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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore why Americans failed to meet health goals for the year 2000 and ways in which Americans can shape up to meet the 2010 goals. They maintain a food and exercise diary for one week, evaluate their nutrition and exercise habits. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the digestive system and begin to explore where nutrients come from, as well as their importance for particular tasks in the body. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and study the life and reproductive strategies of reef building corals. They examine how coral reefs can produce high levels of biological material when they are surviving in areas of low nutrition. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students, in groups, choose from a list of alternatives for recreational activities, transportation options, nutritional choices and other opportunities people have in their lives to make decisions which either benefits or has a negative impact on people. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study chemotropic sybioses and chemotropic nutrition. In groups, they complete a Chemotrophic Species Investigations (CSI) Worksheet. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students evaluate their eating habits. They retrieve information for The Food Guide Pyramid and design a three day menu for their family. Students access the importance of healthy eating habits as a life-long skill. They create a PowerPoint presentation focusing on a topic, main idea about recreational safety. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore about proper nutrition and the importance to maintain good health. They encounter the Food Pyramid as a supplement to keeping their bodies healthy. Students design a well-balanced menu for the day. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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- 3rd - 5th
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Students are introduced to how the digestive system works in their body. In groups, they discover they need energy and water to live a healthy life. They discover how the body repairs itself and how it grows. They also examine how undigested food is discarded. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students examine how to make positive health decisions. They determine the factors that lead to healthy growth and development such as proper nutrition, physical fitness, and no drug or alcohol abuse. In small groups, they examine case scenarios to determine where the participants would be on a health continuum and what they decisions should be made to increase their healthy living. Full Review »

