Pbs Learning Media: Label Reading Part 2

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]

How many treats do you buy each week? Learners investigate diets and how the media tricks consumers into purchasing unhealthy snacks. They will investigate the designs and logos affiliated with cereal boxes and identify specific phrases...

In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch video dramatizations of Percy Julian's struggles with racism and how he refused to let it limit his possibilities in life.

In this self-paced lesson, students learn how environmental factors affect the health of living things, including humans.

Learn how understanding distance--both lunge distance and the distance between you and your opponent--is an important strategy in the art of fencing. This clip is from the Center for Asian American Media. In the accompanying classroom...

Learn about the mathematics of fencing, including the ratio of touches to time remaining that an athlete needs to mentally calculate in order to stay in the match, in this video from Center for Asian American Media. In the accompanying...

Learners learn what they can do to protect themselves from health hazards in their environment. They learn about potential hazards, how these can affect their health, and what they can do to minimize their exposure.

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...

In this video segment from TV 411, learn how to read nutrition labels on food containers and calculate the calorie content of different serving amounts.

In this 3rd through 5th grade video, students connect exercise and literacy. The teacher reads a sentence aloud and students must identify the action verb that was read and then act it out accordingly. This is a great lesson to combine...