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You know you’re supposed to limit added sugar in your diet, but even if you steer clear of Ben and Jerry’s, chances are you’re eating more sugar than you think. Here’s how your body might be telling you to limit your sugar intake.
Calculate how much energy you should eat each day - and see the effect if you exercise more or if you are trying to lose weight.
Energy requirements vary with age, gender, body size and activity levels. The Energy Requirements Calculator estimates your daily energy requirements for good health based on what your body needs for breathing, circulating blood, digesting food and physical activity. This may change from day to day. Any energy intake above the estimated requirement is likely to result in weight gain.
Australian Government site. Includes calculators, resources, games etc.
Advice about the amount and kinds of foods that we need to eat for health and wellbeing.
Units, plans, resources for Teachers
The charts below provide an estimated number of Kilojoules or Calories expended at various body weights while performing a range of exercises for 30 minutes.
Diagram to explain circulation system
The Science Learning Hub shows how food eaten is used to fuel our bodies to do everyday tasks.
Visual information on balanced diet
Calculate your daily protein needs and see how the amount of protein we need depends on age and activity levels.
Posters and Teaching Resources - Life Science
Children and young people need to be active at home, at school, at play during the weekends and in the community. They should do at least 1 hour of moderate or vigorous physical activity spread over each day.
Teach students about human anatomy by demonstrating the function and location of organs in the human body. We have a variety of fantastic resources including information charts depicting the skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, circulatory and more.
Be active every day, in as many ways as possible. Aim for at least 2 ½ hours of moderate (or 1 ¼ hours of vigorous physical activity) spread throughout the week.
FREE downloadable teacher resources designed for Kiwi kids in Kiwi schools.
Every School Kit teacher resource is divided into three parts - Find, Apply, Produce. We developed our model in an effort to provide teachers with innovative teaching ideas that were robustly integrated with opportunities for authentic use of online sources for learning.
Parents.com provides an information hub for parents including strength training exercises. Strength training means using body weight to help build up strength. Perfect for kids and the whole family.
Our topic for today is the Digestive System in Humans.
Digestion is a process in which complex food material is broken down into simpler substances.
The digestion of food in humans takes place in the alimentary canal, which is a long tube extending from the mouth to the anus.
vegetables A - Z
Recipes
Videos
Education Resources
Fresh NZ Vegetables
The Muscular System Explained In 6 Minutes
