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Fast Food Fun
Use your knowledge of spreadsheets to analyze the calories and fat content of fast food choices. This project gives links to a USDA site and a final report format. A sample spreadsheet and grading rubric is also provided.
National Geographic
National Geographic: What the World Eats
National Geographic presents a visual application to illustrate what types of daily diet caloric intake is from 1961-2011. Views of the whole world and breakdowns of individual nations are shown.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Food and Nutrients
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses classes of nutrients and their functions in the human body.
Read Works
Read Works: Energetic Emily
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a girl named Emily who learns that we get our energy from food, especially healthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Hot Topics: Hot News About Calories
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about food, calories, and how the body makes energy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Units of Energy: Calorie and Joule
A narrated screencast which discusses various units used to measure energy: calorie, kilocalorie, and joule. [2:22]
Crescent Public Schools
The Internet Science Room: Enthalpy and Heat
Students learn about thermodynamics and enthalpy through practice problems and examples in this chemistry lesson.
Curated OER
Kids Health: What's the Right Weight for Me?
It is easy to compare yourself with the celebrities and models you see every day on TV and in magazines. These pictures sometimes help shape our body image and we begin to think that we should look like these people. The truth is that...
Other
Kids' World Nutrition Information: Understanding Food Labels
In order to plan a healthy diet, students must know how to read a food label. Food labels show that a food has a little or a lot of certain nutrients. Look on the side of a product to find the Nutrition Facts title, which is fully...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Rome's Influence
A lesson plan which has learners understanding the impact that Rome had on history, from things as diverse as city planning to our everyday vocabulary.
WebMD
Web Md: Food O Meter: Calorie Counter & Calculator
Help stick to a healthy diet by using the calorie counter to tell you the number of calories in food that you find in your refrigerator and restaurants. This searchable database will also give your calorie count based on the number of...
Other
Ask Numbers: Measurement Conversion Calculators and Charts
What kind of unit conversion would you like to do? This site will allow you to do a multitude of conversions. Just click on the specific measurement you are needing to convert. It also provides a history of measurements and a chart of...
American Heart Association
Aha: Carbohydrates and Sugars
Site dedicated to the nutritional recommendations of the American Heart Association.