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Kids Health: Strength Training
Strength training isn't just for people wanting to develop larger muscles. This article discusses many of the benefits associated with weight training and how to determine your appropriate level of involvement. Links to related articles...
Read Works
Read Works: Energetic Emily
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a girl named Emily who learns that we get our energy from food, especially healthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Dieticians of Canada: Assess Yourself
Learn about your diet, BMI, and more with this resource from the Dieticians of Canada.
Crescent Public Schools
The Internet Science Room: Enthalpy and Heat
Students learn about thermodynamics and enthalpy through practice problems and examples in this chemistry lesson.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: How Far to Mount Katahdin
Organized into 5 parts, this lesson combines physical activity with academic subjects including math, health, and geography. In part I, students calculate how many steps it would take to complete the Appalachian Trail. In parts II and...
Curated OER
Kids Health: T'ai Chi
T'ai Chi is a form of martial arts that has benefits beyond self-defense. Check out this article to see how T'ai Chi can improve your flexibility and strength. Links to related sites are also included.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Pilates
Many people use and support Pilates, a form of resistance training. Learn more about the background of Pilates and how you can incorporate it into your exercise rourtine. Links to similar sites are also provided.
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Kids' World Nutrition Information: Understanding Food Labels
In order to plan a healthy diet, students must know how to read a food label. Food labels show that a food has a little or a lot of certain nutrients. Look on the side of a product to find the Nutrition Facts title, which is fully...
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Is Your Diet Healthy?
A nutrition calculator exploring student's dietary choices by finding their total intake of calories, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, sodium, and fiber throughout the day.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: About All You Can Eat: The Bite Stuff
Examine dog foods designed to clean teeth surface during chewing, design a human snack and measure its calories per mass. Discuss foods that might work as "edible toothbrushes" for people.
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Healthy Eating: Breakfast
Learn why eating breakfast helps contribute to a healthy metabolism and healthy weight, and find examples of simple breakfast foods that are low in fat and calories.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Lipids: Triglycerides
A PowerPoint lesson reviewing the structure of lipids that allow them to store calories. Also learn the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats.
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Teaching Gude: Healthy Choices
Through this activity, high school students keep track of what they eat everyday and compare their nutrient intake with the minimum requirements for good health.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Fat: Obesity, Eating Habits and Weight Loss
Evaluate current guidelines for a healthy diet, compare them to one's own eating habits and learn safe behaviors for maintaining a healthy weight. Analyze the food pyramid, fast-food and health-food nutrition and the causes of obesity.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Educators
Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.
Curated OER
Kids Health: How Can I Lose Weight Safely
Finding the right weight for yourself can often be difficult because most people aspire to loose or gain a few pounds. Find out how you can safely reach a comfortable weight based on your unique body composition. Links to similar sites...
Read Works
Read Works: Hot Topics
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the human body gets energy from food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Calorimetry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the design and function of a calorimeter along with calorimetry sample problems.
Chem Tutor
Chemtutor: Walking Up the Phase Change Graph
Good exercise graphing a phase change graph from solid to liquid to graph. Includes temperatures and all energy changes for water through this process.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Food and Nutrition
Learn about the five food groups that are important for a healthy diet.
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Mariner 10 Images
Images of Mercury taken by Mariner 10. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files. Text link provides detailed background information about the mission and its objectives.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Rome's Influence
A lesson plan which has students understanding the impact that Rome had on history, from things as diverse as city planning to our everyday vocabulary.
NASA
Nasa Star Child: Mercury
Provides good information about Mercury and is a good starting point for information about the planet along with pictures and audio. Links to a simple fact table, puzzle, glossary, and more detailed information.
Other
Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts
What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...
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