Eating & Exercise
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About
Topics
- Biology
- Food
- Exercise
- Energy
Description
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.
Sample Learning Goals
- Design a diet and exercise regimen.
- Estimate the number of calories required for basic survival.
- Estimate the number of calories burned by exercise.
- Explain how heart health depends on diet and exercise.
- Explain how Body Mass Index (BMI) depends on weight and height.
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Eating and Exercise Clicker Questions |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro MS HS |
CQs |
| Eating and Exercise Activity |
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Wendy Adams | UG-Intro MS HS K-5 |
Lab | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
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| Healthy Eating and Proper Exercise | Angel Bontilao & Cherelyn Cales | MS HS |
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| Eating and Exercise PhET: Body Systems grade 4-5 | Molly Martin | K-5 | Lab | ||
| Eating and Exercise digital lesson | Stephanie Bonilla | K-5 | Lab | ||
| Health and Exercise | Stephanie | K-5 | Lab CQs |
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| Guided Discovery: BMI, BMR, Calories in/out | Steve Vendome | MS HS |
Other Lab |
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| alimentazione | Daniela Leone | MS | Lab Guided |
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| Aliando alimentação, exercício e escrita: um desafio em simulação | Ana Paula de Deus Mesck, Jaqueline Lidorio Mattia | MS | Lab | ||
| Comida y Ejercicio, Lección Digital | Elvis Rivera | K-5 | Lab MC |
Translations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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