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Healthy Choices

Central Idea:

A balanced approach to nutrition, exercise, and sleep contributes to health.

An Inquiry Into:

  • How  nutrition contributes to a healthy body
  • How exercise affects the body
  • Why sleep is necessary for a healthy body
  • How nutrition, exercise, and sleep are inter-related to maintain a healthy body

RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THIS UNIT:

Non-Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
612.8 GRA Gray, Shirley W. Sleeping for Good Health
613 GRA Gray, Shirley W. Personal Hygiene and Good Health
613 GRA Gray, Shirley W. Prevention and Good Health
613 PAR Parker, Steve Professor Protein's Fitness, Health, Hygiene, and Relaxation Tonic
613 ROY Royston, Angela Clean and Healthy
613.2 FIS Fisher, Enid Food and Health
613.2 GRA Gray, Shirley W. Eating for Good Health
613.2 LEE Leedy, Loreen The Edible Pyramid : Good Eating Every Day
613.2 LEM LeMaster, Leslie Jean Nutrition
613.2 MCG McGinty, Alice B. Staying Healthy : Eating Right
613.2 PET Petrie, Kristin Nutrition anyone?
613.2 ROC Rockwell, Lizzy Good Enough to Eat : A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition
613.2 ROY Royston, Angela Eat Well
613.6 RAA Raatma, Lucia Safety Around Strangers
613.6 RAA Raatma, Lucia Safety in Public Places
613.6 RAA Raatma, Lucia Safety in Your Neighborhood
613.6 SPE Spelman, Cornelia Your Body Belongs to You
613.7 GRA Gray, Shirley W. Exercising for Good Health
613.7 MCG McGinty, Alice B. Staying Healthy : Sleep and Rest
613.7 MCG McGinty, Alice B. Staying healthy : Let's Exercise
613.7 ROY Royston, Angela A Healthy Body
616.89 GRA Gray, Shirley W. Good Mental Health
649 RAA  Raatma, Lucia Safety for Babysitters
ERC 372 KAT Kato, JoAnne Nutrition
ERC 613 CAR Carratello, Patty Nutrition and Me

Fiction Books:

 

AV Materials:

Call Number Title
DVD 613.2 NUT Nutrition
VID 641.1 FOO Food and Nutrition 1
VID 641.1 FOO Food and Nutrition 2

Websites:

Nutrition

MyPyramid.gov

Super Six Nutrients

Inside the Pyramid

Fruits and Veggies MORE Matters

Tips & Resources

Brainpop

Tour Blast Off Game

Fruits and Vegetables at Dole's 5 A Day

Blast Off Game

Water Flea Experiment

MyPyramid Tracker

Junk Food Research

Food Detectives

KidsHealth for Teeth

 

The Digestive System

Skeletal System

1. Back and front view of skeletal system, bone cross section, ligaments, broken bones, nerve muscle connection animation at: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/anim.html
2. Skeleton to be put together - http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/shockwave/bones.html

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