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Vitamins Teacher Resources
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Looking for authentic hands-on nutritional experiments? High schoolers will perform experiments to test for the presence of vitamin C in several solutions as well as the effect of caffeine on Daphnia. They will also consider the advertising used to sell food regardless of its nutritional value. This is a very well composed lesson that provides extensions, vocabulary, and a lab experiment.
For this vitamins worksheet, students read a 2 page article on vitamins, answer 3 statements with multiple choice answers, match 3 types of vitamins with how they help the human body and then answer 4 statements as true or false.
Students explore the benefits of a nutritional supplement. Through discussion and reviewing handouts, students determine their personal needs for a vitamin. Given the Food Guide Pyramid, students study the importance of proper nutrition and eating a variety of foods.
In this vitamins and minerals worksheet, learners review how these are measured and determine what minerals the body needs. Students determine how different vitamins help the body to function properly. This worksheet has 22 short answer questions and 18 fill in the blank questions.
Students measure and compare the amount of vitamin C in orange juice samples. They discover the effects of different factors on the concentration of vitamin C. They participate in an experiment to test the orange juice.
Students research a variety of vitamins and create a PSA type announcement for Voicethread. In this vitamin research lesson, students research their assigned vitamin or mineral. Students explore the PSA website to create an effective PSA about the topic. Students post the PSA on Voicethread.
Students determine the amount of vitamin C present in 3 samples of juice stored in various light conditions. In this vitamin lesson plan, students investigate the amount of vitamin C present in juice exposed to different quantities of light. Students complete a titration using iodine and a known amount of vitamin C to find a conversion factor used to determine the unknown concentrations of vitamin C. Students answer 3 questions and conclude how to preserve the most vitamin C in juice.
Pupils explore the reasons why its important to take Vitamin B-12 for your health. They examine pictures and package labels of meat, milk, eggs, cereals, etc. to view the vitamins listed on each. In addition, they develop a personal plan to get vitamin B-12 from cereals or supplements every day to keep healthy
Middle schoolers explain the function of vitamins in their body. In this health lesson, students identify the six types of vitamins. They create a chart comparing two of them.
Students are introduced to the various vitamins or minerals. In groups, they research the functions of the minerals and vitamins in the body. To end the instructional activity, they examine the deficiencies that can occur if they are not available.