Energy, Environment, and Health

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.07.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Demographic Information
  3. Rationale
  4. Background Information for Teachers
  5. Content Objectives
  6. Teaching Strategies and Classroom Activities with List of Teaching Materials
  7. Subunit 1: Food Processing
  8. Subunit 2: Marketing and the American Diet
  9. Subunit 3: Comparing Local Student Diets to Global Diets
  10. Resources
  11. Appendix A: Implementing District Standards
  12. Appendix B: Resources for Curriculum Unit
  13. Endnotes

Processed Food for Thought: Exploring Chemical Additives in Processed Foods

Ann Makiko Shioji

Published September 2012

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Content Objectives

This unit is designed to engage students through activities that give them an opportunity to analyze their food choices using scientific investigations, communicate their findings, and to apply their knowledge of macromolecules to their dietary intake. This unit will address specific science inquiry skills including researching, comparing, observing, measuring, classifying, inferring, calculating, graphing, communicating, and collecting and interpreting data.

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