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Read the Fine Print
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For most animals, finding food is a full-time job. This video segment explores the food-finding strategies of a variety of creatures, illustrating the idea that different animals have very different ways of getting enough to eat.
- Subject:
- Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
- SubTopics:
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Animals and Insects
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Teachers' Domain
Evaluated
Read the Fine Print
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How many calories are in your favorite foods? How much exercise would you have to do to burn off these calories? What is the relationship between calories and weight? Explore these issues by choosing diet and exercise and keeping an eye on your weight.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary
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PhET Interactive Simulations
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The student listens to a radio interview discussing expiration dates of food products. Afterward, the student will answer a number of questions and give synonyms give for a number of words. In the last task, the student must apply the information from the interview on a number of food products.
- Subject:
- Humanities
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
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KlasCement
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- Abstract:
Explore where the prohibitions and permissions that occur in every day life come from, why they exist, and what gives them force. For example: food- you are only willing and able to eat a subset of the world's edible substances. Marriage- some marriages are prohibited by law or by custom. Addresses questions of prohibition and permission using psychological sources and literary works from ancient to modern. Includes texts by Shakespeare, Melville, Mary Rowlandson, and Anita Desai. Students give group and individual oral presentations.
- Subject:
- Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
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MIT OpenCourseWare
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This course encompasses the study of eating as it affects the health and well-being of every human. Topics include taste preferences, food aversions, the regulation of hunger and satiety, food as comfort and friendship, eating as social ritual, and social norms of blame for food problems. The politics of food discusses issues such as sustainable agriculture, organic farming, genetically modified foods, nutrition policy, and the influence of food and agriculture industries. Also examined are problems such as malnutrition, eating disorders, and the global obesity epidemic; the impact of food advertising aimed at children; poverty and food; and how each individual's eating is affected by the modern environment.
- Subject:
- Humanities, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- SubTopics:
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Industrial and Agricultural Impacts
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Business & Economics
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Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition
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Open Yale Courses
