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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Center of the Ocean: How Can Some Foods Be Harmful to Our Health?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Theo is on a cruise ship with his family. They're having a party with loads of food. Not all the food is healthy though. Can you help Theo choose healthy foods?
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: Cayman Islands: Human Body: Eating Healthy

For Students K - 1st
Help Cole make good choices for healthy foods before he can play at the beach.
Article
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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US Food and Drug Administration

Fda: Cool Tips for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Teach your students to use the following easy ways to Read the Label at home, in the cafeteria, at the store, and at restaurants.
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Thinkport Education

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Considering price and smart food choices, plan out a healthy fast food meal.
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British Council

British Council: Learn English: Healthy Eating

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn how to eat a healthy diet by taking this online quiz about food and food groups.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the engineering design process, develop and market a healthy fast food children's meal.
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Thinkport Education

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze a sampling of real data to determine how healthy fast food meals for children are.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Communicate Your Results

For Students 9th - 10th
Create an advertisement for your newly created healthy fast food children's meal.
Unit Plan
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.
Activity
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Supersizing

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how portion size affects healthy eating habits.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nutrition: What Your Body Needs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students explore why some foods are healthy and others unhealthy, they outline the process our body uses to break down foods into forms it can use, and they explain the role nutrition can play in managing diseases, including diabetes.
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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: 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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TVOntario

Tvo Kids: A Lotta Dessert

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Choose the items for your dessert parfait to make a healthy dessert.
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Eating Well While Eating Out

For Students 9th - 10th
The older you become the more choices you will have to make about what types of food will make up your diet. This article relates the importance of a well rounded diet. Find out more about how good food has everything to do with how you...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Green Light Eating

For Teachers 1st - 5th
During this healthy foods lesson, young scholars will sort foods into "healthy" and "unhealthy" categories.Students with then keep a food journal and reflect about their food choices.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Smart Snacking

For Students 9th - 10th
When you're in a hurry and looking for something to snack on, you probably aren't focusing heavily on what would be the healthiest thing to eat. This article looks at the importance of snacking smartly and strategies one can employ for...
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Other

Pacific Science Center: Nutrition Sleuth Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you figure out the missing nutrient in each person's diet? Guess the correct letters of the missing nutrient in this hangman style game!
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: High Cholesterol

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of high cholesterol. Includes information on symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and much more.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: Vegetarian Choices in the Protein Food Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Here a few tips to help vegetarians get enough protein by eating beans, nuts, and soy products from the meat group. Includes a link to a page on how vegetarians can eat from the food pyramid and get the nutrients they need to stay healthy.