Thursday, November 18, 2010-Body Organization and Systems

Hello Health Students!
I hope you are all well and healthy.....make sure you wash your hands a lot during this season of flu and colds...:)

Today I would like you to start out the class watching another brainpop movie on the human body. Click on  the following link and use the username and password I last gave you.

Brainpop movie on Human Body

After watching the movie I would like you to answer the following questions.  You may have to do a bit of research on your own.

1.  What are the different systems in the body?

2. For the following, identify the first system that is affected by the condition and then choose another body system that might also feel it's affects.
a.  Common Cold
b.  Broken Bone
c. Asthma Attack
d.  Sunburn

3.  Cells, organ systems, tissues, and organs are different levels of organization in the body.  Please list them from smallest to largest levels.
4.  What are the  four basic types of tissue in the human body?  Tell me a bit about the general function of each.

Happy Thursday!
Margot

Tuesday, November 15, 2010

Hello, Happy Tuesday!

Well, Kalden let me know what he was thinking about the physical activity part of the food log, hehehe.  Let me know if anyone else had problems with that part.  I am only able to access my  account, so am really not sure how to troubleshoot that one.  If you have problems adding your activity, just skip that part.

Today, I would like you to add any other food entries that you can.  You really need complete days , with ALL that you have eaten, to most accurately assess your diet. 
Play around with the reports part of the program again and answer the following questions.  Instead of posting, email me your responses.  This will allow you to discuss what you learned about your eating habits without sharing all those insights with the rest of your classmates.....a bit of privacy...:)

1.  What surprised you the most after analysing your diet and why?  What does it lead you to conclude?
2.  What did you find that you might be lacking in your diet?  What can  or will you do to add this to your diet?
3.  What did you find you really did a good job of including in your diet?  Why do you think that is so?
4.  Have you made any changes to your diet since using the food log?  In what ways has it made you more aware of what you eat?  If it has not, please tell me why you think that is.
5.  After studying different aspects of nutrition and using the knowledge that you have gained, please plan an ideal lunch meal that would be full of  healthy choices.  Explain why you choose the foods to include in your meal and why it would be balanced and healthy.

Looking forward to reading your responses........
Yours in Healthy Eating,
Margot

Tuesday, November 8, 2010

Hello Health Class!
I hope all is well with you and you have been able to log in your food log over the past three days, or at least three days in total.  I did not get any emails except for one, so I am assuming all went well.
Today during class I would like you to go in and add your physical activity.  You will need to choose

"The standard option"     to do this under "assess your physical activity.  Try to make this as accurate as possible for a "normal" weekday.
Next, you will enter foods for today so far and save.  After you have done this, you should be directed to an "Analyze Your Food Intake" Screen.  Here there are many option for looking at your entries and I would like you to take some time checking out the different options, particularly the last one called "Healthy Eating History".   Make sure you spend some time checking out the different options as on Thursday I will be asking you to use this information to answer some questions and responses about your diet and what you have learned during our nutrition unit.  Email me if you have any questions.
Happy Investigating!
Margot

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Hello Healthy Student Nutritionists!

I hope all is well with you!  I am in the process of sending your graded quizzes back to you via email with feedback on your answers.  It sounds like you had a very interesting last class with Kaleha and Imali's mom, wish I could have listened in!
Well, we have investigated different nutrients over the past few weeks and are nearing the end of our nutrition unit.  I would like you, for your final project, to keep track of your own diet over the next 3 days, and on next Thursday, write an analysis of what you learn. Don't worry, I will give you clear directions a bit later on how to do this.
First, you will be using the following site to set up a free account in which to input your daily food intakes for today, Friday and Saturday.  You will be clicking here to get to mypyramid.gov  Once you get to the site, you will look for:

My Pyramid Tracker, which is under "Spotlights" on the bottome row. 
Scroll down to the bottom and click "New User Registration"  (next time you will go to existing user login)
fill in the blanks and create an account and save
You will then need to fill in your personal information.  If you are unsure of anything, just make your best guess.  Save your info and go to "proceed to food intake"
Here you will be adding in all the foods you have eaten so far today.  You will just type in the name of the food and a list to choose from will come up.  Take some time today and play around with the site.  You add foods, will be asked about serving size and how many servings etc.  There are various ways to analyze your food and even places to add your physical activity, which will give you a more accurate picture of your food intake and caloric needs.
Email me if you have any problems or questions.  Setting up your account and adding your foods, along with checking out the ways to look at the data will probably take most of today's class.  You will need to be responsible and post your food intake for tomorrow and Saturday on your own time, a sort of homework.
Happy Investigating!
Margot