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 Competency Goals:: 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of how food provides energy and materials for growth and repair of the body.
Objectives:
4.01: Explain why organisms require energy to live and grow. 4.02: Show how calories can be used to compare the chemical energy of different foods. 4.03: Discuss how foods provide both energy and nutrients for living organisms. 4.04: Identify starches and sugars as carbohydrates. 4.05: Determine that foods are made up of a variety of components: