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Science Buddies: You Are What You Eat! ActivityScience Buddies: You Are What You Eat! Activity
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Science Buddies
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6th - 8th
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Science Buddies: You Are What You Eat!

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Thinking about improving your sports performance? Want to help friends and family make the most of their physical fitness activities? One factor to consider is food. Whether you realize it or not, what you eat does change your body. It affects how you feel, and can even change how you perform in sports. This science fair project will help you explore the link between what goes in your mouth and what your legs and arms can do.

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diet

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eating healthy, food pyramid, health project, human biology project, physical fitness, science fair project idea, sports project, science buddies, food group, nutrition, eating right

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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