Featured Sites Week of: Dec 4, 2011 -
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Produce Oasis - P-O-P Interactive, Inc.
Grades
4 to 12
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Produce Oasis is a source for information about selecting and preparing herbs, fresh fruits & vegetables. The site includes healthy recipes, seasonal information, history, and nutritional...more
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Produce Oasis is a source for information about selecting and preparing herbs, fresh fruits & vegetables. The site includes healthy recipes, seasonal information, history, and nutritional & dietary data about your favorite fruits and vegetables! To explore the site, choose from one of the categories from the menu on the right: Blog, Cookware, Food, and Science.
This site includes advertising.
This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Use the site with students to create healthy menus and find alternatives to fast foods. If you are a family and consumer science teacher, try out some of the recipes in class! Have students choose a recipe and create a "how-to" video using Vmaker, reviewed here to share with the class. Share the videos using a tool such as SchoolTube, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Fuel Up - National Dairy Council, National Football League
Grades
2 to 12
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Encourage students to get sixty minutes of exercise daily by partnering school workers with this site's two sponsors: the Department of Agriculture and the National Football League....more
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Encourage students to get sixty minutes of exercise daily by partnering school workers with this site's two sponsors: the Department of Agriculture and the National Football League. You can join the program for free and see if your school qualifies to receive grants to help educate your students about exercise, nutrition, and healthy eating and also to increase student access to more physical education programs and better foods. Check with your school administrators to be sure it is acceptable to have your school join and to allow your students to individually register. "Quick Start Resources" help you learn how to use the program and set up their class as a team.
In the Classroom
Participate in the healthy eating challenge by creating your own class video entry for the Cooking Show Challenge! Use Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here. Share the videos using a tool such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Help your class members to apply to be student ambassadors. Help your students to sign up and start graphing their physical activity and nutritional changes, receive badges and prizes, see how their classmates are doing and encourage them by giving rewards, and finally, by viewing what other classes are doing. Share the information on this site with parents so they can support the lifestyle changes encouraged here at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The State of the Ocean - Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) UK
Grades
6 to 12
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Explore major threats facing the world's oceans through this concise, information-rich overview from the Environmental Investigation Agency. The page explains the importance of ocean...more
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Explore major threats facing the world's oceans through this concise, information-rich overview from the Environmental Investigation Agency. The page explains the importance of ocean biodiversity and introduces human-driven pressures such as commercial whaling, fishing bycatch, illegal fishing, and plastic pollution. Striking statistics give students concrete entry points for investigation, including EIA's estimates that 2.9 million great whales were killed by commercial whaling during the 20th century, only a handful of vaquitas remain, and at least 14 million tons of plastic enter the oceans from land each year. The resource also explains the International Whaling Commission's commercial whaling moratorium and describes threats to the critically endangered vaquita. Links to EIA campaigns on plastic pollution, the vaquita, and whales, dolphins, and porpoises make it easy to extend a lesson into deeper research.
tag(s): biodiversity (42), climate (99), ecosystems (113), marine biology (33), oceans (143), pollution (57)
In the Classroom
Have students read the page individually, identify one claim about whaling, plastic pollution, bycatch, or the vaquita, then locate supporting details and write a short, evidence-based explanation. Ask students to compare two threats to marine ecosystems with the 2 and 3 Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here, creating a visual comparison of causes, effects, affected species, and possible responses. Invite students to turn one of the page's major statistics into a visual awareness product using Canva for Education, reviewed here, combining the statistic with a brief explanation of its significance and a researched action that could address the problem.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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