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Melissa Lopez
Florida International University
FL

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I am 23 years old, and currently in my last semester at FIU. I am an Elementary Education major. I hope to start teaching in January after my student internship. I have always been interested in science but have never been able to grasp it so easily. Hopefully this learning center will increase my knowledge of science.

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These resources are to further gather information, tools, and strategies in the instruction of Nutrition for grades K-6. Nutrition is a big factor in all of our lives and it is important for us to carry out in our daily lives. With the obesity rate climbing everyday I believe it is important that we educate our students in proper nutrition. I also believe in instructing them on not just what to eat, but why it is so important to keep our body's healthy.

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Thu, Jun 14, 2012 3:10 PM in What Children's Books Do You Use in Science Istruction?

This forum is great! So many books to help introduce and enhance student learning. I like the last post that mentioned the science alphabet books. I think themed alphabet books are great, and for the younger students they can be introduced to concepts of science by learning some vocabulary. I also like the idea of using the book "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs". I think that book would be a goo...

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Wed, Jun 13, 2012 2:45 PM in Nutrition

The NSTA website has a great variety of information and resources to help teachers instruct and make their students aware of proper nutrition. I just completed the SciPack for nutrition, and I must say it was a great tool to brush up or learn about nutrition. I also believe it would be a great resource for teachers to look at if they are having trouble breaking down the concepts of nutrition. The ...

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Nutrition Collection

Thu, Jun 14, 2012 2:42 PM
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I thought your collection was great. I also did my collection on nutrition and was glad to see we had some of the same resources. The bubble gum resource is a great tool to have and I hope other nutrition collections included and found that resource to be helpful. I also found it interesting that you had nutritional chemistry resource. Although it is for high school I thought it was a great tool since children are also known for eating fast foods.

Nutrition

Wed, Jun 13, 2012 3:31 PM
A breakdown for Nutrition

As an adult there are many topics and concepts that I do not remember learning in science as a child. As a future educator I believe it is important for me to know and refresh on those concepts. This SciPack helped me do just that! It broke everything down so that it was easy to understand and was a great tool for me to freshen up on the topic. It even gave me some great ideas on how to introduce the concept to my students as well as tools and activities I can do in my classroom. Thank you for this resource!

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