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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: The Mysteries of Aging: Is Diet a Contributing Factor?

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting article that discusses effects of diet on senescence (the deteriorative aspect of aging). Dietary restriction is found to slow senescence in lab rats.
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Other

Austin Nutritional Research: Reference Guide for Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a reference guide to various minerals found in your daily diet. The site offers an overview of each mineral, explains the importance of each, and identifies the deficiency symptoms. Links to related information are...
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Other

Vegetarian Resource Group: Vegetarian in a Nutshell

For Students 9th - 10th
This website on vegetarianism is organized into several, very brief sections. Here, read about vegetarian nutrition, recipes, and meat and dairy substitutes. Also included are the names of several books and learning materials -- for...
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: En Espanol

For Students 9th - 10th
The Spanish-language version of the U.S. government's online nutrition guide Choose My Plate makes it possible for Spanish speakers to access information about eating a nutritious diet and staying physically active.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lesson 8: Color Your World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, middle schoolers play a guessing game to explore different fruits and vegetables, emphasizing the diversity of colorful foods available for them to eat. Students prepare and eat a colorful, plant-based salad and...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: What's That Food? (Pre Assessment)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity explores healthy eating and can be used as a pre-assessment of students' knowledge about food and nutritional needs. Students will observe and describe samples of different food groups then share their observations with the...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Children's Activities: Healthy Eating

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
You can create opportunities for learning about healthy food in many ways besides cooking and eating: you can use games, crafts, songs and dance. This site provides coloring sheets, flashcards, curriculum materials, nutritional games,...
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Other

Diet: The Only Real Hope for Arthritis

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to discussing the use of a vegan diet to lower the risk of arthritis, this article also talks about diet as a means of preventing other diseases and disorders.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Educators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.
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Website
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Nutrition and Healthy Eating: Food Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated explanation of different types of pyramid-shaped healthy-eating plans.
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Eating Well While Eating Out

For Students 9th - 10th
The older you become the more choices you will have to make about what types of food will make up your diet. This article relates the importance of a well rounded diet. Find out more about how good food has everything to do with how you...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Food Supplements Affect Weight Gain of Juvenile Mice

For Students 9th - 10th
As your mom and dad always tell you, a healthy diet is important to good health. This project is designed to see what happens to mice when they are allowed to load up on sugary snacks. Do you think that they will gain excess weight? Do...
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Indiana University

Area 10 Math and Technology Project: Nutrition Labels

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson Plan involving all aspects of reading a nutrition label. Emphasizes math skills. Includes links to a teacher outline, student copies and reference materials.
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Pacific Science Center: Nutrition Sleuth Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you figure out the missing nutrient in each person's diet? Guess the correct letters of the missing nutrient in this hangman style game!
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Girls and boys explore the connections between a well-balanced diet and a healthy body. Middle schoolers keep a food diary, then compare their diet to the recommended daily allowance of food servings. Students use Thinkfinity websites to...
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Diabetes and Nutrition

For Students 9th - 10th
In question / answer format, this article is a simple guide to the diabetic diet. Here, read an "exchange list" that will help a person "plan healthy meals and snacks." This is a good site to get an overview of information on the subject.
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Handout
Earth Life

Earth Life: Mammals: Diet and Digestion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the diet and digestion in all sorts of mammals, including herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. Read about different kinds of animals and their different dietary preferences.
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Other

British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life: Dietary Fibre and Water

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of downloadable resources on the sources of dietary fiber, what it does, the benefits to human health, sources of our water intake, its role in our bodies, and fluid balance. Includes PowerPoints, reference materials, and...
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Vegetarianism

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to defining the different types of vegetarians and vegetarian diets, this four page article, discusses the benefits and drawbacks of vegetarianism, while focusing on children and the nutrition they need to grow strong,...
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Nourish Interactive: Kids' Fun Food Games

For Students K - 1st
Use this site filled with games to explore good nutrition, healthy snacks, exercise, and reading food labels. The interactive games are entertaining and the information is extensive.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Of Fish and Brain Health

For Students 3rd - 8th
Research has shown that what a mother eats while pregnant has a significant affect on the health of her child. A study, reviewed in this article, examines the pro's and con's of including fish in expectant mothers' diets.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students evaluate their eating habits, focusing on the ways in which one can assess whether or not his or her diet is nutritious. Students will work in small groups to design a menu for a healthy lunch and...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Fat: Obesity, Eating Habits and Weight Loss

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Evaluate current guidelines for a healthy diet, compare them to one's own eating habits and learn safe behaviors for maintaining a healthy weight. Analyze the food pyramid, fast-food and health-food nutrition and the causes of obesity.
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Other

Dieticians of Canada: Assess Yourself

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about your diet, BMI, and more with this resource from the Dieticians of Canada.

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