Teacher Resource Room
Nutrition
Goal/Objective:
Students learn basic nutrition facts, including information about vitamins
and food groups.
Description:
Students play games and answer questions on a nutrition web site.
Materials:
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Computers with Internet connection
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Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer
Procedure:
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Click here on Nutrition
Cafe to go to the web site. The address is http://exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/default.html.
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Explore the three games to decide which to direct your students to.
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"Nutrition Sleuth" is like Hangman. Students read clues about a particular
nutrient such as a vitamin, and guess letters until they get it.
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"Grab a Grape" is like Jeopardy. Students read the nutrition answer
and choose from several questions.
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"Have a Bite" lets you select different foods and read the nutritional
content of your meal.