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Curated OER

Kids Health: Hunger and Malnutrition

For Students 9th - 10th
Most of us have little knowledge of what it's like to experience malnutrition. Malnutrition is caused when a person does not have access to a well-rounded diet or has a condition that does not allow him or her to absorb the proper...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: A Guide to Eating for Sports

For Students 9th - 10th
Television ads and magazines are littered with new sports drinks and supplements that claim to enhance performance for athletes. Are these claims proven to be true or just cunning marketing schemes? This article delves into the hype and...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: When Snack Attacks Strike

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this site to learn what kinds of snacks you should eat when you're hungry in between meals. Read about eating healthy snacks and avoiding junk food. This article is organized into the following sections: "In the Mood for Food," "The...
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Typical Fast Food Meal

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare a sample fast food meal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPlate guidelines.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Food Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site from EnchantedLearning.com provides food-related activities including nursery rhymes, printables, crafts, and quizzes. Includes pages on the food pyramid, food terms in other languages, famous paintings, and a feature on the...
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Nida: Information on Common Drugs of Abuse

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at common drugs, including a link to each drug where you can find research reports, infofacts, publications, and notes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Preventing Noninfectious Diseases

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most allergies can be prevented by avoiding the substances that cause them. For example, you can avoid pollens by staying indoors as much as possible. You can learn...
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Approach and Design Proposal

For Students 9th - 10th
Decide which of your children's meal options is best, and work with your team to develop a more detailed design proposal
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Children's Meal Data

For Students 9th - 10th
See a chart that contains a sampling of children's meals available in 2013 at 14 national fast food chains.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Explore Possibilities

For Students 9th - 10th
Start exploring some possibilities for creating your healthier, happier meal.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Fast Food Marketing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how many fast food companies invest in advertising to convince consumers to buy their products.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Take the Fast Food Challenge to start thinking about the role fast food plays in our lives today.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: A Legal Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore whether or not fast food companies should be liable for damages if their customers become obese.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal:refine the Final Children's Meal

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze feedback and think about how to improve your fast food children's meal.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Explore Possibilities: Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore how attractive packaging sells kids meals at fast food restaurants.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Explore Possibilities: Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze a children's meal from a local fast food restaurant to confirm or deny the presence of fat, protein, simple carbohydrates (sugar) and complex carbohydrates (starch).
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Cooking Tips and Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Cooking can be considered an acquired skill that is perfected in time. The problem with being a teenager is that you haven't had much time to develop this ability. This site provides a basic overview of kitchen considerations, baking...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Science: Health and Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Elementary to middle school students can learn from the resources here about food and nutrition. In particular is a lesson plan and worksheet on the food pyramid guidelines issued by the USDA in 2005.

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