NASA
STEMonstration: Nutrition
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...
Curated OER
Understanding Food - Nutrition - Part 1/2
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...
TED-Ed
How to Spot a Fad Diet
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.
National Science Foundation
Science of NFL Football: Nutrition, Hydration and Health
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...
Education Development Center
TV 411 What's Cooking? Salt
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...
TED-Ed
Should We Eat Bugs?
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...
TED-Ed
What Is Fat?
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...
TED-Ed
How Sugar Affects the Brain
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...
TED-Ed
What Makes Muscles Grow?
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.
TED-Ed
Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?
Is there an answer for cancer? Your AP biologists will be inspired by this lecture on how the foods that we eat stimulate or inhibit the growth of blood vessels, which in turn, bring health or disease to the human body. Research is...
American Chemical Society
Do Carrots Help You See Better?
Does a carrot a day keep the eye doctor away? Junior nutritionists tackle the legend of better eyesight through carrot consumption using a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. The narrator exposes the origins of...
American Chemical Society
Why Are Avocados So Awesome?
Is it just coincidence that avocados and awesome both begin with the letter A? Introduce young nutritionists to a super food with some super powers using a video from the Reactions playlist. Scientists from the American Chemical Society...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fruits
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on fruits. Using these materials, students will understand that eating whole fruits each day helps to...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Nutrition and Health: Lesson 1
This lesson will look at the effect that diet and exercise have on normal body functions. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Nutrition and Health."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Skeletal Health: Lesson 1
This lesson will describe the effects that exercise and nutrition have in the health of your skeletal system. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Skeletal Health."
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: Veggies
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on vegetables. Using these materials, students will learn that veggies contain specific nutrients that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: P Is for Protein
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on protein. Using these materials, students will understand the role of protein in their health...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Balanced Meals
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan give an overview of food and nutrition topics, emphasize a positive change in nutrition by using a balanced food pyramid, and teach students how to connect foods on the school lunch...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Family Meal Time
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan promote basic nutrition & appropriate portion-size as well as family meal-time interactions. Using these materials, students will understand that it is important to eat foods...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Carbohydrates and Sugar
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on carbohydrates and sugar. Using these materials, students will understand and categorize foods that are made...
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: School Day Fitness
This Kindergarten through 2nd grade Kids in Motion activity is an exciting and relatable fitness activity about something all children understand- the school day! In this activity, students will focus on bending, exercising and...