Body Mass Index Teacher Resources
The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been used as an indicator of a healthy weight-to-height ratio. Instructors might introduce the study of the BMI with a short video or show their students how to calculate their own. There’s also an app for that; but you might want to check out our review before purchasing it.
A lesson about leptin deficiency and an investigation of the hypothalamus underscores the need for a healthy diet, a PowerPoint presents viewers with information about the digestive system and the importance of nutrients, and an interactive permits learners to see how diet and exercise choices affect their weight and percentage of body fat.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Know your number! Diabetes and heart disease both increase with higher body mass index numbers. Understanding the body mass index (BMI) helps scholars take control of their own health. They view a comparison of what various BMI...
Baylor College
Body Mass Index (BMI)
How do you calculate your Body Mass Index, and why is this information a valuable indicator of health? Class members discover not only what BMI is and practice calculating it using the height and weight of six fictitious individuals, but...
Achieve
BMI Calculations
Obesity is a worldwide concern. Using survey results, learners compare local BMI statistics to celebrity BMI statistics. Scholars create box plots of the data, make observations about the shape and spread of the data, and examine the...
Curated OER
How Much Do You Burn?
Sixth graders discover their weight relative to the other children in their class. They determine how many calories they burn through exercise and compare it with their classmates. Using the internet, they calculate their body mass index...
Curated OER
All About Me: Measuring Height and Weight
Learners take personal fitness inventories. In this personal health lesson plan, students take measurements of their heights and weights. Learners record the data, calculate their BMI, and then chart their physical activity.
Curated OER
BMI For Kids - Body Mass Index
Promote healthy lifestyles with an interactive that provides young learners with healthy nutrition and exercise messages. Class members plug their height and weight information into an online body mass index calculator, and hear positive...
Curated OER
What's My BMI?
Students construct the Metric Pyramid from the handout. They use the Metric Pyramid to convert from standard to metric measure and vice versa. They compute their own Body Mass Index.
Nemours KidsHealth
Obesity: Grades 3-5
What is obesity and what are some steps that can help? Investigate obesity by having your class read and discuss articles about obesity. Students gain knowledge about body mass index, the food pyramid, being overweight and dieting. They...
Curated OER
Underweight Canadians
Students explore body mass index, calculate theirs, compare theirs to Canadian guidelines, and discuss possible reasons for being underweight.
Curated OER
My Personal Improvement Plan
Learners investigate what is necessary to design a personal improvement plan including making web using software. They research the meaning of Body Mass Index and how to measure it before accessing assigned web sites that discuss health...
Curated OER
Perceived Overweight and Actual Weight Risk Classification
Students calculate their BMI and compare it to a healthy weight chart. In this health lesson, students compare the perception of overweight with healthy weight charts. Students interpret collected data and evaluate their own weight...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Body Mass What's Your Index? (Pdf)
If you like tackling formulas, then this math challenge is for you. See if you can calculate Helix's BMI (body mass index) and find out if his health is at risk. A one page NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity that engages learners...
Read Works
Read Works: The Weight Debate
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not schools should send reports home about students' body mass index (BMI). A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Exploring Changing Obesity Rates Through Ratios and Graphs
In these KQED Lowdown infographics, explore how adult obesity rates in the United States, as measured by body mass index (BMI), have dramatically changed in the past half-century. A circular graph and a pictograph depict data by decade,...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: Obesity: Body Mass Index
This animation demonstrates how body mass index affects the degree of obesity in an average height human male. [1:21]
Curated OER
Kids Health: Body Mass Index
Determine your body mass index using this online calculator. This handy tool will even plot your BMI data on a graph.
American Heart Association
American Heart Association: Body Mass Index (Bmi Calculator)
Learn about body mass index and how this number affects your overall health. Then plug in your own data to find your BMI.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Healthy Lifestyle: Calculate Your Own Body Mass Index
Find out how simple it is to calculate your BMI and the common BMI categories. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculate Your Own Body Mass Index
Find out how simple it is to calculate your BMI and the common BMI categories from a pediatric infectious disease physician who works at Khan Academy. [7:20]
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Bmi Calculator
Use this interactive body mass index calculator to determine if your weight is under, over or normal for your size and read about things you can do to maintain a healthy weight.
Other
Bmi Official Website
Information on the music licensing company BMI, including information on their members, artists, and legislation.
Frontiers Media
Frontiers: Brain Machine Interfaces: Your Brain in Action
Brain-machine interfaces (BMI), or brain-computer interfaces (BCI), is an exciting multidisciplinary field that has grown tremendously during the last decade. In a nutshell, BMI is about transforming thought into action and sensation...
Read Works
Read Works: F Is for Fat
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about Body Mass Index and childhood obesity. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Other
Online Conversion
Conversion calculators galore! Convert just about anything from one measureable unit into another measureable unit here with over two dozen calculators. Each of the links is specific to a measureable quantity. Some examples include...
