Crash Course Kids
Feed Me: Classifying Organisms
How do different types of living things get the energy they need? This is the focus of a video that describes how carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores get the energy they need to live.
Crash Course Kids
Gotta Eat!
Why do we eat? We eat because we need energy, and humans need energy to grow. This is the focus of a video that explains why organisms need food to live.
TED-Ed
What Does the Liver Do?
It's the heaviest organ in the human body, but exactly what role does the liver play in sustaining life? Follow along with this short video as it explores the various ways the liver filters, stores, and manufactures materials...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Growth and Metabolism: Digesting Food
Get an overview of three of the key macromolecules of life (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates), and how they get digested and absorbed.
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: Making Healthy Choices Using the Nutrition Facts Label
Choosing a packaged food or beverage that's right for you is easier when you check out the Nutrition Facts label. It's designed to help you compare foods and make healthy choices. The label has four key sections that help you weigh your...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fats Good and Bad
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating with an emphasis on fats. The materials will help students understand that fat is a nutrient, food sources of fat and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hydration
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan help students understand that water connects all life on earth, that drinking healthy liquids keeps your body hydrated, and not getting enough water results in dehydration. [5:20]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Exercise
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on physical fitness. Using these materials, students will understand the role exercise plays in their...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Ecology: Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycles: Always Recycle! Part 2
Hank describes the desperate need many organisms have for nutrients (specifically nitrogen and phosphorus) and how they go about getting them via the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. [9:21]
Curated OER
Kids Health: Figuring Out Food Labels
Here is help in figuring out the information provided on food labels. Be sure you are getting the nutrition you need from the foods you eat.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Resolving to Eat Healthier
National Public Radio talks with Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard MD and nutritionist, about changes that need to be made in the 1992 US Food Guide Pyramid. Interesting as an introduction to this topic, with links to related stories.
Jack Hartmann
Jack Hartmann: Living Things
This science song for kids gives the characteristics of living things. Living things grow, have cells, need nutrients and water and reproduce. Sing along with Jack Hartmann and act out real examples of living things. Move along with how...