Health Nutrition

 Read the articles What Minerals Do. Write a 2 paragraph summary (5 sentences each) of what you learned. Watch the health show video on this web page. Write a 2 paragraph (5 sentences each) of the video. What one fact was interesting in the video and why was it? (5 sentences)

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.http://www.healthylivinganswers.com/vitamins/minerals-essential-for-body-and-health.html Watch the BBC news story Food waste: An unpalatable problem

click herehttp://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120329-an-unpalatable-problem?selectorSection=health

Write a 3 paragraph (5 sentences each) summary of the news story. Name 2 facts that you thought were the most important and discuss why you think so.

2. Watch the following Nova video on Replacing Body Parts

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/replacing-body-parts.html

Write a 3 paragraph (4 sentences each) summary of the video. What did you think of the windpipe transplant (5 sentences)? If it becomes possible to grow a new heart, do you think the average person will worry less or more about having a healthy diet and exercising (4 sentences)?

 

3. Do the following interactive Map of the Human Heart. Click herehttp://www.cspinet.org/nah/articles/fighting_inflammation.html Watch all 3 parts, step thru, anatomy, and facts. Pick 2 items in each part and write a 3 sentence description of each one. Read the article Fighting Inflammation.

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Write a 2 paragraph (5 sentences each) description of this effect for each of the following; heart disease, metabolic syndrome and cancer.

 

4. At the website, How It’s Made, watch the segments Beet sugar. Click here.http://science.discovery.com/videos/how-its-made-beet-sugar.html and Bacon Click here.http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/how-its-made/videos/how-its-made-bacon.htm and Hot Dog Click here

http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/how-its-made/videos/mini-episodes-food-and-drink.htm

Write a 2 paragraph (4 sentences each) summary of each segment. What one thing were you surprised by or interested in each segment (3 sentences each).