Instructional Video14:50
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Top 10 Worst Drinks - Nutrition by Natalie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The worst drinks in Natalie's opinion are highlighted in this video. Some may surprise you! See what you may be drinking that is not necessarily healthy. Great for a health or nutrition class.
Instructional Video9:59
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Top 10 Worst Foods - Nutrition By Natalie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here they are: the top 10 worst foods to eat, according to Natalie. Number 10 is fried catfish, followed by canned soup, bacon, fast-food hamburgers, commercially-baked goods, potato chips, hot dogs and lunch meats, French fries, donuts,...
Instructional Video9:55
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Understanding Food - Nutrition - Part 1/2

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Natalie explains what exactly nutrients are. Here in part one she discusses building blocks such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and water. Each is thoroughly explained in a simple, but scientific way. Use in a biology or nutrition...
Instructional Video9:37
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Nutrition and Digestion

For Teachers 7th - 12th
A very scientific explanation of food and digestion is portrayed by Paul Andersen using a Smart Board. The digestive process begins in the mouth and is shown as food moves through the body. Mechanical and chemical digestion are...
Instructional Video1:56
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How to Read a Nutrition Label

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Take a look down a grocery aisle and you will see nutrition labels on every can and box of food. Do you know how to read the labels? This video shows you briefly what a nutrition label looks like and a few of the elements listed on each...
Instructional Video3:02
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NASA

STEMonstration: Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Why eat anything that doesn't taste good? Learners view a lesson from the STEMonstration series discovering the key to nutrition is that it meets the metabolic needs of the individual. They follow the lesson with an activity designing a...
Instructional Video9:59
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Digestive Enzymes, Nutrition and Your Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As Natalie describes in this video, nutrition is about more than just having a healthy diet. Your body's absorption, digestion, and elimination is key in your overall health. The function of enzymes is clearly explained along with the...
Instructional Video7:58
PBS

Real-Life Math | Health Educator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Get healthy using math (although exercise helps, too!). Future consumers analyze a set of nutritional labels to compare caloric and nutrition information for two cereal brands. After watching a video of a health educator explaining how...
Instructional Video4:33
TED-Ed

How to Spot a Fad Diet

For Students 7th - 12th
Learn how to separate the fat from the meat—the facts from the misinformation about diets—with a short video that offers guidelines for assessing diet regimens that offer long-term health benefits as opposed to short-term changes.  
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

5 Things Your Nails Can Say About Your Health

For Students 9th - 12th
Did you know your nails can show symptoms of health problems? Video highlights five symptoms that can tell you more about what is going on with your body. From a lack of nutrition to cancer to an injury, nails tell you things you might...
Instructional Video10:12
Education Development Center

TV 411 What's Cooking? Salt

For Students 5th - 12th
Here is a recipe for a practical cross-curricular lesson! Cover unit conversions and ratios for math, the periodic table of elements for science, the difference between sodium and salt and its relation to high blood pressure for...
Instructional Video3:18
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Health Benefits of Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Dr. Tina Marcantel speaks about health and the need for exercise as she hikes around Sedona, Arizona. Several benefits are highlighted in a succinct and clear way. Show your health students this video to encourage them to exercise...
Instructional Video5:12
National Science Foundation

Science of NFL Football: Nutrition, Hydration and Health

For Teachers 5th - 12th
How does what you eat compare to an NFL football player? The final video in a 10-part series explains the nutrition requirements at the extreme level of an NFL player. The instructor explains the key nutrients and their nutritional...
Instructional Video4:52
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TED-Ed

Should We Eat Bugs?

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Cricket cookies? Mealworm mac and cheese? Bugs are super nutritious! Why don't we eat them? Viewers discover the history of entomophagy, that is, the practice of eating insects and spiders, by viewing a fascinating video that explores...
Instructional Video4:32
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Health: Digestive System 101

For Students 9th - 12th
Colorful pictures and animation accompany a thorough explanation of the digestive process. Each anatomical part of the digestive system is explained as well as the chemical signals that are affiliated with digestion and absorption....
Instructional Video8:31
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Childhood Obesity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Meredith Vieira explains how our children are "eating themselves to death." Bad nutrition combined with a sedentary lifestyle leads to dangerous diseases. Dave Zinzenko, the editor of Men's Health, talks about his journey out of...
Instructional Video5:03
TED-Ed

How Sugar Affects the Brain

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Attention, sugar addicts! Here's why you can't quit the habit. Sweet taste receptors send a signal to the brain, which activates a reward system that responds by telling you to eat again. Over activating this reward system results in a...
Instructional Video4:19
TED-Ed

What Makes Muscles Grow?

For Students 6th - 9th
It might work for Popeye, but it takes more than spinach to make us strong. This short video illustrates how the cycle of muscle damage and repair, exercise, nutrition, and rest make us strong.
Instructional Video3:39
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Science of Obesity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Show your health class the issues someone with morbid obesity faces. Follow Francis Serrano, who at 500 pounds undergoes gastric bypass surgery in order to lose weight. Use this to show a personal story of someone who chooses this option.
Instructional Video13:53
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How Your Body Works 1, Overview of Nutrition & Wellness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Nutritionist Radhia Gleis explains what metabolism is and how to assess it. Food is processed and used by the body producing waste in the end. The steps of the digestive system are explained from its beginning in the mouth to its end in...
Instructional Video3:55
Lesson Planet

EdTech Tuesday: Eat and Move-O-Matic

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Are you trying to raise awareness about nutrition and making healthy choices but need help finding a resource that engages students? Then you've come to the right place. In this short video, Jennifer and Rich demonstrate the Eat &...
Instructional Video5:54
SciShow

The Deal with Fat

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Fats are essential to a balanced diet and help bodies use certain vitamins as well as maintain healthy skin and hair. While watching the video, learners explore fat, which is certainly talked about a lot in terms of health. The narrator...
Instructional Video6:02
Fuse School

Salt and Diet

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Salt is necessary for your diet, but too much or too little and it causes health problems. These problems, as well as what salt does in your body, are the focus of a video that also looks at where salt is found in food and how much salt...
Instructional Video4:22
TED-Ed

What Is Fat?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
An animated fat molecule explains how some fats are beneficial and some are harmful. He describes triglyceride molecules and how the chemical bonding or overall shape determines the health value of each individual type of fat. This...

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