cost of consuming sweetened beverages, and identify ways to reduce their own consumption of sweetened beverages	Sippin' Sweets
Lesson 4	In this lesson, students can identify ways to reduce time spent watching television when faced with common situations and peer pressure.	Tuning Out