Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Fast Food Fools

2nd - 6th
Registered dietician, Molly Morgan of Creative Nutrition Solutions, works with Move It! cast members in this video to give a brief overview of how to make healthier choices while dining out. [3:10]
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Pbs Learning Media: Sugary Drink Smarts

2nd - 6th
In this video, Mackenzie teams up with Molly Morgan, a registered dietician, Tim, and Derek, Binghamton Senators hockey players, to show viewers the amount of added sugar in some of the most popular beverages. [7:37]
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Portion Distortion

2nd - 6th
This video gives viewers an inside look at what registered dietitian, Pat Mizerak, calls "portion distortion." [1:16]
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Label Reading Part 2

2nd - 6th
In this video, Move It! cast members learn the importance of reading nutrition labels and what parts are most significant. [1:31]
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Pbs Learning Media: Label Reading Part 1

2nd - 6th
This video helps people of all ages read nutrition labels correctly. Pat Mizerak registered dietician at United Health Services, points out important things on a label such as serving size and calories. [1:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: Do the Mohawk Walk

2nd - 6th
In this video, children learn about teamwork and trust as they work together to complete physically and mentally tough challenges while on a ropes course. [3:02]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 7: Going Farming!

6th - 8th
Learn how in certain neighborhoods it's very difficult to find fresh, healthy, affordable food. See how some schools are responding by giving students opportunities to get excited about growing, preparing, and eating plant-based food....
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 6 B: Diabetes an Epidemic

6th - 8th
Understand how processed foods that are cheap, convenient and everywhere are making people sick with diseases like diabetes especially in certain communities. Hear a young poet express her concerns about the foods that are making her...
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 6 A: Sugar Flood

6th - 8th
Learn how prevalent sugar is in most things we consume and how eating and drinking too much of it can contribute to type 2 diabetes. [3:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 5: Serve More, Eat More

6th - 8th
Discover that when food and drinks are served to us in large containers we tend to eat more even when we're not hungry. Food companies use this strategy to sell more products. [3:46]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 4: Marketing Low Fat

6th - 8th
Learn why the campaign to reduce fat in our diet is the best example yet of how the science of nutrition can get highjacked by the ideology of nutritionism. [1:34]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 3: Phud Phads

6th - 8th
Learn how the discovery of vitamins, while a major scientific achievement, also became a way for the food marketers to convince the public about the next "magic bullet" for optimal health, a trend that continues today. [5:06]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 2: Salt, Sugar, Fat

6th - 8th
Learn about how the Western Diet, made up of lots of meat and highly processed foods full of salt, sugar and fat, leads to big profits for food companies and poor health for people. [3:35]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 1: Meet Anthony Scavotto

6th - 8th
Learn how a real middle school student, Anthony Scavotto, and his family struggle to figure out what to eat to be healthy so he can play sports without getting tired, like other kids his age. [2:38]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 10: Join the Movement

6th - 8th
Learn about the food movement and how people all across the country are getting involved in growing food, shopping at farmers markets, and advocating for healthy food and food justice for all. [3:47]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 9: Secrets of the French

6th - 8th
Learn that culture can be a very powerful way to teach us how to eat, and how the French have traditions and customs that help them eat well. [4:39]
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Pbs Learning Media: Clip 8: Vegetable Surprise

6th - 8th
See how when students have a hand in producing healthy food they are more likely to try new and unfamiliar ingredients. Students in a summer camp get to make homemade pizzas using a wide variety of familiar and unusual vegetables that...
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Calcium

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide an informative overview of calcium. Students learn what foods provide good sources of calcium, and how calcium helps grow strong and healthy bones. [4:02]
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Pbs Learning Media: Home Gardening

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos promote the benefits of growing fresh fruits and vegetables in home gardens, by showing students how soil, water, and sunlight are the key ingredients to a basic garden. [3:54]
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Pbs Learning Media: Sodium

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide an informative overview of the role of sodium in proper nutrition. Students learn how the body only needs a small amount of sodium daily, and too much sodium can cause dehydration, drowsiness and...
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Pbs Learning Media: Food Choices

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos promote the importance of understanding nutritional information and eating a well-balanced diet, focusing on food choices. Students learn about different types of foods from around the world, how to read...
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Calories

1st - 4th
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating with an emphasis on calories. Students learn about how calories are used in digestion to turn into energy, but consuming too many calories means...
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Pbs Learning Media: Paint by Blunders

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy and the kids are painting a rainbow salad until Uncle Freddy interrupts, and they teach him that vibrant colored natural foods are much more healthy and have more vitamins and minerals than ones...
Instructional Video
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Pbs Learning Media: Food Rainbow

1st - 4th
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the vegetables sing a song about foods being different colors, and students learn about the nutritional benefits of eating an assortment of colorful food. [1:36]