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Utah Open Textbook: Biology

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Curriculum resources can be expensive—but not this one. An online textbook offers informational text for a complete high school Biology course. Topics include energy flow, body system, genetics, and evolution.
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Feeding Your Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discuss nutrition and diet. They look at copies of Tetra's Daily Nutrition Pyramid for Tropical Fish. They compare the fish feeding pyramid to the pyramid for human nutrition. Students examine a can of fish food.
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A Balanced Diet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine which healthy foods comprise a well balanced meal. Using a checklist, students classify foods as healthy or unhealthy. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Understanding Portion Sizes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners analyze portion sizes in a healthy diet. In this portion sizes lesson, students complete a food group choices worksheet and identify the correct portion of food. Learners work in groups to teach the unit to elementary students....
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Starvation in the Ghettos

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars investigate how human beings survive under camp and ghetto life's extreme condition while understanding the USRDA requirements. They recognize the suffering and loss of life due to the lack of adequate nutrition.
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Leavening

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students experiment with the various types of leavening agents and complete a muffin lab. They review the basics of lab management and safety procedures: sanitation, measuring, altering recipes, table setting and mealtime manners, basic...
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Family Life Cycle - Breakfast Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review the nutritional needs of various age groups. In groups, they plan a breakfast meal for different age groups and spend time making the foods. To end the lesson, they serve the food to their classmates for an...
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Diet, Exercise and Health

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students keep a food and exercise log for a week. They compare their log to the food guide pyramid and standards for exercise for their age group. They write a paper that explains how they intend to improve their health.
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A Catering Idea

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students plan meals, create a shopping list, determine the cost of the meal, including incidentals such as labor and electricity used. In addition, they consider the cost of plates, table cloths, napkins, etc. Students prepare a meal and...
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Virginia Department of Education

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Provide high schoolers with their own indoor gardens! Emerging scientists discuss the process of photosynthesis and germinate seeds before growing plants in multiple lighting conditions. The hands-on application allows pupils to see...
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Elementary School Health and Wellness Fair

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is a nice idea for high school high schoolers to organize and present a Health and Wellness Fair at a local elementary school. It looks like it would take a lot of organization, but would certainly build community relationships....
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Nutrition Decision

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers act as decision makers and research and determine the nutritional needs of young children, teenagers, and adults. They compile their findings in a nutrition portfolio. Class groups assume the role of hospital dietician and...
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Population Connection

The Peopling of Our Planet

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How many people live on the planet, anyway? The first resource in a six-part series covers the topic of the world population. Scholars work in groups to conduct research and make population posters after learning about the global...
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Virginia Department of Education

The Cycles of Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Encourage peer collaboration and assist with the creation of visual aids to identify carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles as your class learns more about nature. They discuss relative information, create a visual aid depicting the chosen...
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Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the relationship between exercise and health. They name ways to monitor their health and the equipment used to do so. Students name solutions to common health issues and explain why good nutrition and exercise are...
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Ecology

For Students 5th - 12th
In this ecology worksheet learners complete a crossword puzzle that incorporates all of the ecological vocabulary in the word puzzle.
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Changing unhealthy eating habits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the elements of a balanced diet, then compile a daily diet and exercise log to assess their lifestyles and improve them if applicable. They recognize and explain the importance of proper nutrition practices.
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A Healthy Start To Every Day

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of having a healthy breakfast to begin their day. Students develop a cause and effect relationship between breakfast and their overall well being. They work cooperatively to plan balanced breakfast menus.
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Eggs Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research eggs including their structure, sizes, grades, nutritional value, functions in recipes, preparation techniques, and storage guidelines. They prepare a recipe including eggs.
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Sketching Prisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sketch and create nets of different polygons.In this geometry lesson, students differentiate prisms from other three-dimensional shapes. They define the properties of prisms.

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