Archive for the Category ◊ Health ◊

30 Apr 2009 Still Tasty
Author: Dominic Tremblay |  Category: Health, Nutrition  | Leave a Comment

stilltastyIf you are teaching nutrition to your student, this website is an amazing resource when it comes to food safety. It helps answer the question : Is it still tasty? How many times have we look at food that has been in the fridge for a while and it looks ok, but we are not sure if it still tasty or if it is dangerous to eat it. With this website, the question is easily answered. It includes a huge database of food and information about how long they can be kept because they loose their flavour or before they go bad and should not be eaten. You will also get answers to questions such as:

  • Is Bottled Water Still Safe To Drink After the Expiration Date?
  • I Left Pizza Out Overnight – Is It Still Safe to Eat?
  • Is it OK to Put Hot Food in the Refrigerator?

You will also learn the best ways to safely defrost food. Make sure you add this to your bookmark when you need to teach safe food handling.

28 Feb 2009 Calorielab
Author: Dominic Tremblay |  Category: Biology, Health, Nutrition  | Leave a Comment


It is usually easy to calculate calories and nutritional values from food bought at the supermarket since all the packages include a nutritional chart. When you are eating out, it is much harder to know. When teaching nutrition, keeping track of calorie intake is often part of the assignment, so you may want to recommend « Calorielab » to your students, as they will find the nutritional value of food served at most chain restaurants. They can also find nutritional value of tons of food avaiable on the market. It is a great calorie counter.

08 Jun 2007 Worksheets To Go (by Discovery Education)
Author: Dominic Tremblay |  Category: Arts, Foreign Language, Health, Information Technology, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies  | One Comment

The discovery channel offers a worksheets generator on its education website. The worksheets are available in many different categories including : Arts, Mathematics, Science, Health, Social Studies, Information Technology and Foreign Language.

All worksheets were created by teachers. Worksheets are organized by category and listed by title and grade level. In each category there are many sub-categories. Each sub-category has many exercises. Worksheets include matching exercises as well as scramble exercises. They are formatted in HTML so the layout is not the best when printed.

14 May 2007 Kids Health
Author: Dominic Tremblay |  Category: Health, Physical Education, Science  | Leave a Comment

Kids health is a great website to provide information to kids about health and is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. The site is available in English and Spanish. There are three versions of the website : one for parents, one for kids and one for teens. The site is visually attractive and in the information is presented in a language easily read by kids or teens. It includes tips for dealing with feelings, for staying healthy and for dealing with everyday illnesses and injuries. There is also an excellent guide on puberty.

There is also a section about the human body where the student can use a magnifying glass to zoom on certain parts of the body and learn about them. There is a lot of easy to read information about each organ. It is a very good resource for research projects on the human body. There are also a few games such as Halloween Candy, a game in which the student realize how many calories there are in candies. “Mission Nutrition” is also a game in which they determine how good is their nutrition. It also includes some movies about asthma, how body works and how we play. For those who would like to do science fair project about health, there are some easy to do experiments that are described in details.

The teen version of the site includes information about topic such as drugs, alcohol, tattoos, etc. It also provides information about sexually transmitted diseases and birth control. There are also some tips on how to cope with school and a part-time job. The site is very complete and provides good information. Also, many sites about health are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies and they have a commercial interest. This site doesn’t seem to promote products.

06 May 2007 Nutrition Explorations
Author: Dominic Tremblay |  Category: Health, Nutrition, Physical Education  | One Comment

Nutrition Explorations is a website for teachers, parents and students dedicated to health through a balance diet. It is sponsored by the National Dairy Council and although it covers all aspect of nutrition, a big emphasis is put on the importance of dairy products in the diet. The look, music and graphics of the site will please elementary school student and make it fun. In the Educators section, you will find ideas on how to implement a School Wellness program as well as lesson plans to teach nutrition. The material is available on the Web and may also be downloaded as printable PDF. It includes student worksheets and artwork. There is also an interactive pyramid for the food groups.

The section for parents includes a Family Guide to eating healthy with ideas and recipes. There are also some tips for busy families. For the students, there are fun and interactive activities such as “Little D the Dragon” or “Monster Nutrition”. They can also use the “Nutrition Tracker” to ensure that they eat food from all the food groups.