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Food and Nutrition

 

Food time line

<http://www.foodtimeline.org/> [Via Gary Price's Resourceshelf]
Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world? How Thomas Jefferson made his ice cream?
What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip,and why?
Welcome to the Food Timeline!
There is a section of this site that covers Historic Food Prices. Seems like somebody always wants to know what a gallon of milk cost Back In The Day <http://digbig.com/4xfxq>(PDF; 2.2 MB; scroll downto page 31). Some data from other countries can be found here as well.

 

 

Go for 2 fruit and 5 vegetables: Kids only
 http://www.gofor2and5.com.au/article.aspx?c=7&a=136&n=1
 This website outlines the benefits of fruit and vegetables, suggests ways of increasing fruit and vegetable intake and provides easy recipes.
 The Kids Only section provides activities designated lower primary, middle primary, and upper primary.

 

 

Calorie counters

http://www.caloriescount.org/calculator.html  from http://www.caloriecontrol.org/
http://www.dwlz.com/ scroll down to restaurants
http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/
Mike's Calorie and Fat Gram Chart for 1000 Foods  http://www.ntwrks.com/%7Emikev/chart1.html

 

 

Food Pyramid Power
 http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U48
 In this unit plan, students use algebraic thinking to explore properties
 of addition. The food pyramid is the starting point for these
 explorations.
 


 Kidsworld: Nutrition
 http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/
 We hope you enjoy your journey through the many games, quizzes and
 informational worlds that we have created for your exploration.
 


 ABCTeach: Nutrition
 http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/science/food_and_nutrition_theme_unit/



 Food and Nutrition Lessons
 http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Food___Nutrition/
 Links to lesson plans related to nutrition.
 


 ALFY's Picks for Nutrition
 http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Nutrition/Nutrition_1.asp
 Links to sites and lessons related to the theme of nutrition

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‘Red Rubber Ball’ Bounces in


What is it that excites you, makes you smile and fuels your dreams?

Click on the picture for more about this inspirational book for children.

 

 

For children, sight word recognition is an important step to being able to efficiently learn to read. If they don’t have to stop and consider what each word is, they will have the freedom to comprehend the meaning and context of sentences and paragraphs.

 

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