Other
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality: Common Water Quality Measures
An organized resource highlighting properties of freshwater and water quality concerns.
Other
Doctors' Medical Library: Anti Aging Medicine Clinic: Carbohydrates in Nutrition
This article describes the role of carbohydrates in the human body. Discusses the two basic forms: complex and simple. Gives examples of each. Defines the function of carbohydrates. Links to related topics are provided.
Curated OER
Kids Health: When Snack Attacks Strike
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...
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 5 Ls1 1: Plant Requirements: Air and Water
Create lessons to show that plants use air and water primarily to grow with help from the resources on this site. Use the work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos to help students understand the requirements of plants to...
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Nutrition
One-page article with a complete overview of the importance of good nutrition in reducing your risk for health problems, including facts on nutrients, vitamins, body mass, snacking tips, and ChooseMyPlate.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Trip Along the Alimentary Canal
Learners will prepare a digital presentation on the digestive organs, accessory structures, processes, digestive chemicals, and nutrients. This is a part of the unit on digestion and metabolism, and is performed at the beginning of the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fruits and Vegetables
In this instructional activity, students will collaboratively explore the Internet with a guided WebQuest on "Fruits and Vegetables."
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Food and Nutrition
Learn about the five food groups that are important for a healthy diet.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Explore Possibilities: Biology
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).
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.14 Vitamins and Minerals
Find out about some of the vitamins that humans need in their bodies.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.12 Food and Nutrients
Understand the human body's nutrient needs.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nutrition: What Your Body Needs
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.
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: River and Stream Pollution
What makes our rivers and streams dirty? This brief overview discusses the causes of pollution in rivers and streams and how to solve it.
University of Massachusetts
Nutrients in Foods: Carbohydrates
This website offers a brief discussion of the function of carbohydrates. It mentions types and definitions of the three types of carbohydrates: starch, sugar and fiber. Links to related information is provided
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: How the Ocean Refreshes Itself
Watch the animated illustrations to see how the nutrients at the bottom of the ocean get circulated to the top. This upwelling is necessary in order to maintain a healthy ocean.
Other
Zinc an Essential Mineral
This site promotes the benefits on zinc and other not so well-known minerals; calcium is best known. Discusses the importance of zinc, and the types of food zinc is found.
Other
Diet: The Only Real Hope for Arthritis
In addition to discussing the use of a vegan diet to lower the risk of arthritis, this article also talks about diet as a means of preventing other diseases and disorders.
Treehut
Suzy's World: Digestion
Use this site to find out what happens when you eat and try an experiment involving digestion.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Unearthing Secret America: Nutrient Depletion
Investigate the change in American society and slavery with the advent of the agricultural innovation of crop rotation. Observe nutrient depletion as you germinate and grow nutrient-demanding seedlings.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Ready, Set, Breakfast!
Use this site to learn why breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. This article provides information on how breakfast jumpstarts your body and includes alternatives to eating cereal in the morning.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plant Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains what resources plants need to grow, the parts of a plant, a word search, and questions to use with the Activotes.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Animal Organization Digestion
The major nutrients required for a healthy diet are carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. The digestive system breaks down large molecules of food, which are then absorbed into the bloodstream. After reading, try the quiz.
Other
The Health Success: Nutrition for Your Cells
Basically, the stronger your immune system the healthier you are and, as a consequence, the more protected you are from environmental factors that lead to infection and sickness. If you eat foods that are rich in the nutrients your body...
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Proteins
What are proteins? Illustrated discussion of proteins, the main types, and how they are made.