BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Digestion
Digestion is the process of breaking down food into smaller units. This is done by special chemicals in the body. Proteins are important for muscles and cell growth and repair. Students learn about digestion and proteins by observing the...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Digestion
In this lesson students learn about digestion and proteins by observing the action of meat tenderizer on luncheon meat. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
Other
British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 14): Energy and Nutrients
Students learn about the energy and nutrient requirements of humans in this comprehensive tutorial. They will look at dietary sources of energy, what the human body needs, changes in those needs during life's stages, the energy required...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Energy in Living Systems: Energy Metabolism I
Detailed explanation of how food is broken down and metabolized in our bodies to be used for energy.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Digestion
A student-paced tutorial where learners read information, answer interactive review activities, and then take a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Digestion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will explain the roles of the mouth, esophagus, and stomach during digestion.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Overview of Metabolic Reactions
Students discuss the role of polymers, monomers, and ATP in metabolism, and then describe the hormones that regulate anabolic and catabolic reactions.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Diggin' Into Digestion
In this lesson, students learn about physical and chemical changes during digestion through a variety of activities.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The Digestive System, Fact or Fiction?
In this lesson students read fun, gross, or interesting facts about the digestive system and they are introduced to several unfamiliar words and encouraged to "be on the lookout" for those words during the lesson.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.3 Metabolic Reactions Teacher Professional Development Overview
This four-day professional development session introduces teachers to the OpenSciEd materials generally in addition to the 7.3 Metabolic Reactions unit.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: Unit 7.3 Metabolic Reactions
This unit on metabolic reactions in the human body starts out with students exploring a real case study of a middle-school girl named M'Kenna, who reported some alarming symptoms to her doctor.
BSCS Science Learning
Bscs Science Learning: A Look Inside the Digestive System
In this interactive, students look at actual endoscopic images from a healthy person and from a patient, the patient presented in the unit. They take a tour of the digestive system stopping at different points to look at images.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 7.3 Metabolic Reactions
This Metabolic Reactions unit has students investigating what happens to food after we eat, and how it affects the body.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Energy and Metabolism
Discover what you know about energy and metabolism by taking this post test.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Energy and Metabolism
Discover what you know about energy and metabolism by taking this pre test.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Most Nutritious Election
In this lesson students will write a persuasive speech for the Fruit or Vegetable of the Year Award. Nutrition information should be incorporated into this cross-curricular lesson.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Nutricion Y Salud
Throughout this unit you will learn the main ideas about nutrition and health. It contains 34 interactive activities.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Reading Passages: Digestion and Nutrition
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining digestion and nutrition. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along...
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The George Mateljan Foundation: Healthy Nutrition Builds Health: Cells
The cells that make up the human body need fuel to thrive. This resource highlights the importance of healthy foods as the fuel to optimize cell function which leads to an overall healthier person.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Metabolism
Understand the science of metabolism with this simplified definition.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Lactose Intolerance
Have you ever eaten ice cream then started feeling really yucky? Kids with lactose intolerance have trouble digesting a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy foods. Learn what this condition is and how you can learn to live with it.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Metabolism
How the human metabolism works and health problems that can develop are explained in clear language.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How matter is circulated throughout an ecosystem.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How matter is circulated throughout an ecosystem.