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Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: About All You Can Eat: Feast or Famine

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Investigate the theory that including desert plants such as mesquite and cactus in a diet can help control obesity and diabetes. Design a scientific experiment that will test this hypothesis, using control variables, observation and sampling.

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Concepts
metabolism, obesity, arizona, medicinal plants
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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