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BMI: Body Mass Indicator

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover their body weight and composition. For this health lesson, students use a body mass indicator to identify their percentage of body fat. Students develop an exercise plan and record progress throughout a month.
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Measuring Body Fat

For Students 5th - 12th
In this body fat measurement worksheet, students will conduct an experiment to determine how the "under-water weighing" technique of measuring body fat works. Once the experiment is complete, students will complete 1 short answer question.
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Baylor College

Body Mass Index (BMI)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
How do you calculate your Body Mass Index, and why is this information a valuable indicator of health? Class members discover not only what BMI is and practice calculating it using the height and weight of six fictitious individuals, but...
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Measuring Obesity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Studies show that obesity is now a global problem. But how are researchers measuring obesity? Young scientists investigate the myriad of methods for measuring body fat through a presentation. From hands-on to high-tech, viewers learn...
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

How the Body Uses Fat

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Not all fat is bad—eating good fats actually helps with weight loss. Learn how the body uses fat through a 27-slide presentation that breaks down the path fat takes from entering to exiting the body. Understanding why fat is helpful and...
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Body Composition Circuit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars work in groups to increase nutritional awareness.  In this health and fitness lesson, students travel to various stations and complete the task on a body composition card. 
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Basic Vitamins: Water-Soluble and Fat-Soluble

For Teachers 5th - 8th
An incredibly thorough lesson plan on vitamins, and how to keep one's body at peak health. Learners access a variety of excellent worksheets embedded in the plan that have them consider raw vs. cooked foods, a vegetable nutrition...
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Healthy Field Day

For Teachers K - 5th
Hosting a Healthy Field Day will take a lot of planning and organization, but with a lot of parent participation it can come together very well. The resource describes seven stations of the ten that were presented. Each of these has a...
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Reshaping Body Image

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view images and write responses based on their impressions. In this body image lesson, students brainstorm how body image is influenced culturally and participate in a small group discussion on these influences. Students view...
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University of Minnesota

Homeostasis of Thermoregulation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Whether you're battling the flu or trying to warm up on a chilly day, your body's ability to react to temperature change is fascinating! Anatomy scholars discover the fantastic feedback loops that control body temperature in a rigorous...
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Fueling Body Activities - Digestion

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Not only is the human digestive system covered in this biology worksheet, learners will also explore the digestive process of other animals. The 30 short-answer questions address modes of heterotrophic nutrition, the function of each...
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Fitness Lesson- Body Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list and define the 3 basic body types, then execute the basic fundamentals in an interval training warm-up. They measure their own body fat %, then execute basic techniques involved in a game of Ultimate Frisbee.
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Build A Body

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore the concept of body composition through a hands on activity. Working in groups, they create a body model using objects found in gym class. Students calculate the percentage of elements in the body they have composed.
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EngageNY

Interpreting, Integrating, and Sharing Information: Using Charts and Graphs about DDT

For Teachers 6th Standards
Is American growing fatter? Scholars begin with a mini lesson plan on reading charts and graphs using information about Human Body Fat in United States. They then transfer what they learned to charts and graphs using  harmful and...
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Human Body: Pushing the Limits-Sensation

For Students 5th - 10th
In this "Human Body: Pushing the Limits-Sensation" worksheet, students watch the movie and respond to 25 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding information from the documentary.
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Handout
ProCon

Obesity

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is obesity a disease or just a preventable risk factor for other diseases? Scholars attempt to form their own opinions by reading a background of the issue and watching videos that explore the main pro and con arguments using an included...
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Fat - A Concentrated Energy Source

For Teachers All
The role of fat as a nutrient that provides a source of concentrated energy and is also necessary for the body to utilize other nutrients, namely some important vitamins.
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Why Is a Low-Saturated Fat Diet a More Healthful Diet?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze the ways that their food choices can affect body composition and self-concept. They list the benefits of making healthy food choices.
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My Personal Improvement Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils investigate what is necessary to design a personal improvement plan including making web using software. They research the meaning of Body Mass Index and how to measure it before accessing assigned web sites that discuss health...
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Cartwells

MyPlate Lesson and Relay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Youngsters are up and moving in an exciting relay race designed to help them better understand where common foods fall on the MyPlate nutritional guidelines. Working in teams, they identify images of foods and name what food groups they...
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Mirror: Worksheet A, Great Figures

For Students 7th - 8th
In this health activity, students identify celebrities who have a variety of body types. They write their feelings when seeing another person who is fat. They list people they admire, and list three characteristics that make a person...
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Skin: Skin Prints

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore human anatomy by participating in a print experiment. In this human skin lesson, students define the term "epidermis" and utilize computer paper, pencils, tape and baby wipes to create a print of their own skin. Learners...
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What Nutrients Does My Body Need?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine roles carbohydrates, protein, fat, and water play in maintaining healthy body, and discuss how food provides fuel (energy) to body, how much fuel body needs, how fuel is used, and what happens to unused fuel.
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Sugar and Fat Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a game of chase and learn about healthy food choices. In this physical activity and healthy diet instructional activity, students play a game of chase by role playing as sugar and fat examples Students name...

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