Reactions - Everyday Chemistry and Food

I posted about this PBS produced Youtube channel back in January of 2016 (click here).  It is a Youtube channel about everday chemistry.  One of the playlists  you might want to look at covers Chemistry and Food which can be found by clicking here.  If you would like to see all Reactions videos click here.

Choose My Plate, Mon Assiette, Mi Plato

This site is created by the United States Department of Agriculture.    The site promotes healthy eating.   You can Plan, Analyze and Track your food with Super Tracker.  There is a Tool Kit for teachers in My Plate, My State. To see the main webpage click here.  You may want to cursor to the bottom of the page to look at the Online Tools.   For the Spanish teachers, My Plate Daily Checklist is also available in Spanish.  To see it in Spanish click here.   For French or other languages click here.  Also there is a Kids State Dinner, which is a pdf booklet of student submitted recipes from all 50 US states.  It is described as a healthy lunchtime challenge.  To see this click here.  

Too Much Sugar

If you teach Health, Physical Education or Foods you might want to look at these sites/videos that Richard Byrne posted.  They all deal with sugar and our bodies.  The first one is Rethink Your Drink which is a pdf document dealing with how much sugar is in most drinks and lists alternatives.  To see the website click here.  The next two were videos.  The first is a TED ED lesson called How Sugar Effects the Brain and is embedded below.

Untamed Science offers another similar video on why we crave sugar and is embedded below.

Sugar Stacks is a great site to visualize how much sugar is in what we consume.

To see their website click here.

Ted Ed - What are Carbohydrates?

From the popular Ted Ed series of videos I noticed this video on Carbohydrates and how they impact your health by Richard J. Wood.  It might be good for your Foods or Health Science class.  The video is embedded above and if you are a teacher the Ted Ed page has 5 multiple choice questions under the  topic Think on the right hand side as well as some more resources under Dig Deeper also on the right hand side of the webpage.  To see the webpage click here.

Artificially Bred Crops

How much have certain crops changed in 9000 years due to artificial breeding?  James Kennedy a chemistry teacher from Australia has produced some interesting infographics that could be used if you are teaching about genetically modified foods.

To see the website click here.