Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.06.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Strategies
  5. Instructional Content Background
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Unit Assessment
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Student Resources
  10. Appendix 1
  11. Appendix 2

Healthy Choices Lead To Healthy Bodies! A Child's Guide to Good Nutrition and Exercise

Brian Donald Coons

Published September 2008

Tools for this Unit:

Student Resources

Student Reading List

Cobb, Vicki. 1994. Science Experiments You Can Eat: Revised and Updated. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. Great base information and hands-on experiments that the children can replicate at either home or school.

Wishinsky, Frieda et al. 2008. Everything But The Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Did not Know About Food. New York: Scholastic, Inc. Great background facts and information. Great reference for looking healthy eating and food preparation includes recipes.

Student Websites

About.com . "Calorie Calculator." January 1,

2008. http://pediatrics.about.com/library/bl_calorie_calc.htm (accessed July 2, 2008). Child friendly calorie calculator.

Dowshen, MD, Steven . "Your Digestive System." March 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54048&cat_id=20607 (accessed June 11, 2008). Child friendly article about digestion.

Dowshen, MD, Steven . "Your Kidneys." March 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54037&cat_id=20607 (accessed June 11, 2008). Child friendly article about the kidneys.

Dowshen, MD, Steven . "Type 1 Diabetes: What is it?" April 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/kid/diabetes_basics/what/type2.html (accessed June 14, 2008). Child friendly article about the Type 1 Diabetes.

Dowshen, MD, Steven . "Type 2 Diabetes: What is it?" April 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/kid/diabetes_basics/what/type2.html (accessed June 14, 2008). Child friendly article about the Type 2 Diabetes.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "How the Body Works: Your Liver." August 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54835&cat_id=20607 (accessed July 6, 2008). Child friendly article about the Liver and its functions.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "Learning About Proteins." February 1,

2008. http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/body/protein.html (accessed July 6, 2008). Child friendly article about protein.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "What's a Vegetarian." June 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/vegetarian.html (accessed July 6, 2008). Child friendly article about vegetarianism.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "What's Nutrition." February 1,

2008. http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html (accessed July 6, 2008). Child friendly article about nutrition.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "What's are Calories?" March 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/calorie.html (accessed July 6, 2008). Child friendly article about calories.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "Learning About Fats." February 1,

2008. http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/fat.html (accessed July 8, 2008). Child friendly article about fats.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "What Being Overweight means." June 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/overweight.html (accessed July 6, 2008). Child friendly article about BMI, weight, and obesity.

Gavin, MD, Mary. "Figuring out Food Labels." April 1,

2008. http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/labels.html (accessed July 8, 2008). Child friendly article about BMI, weight, and obesity.

Hirsch, DDS, Kenneth H. and Larissa Hirsch, MD. "Your Teeth." May 1,

2007. http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?lic=1&article_set=54051&cat_id=20607 (accessed June 1, 2008). Child friendly article about the teeth.

Innerbody Direct, "Human Anatomy Online." January 1, 2008.http://www.innerbody.com/image/digeov.html (accessed July 10, 2008). Interactive Human Anatomy.

United States Department of Agriculture, "MyPyramid.gov : Steps To A Healthier You." April 2005. http://www.mypyramid.gov/ (accessed June 3, 2008). USDA Site for MyPyramid.gov campaign.

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