Lessons

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  Nutrition 1: Food and the Digestive System

  3-5  |  Hands-On
  This lesson explores the digestive system, looks at where nutrients come from and their importance for particular tasks in the body.
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  Nutrition 2: Good Food, Good Health

  3-5  |  Hands-On
  This lesson explores ways in which food provides energy and materials for our bodies.
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  Nutrition 3: Got Broccoli?

  3-5  |  Hands-On
  In this lesson, students explore why the body needs food, and how it takes necessary nutrients as food passes through the digestive system.
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  MyPlate Food Guide

  6-8  
  This lesson helps students know what foods they should eat, what nutrients their bodies need, and how much to eat to maintain a healthy weight.
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  Obesity

  6-8  |  Hands-On
  This lesson helps students understand the relationship among the amount of food energy (calories) consumed, weight, and metabolism and how making good decisions about diet and exercise can lay the groundwork for a healthy lifestyle.
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  Skin and Sports

  6-8  
  In this lesson, students learn about the importance of proper protection from common skin conditions when they engage in sports-related activities.
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  Heart 2: Changing Lifestyles and Heart Health

  9-12  
  This lesson focuses on how changes in diet and lifestyle from prehistoric to modern times have had an impact on heart health.

Tools

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  All Systems Are Go!

  3-8  |  Interactive
  In this online activity, a fictional character named Arnold is missing a number of body parts. It's your job to complete each body system so Arnold can function.
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  ChooseMyPlate.gov

  K-12  |  Interactive
  ChooseMyPlate.gov, from the United States Department of Agriculture, is a resource to showcase the federal government's new food icon, MyPlate, that is meant to help people make good choices about the food they choose to eat.
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  Delta SEE Radio

  6-12  |  Teaching Aid
  The Delta SEE Connection radio show features African-Americans in science, engineering, and mathematics and highlights scientific research that is being conducted at private institutions and college campuses, particularly Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), nationwide.
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  Diabetes: The Science Inside

  6-12  |  Teaching Aid
  Part of The Science Inside series which presents science information in an easy-to-read format, this booklet summarizes what health professionals know about type 2 diabetes—what it is, who is at risk for it, how it can be prevented, and how it is treated.
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  High Blood Pressure: The Science Inside

  6-12  |  Teaching Aid
  Part of The Science Inside series which presents science information in an easy-to-read format, this booklet explains what health professionals know about high blood pressure or hypertension, one of the leading causes of heart disease and stroke.
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  Muscles

  6-12  |  Interactive
  In this interactive, produced by BBC Science & Nature, students will have fun learning about the muscles of the human body.
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  Obesity and Childhood Nutrition Town Hall

  6-12  |  Video
  This site has information about an event on understanding the science behind obesity and childhood nutrition that took place at the 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting.
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  Obesity: The Science Inside

  6-12  |  Website
  Part of The Science Inside series, this easy-to-read booklet discusses the importance of good health habits such as eating right and exercising.
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  Wake-Up Call

  9-12  |  Teaching Aid
  This case study teaches you about the risk factors and symptoms of a heart attack and the physiological changes that happen once artery blockage occurs.

Science Updates

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  Cola Brains

  6-12  |  Audio
  For over fifty years, Coke and Pepsi have spent billions trying to out-market each other. This Science Update looks at a new brain study that suggests that one brand has much deeper effects.
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  Healthy Restaurants

  6-12  |  Audio
  Restaurant chains advertising healthful food may actually encourage overeating.
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  Liquid Calories

  6-12  |  Audio
  Research finds that Americans are getting too many of their calories from drinks.
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  Sensing Calories

  6-12  |  Audio
  In this Science Update, find out if our brains may crave calories, not just the taste of sweetness.
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  Sports Drinks

  6-12  |  Audio
  The acidity in sports drinks wears down tooth enamel—and brushing can worsen the problem.
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  Thick & Thin Foods

  6-12  |  Audio
  From sodas to health shakes, people are drinking more calories than ever before. In this Science Update, hear how this increase may be linked to obesity.
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  Vitamin C Origin

  6-12  |  Audio
  Strawberries are packed with vitamin C. In this Science Update, hear about a scientist who's studying strawberries to help make other plants more nutritious.