Jenny in GA Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I asked my kids what they would to study and maybe do some sort of presentation about in science this year, and my fifth grader is begging to do something about food and nutrition -- learning what, say, calcium is, pr Vitamin C or protein, what food its in, and what it does and why you need it. I have the Usborne Internet-Linked book. I figured we could start there, then see what the library has about that kind of thing. But past that, I'd love some ideas -- titles to recommend, suggestion on what to do, links to free lapbooks, etc. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisychics Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 We just started Nutrition Nutrition 101 (here's link) http://growinghealthyhomes.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=182 I like it. It has lots and lots of information about nutrition. We are on Unit 1 Nervous System, and the kids learned what food affects the brain. We discussed why mommy avoids High Fructose Corn Syrup and anything that has Hydrogenated anything. This book is helping me explain why we buy what we buy in our household. It can be used for all ages so it has information that goes over my little one, so I just paraphrase. I'm planning on using it over and over again until they're in college. :lol: There are "Power Recipe" at the end of each lesson. They helped me make guacamole and they loved it! In fact they wanted to make it again the next day. We played Chocolate Fix and Rush Hour to see if the guacamole helped our brain. :D Since I just bought stuff from Scholastic, we did the Brain hands-on project from the Human Body book http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/easy-make-learn-projects-human-body They wore the model of the brain on their heads while they were playing the games. I took pictures but have not uploaded on computer yet. I'm not very good at writing reviews, here's the blog where I first saw Nutrition 101 http://delightfullearning.blogspot.com/2009/09/nutrition-101-choose-life-review.html Oh! I love the Appendix, it is packed full of great info. How to pick fruit or vegetables and more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 You might include reading "The Omnivore's Dilemma". There's a young person's edition that my daughter found really interesting. Also, brain pop has a lot of nutrition information on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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