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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze personal lifestyles and compute proper amounts of exercise, rest and nutrition to provide peak performance. They determine how knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors contribute to healthy relationships with self and others. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students investigate the nutritional value of insects as a global food source. they complete a nutritional table indicating the nutritional value of their favorite foods. they compare their form with one for insects as nutrition. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze their personal lifestyles and compute the proper amounts of exercise, rest and nutrition to provide peak personal performance. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the different food groups on the food pyramid. In groups, they discover the proper amount to eat from each food group and how to prepare healthy meals. They keep a food journal and calculate the amount of calories they take in taking into account the amount of physical activity they receive in a day. To end the lesson, they discuss whether being a vegetarian is healther than not. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students examine the issue of food quality to assess the dangers of pesticides, additives, and improper food preparation. After keeping food diaries and categorizing foods, they fill in food pyramids based on their journal entries. In addition, students bake cakes to determine how additives change the taste of food and take a cola taste test. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discover that a healthy diet and exercise can lead to better physical and mental health. As a class, they define new vocabulary associated with overeating or undereating. They examine problems the American people have and try to offer solutions to them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students determine the adequate requirements for nutrients, examine the functions of the common nutrients and identify sources, and examine/evaluate the role of cholesterol in the body and its implications for good health in this High School Nutrition lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine their favorite holidays and how they are celebrated. After reading an article, they discuss the length of television programming for the Super Bowl. In groups, they create their own television programming relating to their favorite holiday. They also write reaction papers to how television has changed the way holidays are celebrated. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students participate in a game of Holiday Bingo then discuss Holiday foods and problems from these foods. They review a list of ideas on how not to overeat during the holidays and review ways to cut down on fat in typical holiday dishes. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students, testing various foods for fat content by rubbing food samples on paper. Students identify what and who the US Food and Drug Administration is in reference to the Food Pyramid. Students write the name of each food brought in to class in the appropriate pyramid space for each of the food groups. Students monitor TV commercials and make lists of snack foods advertised between 5 and 7 p.m. on weeknights or on Saturday morning. Full Review »
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