Learn about the "My Pyramid" food guide! This mini-unit features a reading comprehension, Venn diagram, and several short answer and essay writing prompts, designed to promote understanding and creative thinking.
This unit is a great enhancement to a nutrition lesson, and also works well as a "stand alone". Based on the 2005 food pyramid guide, and featuring imaginative writing prompts, real-life nutrition analysis, graphing, and more.
Three reading comprehensions (Your Respiratory System, Diseases of the Respiratory System, Take Care of your Respiratory System) clearly and simply explain how the respiratory system works and how to keep it working.
Three reading comprehension selections (Your Immune System, Immune System Disease, Keeping Your Immune System Healthy) clearly and simply explain how the immune system works and how to keep it working. Each selection is followed by 5 multiple choice questions and 4 questions that require brief written responses. (11 pages)
Three reading comprehensions (Your Skeleton, Diseases of the Skeleton, Take Care of Your Skeleton) clearly and simply explain how the skeletal system works and how to keep it working.
Two reading comprehensions (Your Immune System, Keeping Your Immune System Healthy) clearly and simply explain how the immune system works and how to keep it working.
Three reading comprehensions (Your Digestive System, Diseases of the Digestive System, Take Care of Your Digestive System) clearly and simply explain how the Digestive system works and how to keep it working.
Three reading comprehensions (Your Respiratory System, Diseases of the Respiratory System, Take Care of your Respiratory System) clearly and simply explain how the respiratory system works and how to keep it working.
A one page reading comprehension on the nutrition of fats and their connection to energy, with comp questions, matching, fat diary and coloring activities.
Learn the differences between arteries, veins, and capillaries, as well as other functions of the circulatory system, with this fact-filled reading comprehension.
A one page reading comprehension on the nutrition of carbohydrates and its connection to energy, with comp questions, matching, essay, and one day carbohydrate intake and analysis diary.
A one page reading comprehension on the nutrition of carbohydrates and their connection to energy, with comp questions, matching, carb diary and coloring activities.