Teaching Stuents to be Critical Thinkers

This article outlines a good lesson plan for students studying nutrition in relation to the human body. It has a practical application piece which is relevant to student's lives. I like ho... See More

This article outlines a good lesson plan for students studying nutrition in relation to the human body. It has a practical application piece which is relevant to student's lives. I like how it is not a judgemental lesson on fast food, but rather focuses on students being critical consumers of information to make decisions.

Excellent activity!

This activity makes learning about nutrition relevant to the average middle school student while also giving them valuable nutrition information they can actually use to make food decisions.... See More

This activity makes learning about nutrition relevant to the average middle school student while also giving them valuable nutrition information they can actually use to make food decisions. I also like the inclusion of external information, such as MyPyramid from the FDA, and the use of food logs. Acticity is highly engaging and uses thought-provoking questions on the higher end of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Way to go to get students to think to eat healthy

In this economy the kids today are consider to be overweight and nothing is being done about it. Since the covid-19 situation many are going through the changes of life and not only that the... See More

In this economy the kids today are consider to be overweight and nothing is being done about it. Since the covid-19 situation many are going through the changes of life and not only that the cost of living and the problems before the C19 hit have made it convenient for parents to drive by and pick up quick meal for the kids or kid. This has caused a lot of issues with fast foods. Many of them do not know how to cook or they want a quick meal while working or studying and not time to prepare healthy meals. You brou9ght about some great points in the article. Thank you for a good write up.

Big Macs and Healthy Teens

This article provides a wonderful unit to be used by middle school science teachers. This unit now cannot be taken straight from the article because the use of MyPyramid has been replaced by... See More

This article provides a wonderful unit to be used by middle school science teachers. This unit now cannot be taken straight from the article because the use of MyPyramid has been replaced by MyPlate. With that being said I believe that the lessons can be adapted enough to still fit within the curriculum.