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Other

Nutrition, Health & Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about nutrition, health, and heart disease. It also discusses specific types of vitamin and mineral supplements you can take to improve or maintain your health.
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Lesson Plan
National Institutes of Health

Nih Curriculum Supplement Series: The Science of Energy Balance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A great resource for teachers to help explain the balance between calorie intake and physical activity. There are many student activities that reinforce the need for physical activity in a healthy life style. Included are a teacher's...
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Activity
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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Other

Austin Nutritional Research: A Reference Guide for Herbs

For Students 9th - 10th
Site describes and discusses the health benefits of some commonly used herbal remedies. Provides a lengthy overview of herbal remedies and promotion of products.
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Mag Nificent Breakfast Cereal

For Students 3rd - 5th
You will devise a way of testing foods for supplemental iron additives in this experiment provided by Science Buddies. Then you will use your design to test different breakfast cereals to see how much iron they contain. The goal is to...
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Other

Doctor Yourself: What's the Difference Between Natural and Synthetic Vitamins?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the non-nutritional ingredients in vitamins and explains the differences between natural and synthetic vitamins. The examples of vitamins C and D are looked at in more detail.
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Other

Engender Health: Female Sexual and Reproductive Organs [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Good basic introduction to the anatomy and function of female sexual and reproductive organs. Diagrams supplement the text.
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Handout
Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Iodine

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Identfy sources to supplement the body with iodine and why it is essential.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Nutrition, Health & Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about nutrition, health, and heart disease. It also discusses specific types of vitamin and mineral supplements you can take to improve or maintain your health.
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Activity
Other

Colloidal Minerals Iron

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides lots of information on iron such as a description, its importance, deficiency symptoms, diet recommendations, food sources, and toxicity.
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Handout
Other

The a B C's of Vitamin Supplements: Vitamin H

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a simple introduction to the basics of vitamin H. Read about dosage guidelines for adults, sources, and cautions associated with vitamin H, also known as biotin.
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Website
Other

Brown Chiropractic and Acupuncture

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a commercial alternative health site that offers some basic information about chiropractic and acupunture procedures.
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Website
Other

Frozen Ropes: Baseball and Softball Training

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on a baseball/softball training camp. Read up on the style of the training and how it has been successful in the past.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Feed the Hungry With Food Stamp Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to the history of food stamp programs.
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Website
Other

Cardiovascular Disease: Facts, Prevention, Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses lifestyle changes, nutrients, and medical options and precautions.
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Article
American Academy of Family Physicians

Aafp: Hypertension Treatment and the Prevention of Heart Disease in the Elderly

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the American Family Physician journal discusses medical research on the treatment of hypertension and its role in preventing coronary heart disease. Read about how doctors are treating and preventing hypertension and...
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Handout
Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Phosphorus

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out how humans can acquire phosphorus and why it is important to the body.
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Handout
Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Molybdenum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An essential mineral, this entry introduces the value and sources of molybdenum and lists what happens when a body is deficient or has too much of it.
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Handout
Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Chloride

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Know what chloride is and how it benefits the human body. Find natural sources to add chloride to daily meals.
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Website
Other

Brown Chiropractic and Acupuncture

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a list of conditions that acupuncture relieves.
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Graphic
Other

Moms Team: Food Sources for Calcium

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a chart listing several calcium-rich foods (from all major food groups) and the amount of calcium they have (in micrograms) per serving. Use this chart to keep track of how much calcium you take in each day.
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Other

Moms Team: u.s. Dietary Reference Intakes (Dr Is) for Vitamins

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a chart with useful information on the vitamins you need to be healthy. Includes the "functions" and "sources" of vitamins C, B1, niacin, B6, folic acid, B12, A, D, E, and K.
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Graphic
Other

Moms Team: Vitamins and Minerals in Some Commonly Eaten Foods

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a chart listing the minerals and vitamins that are present in foods from the different food groups.