November 9, 2009
BONUS! This Issue's Online-Only Printables:
- Food Label Know-how
SKILL: Chart-Reading Skills
BASED ON: “Plumped Up Portions,” p. 8
Download this issue's Teacher's Edition here. Please note that the answer key has been removed.
Reproducibles from the Teacher's Edition
- Science News (Reading Comprehension)
- Check for Understanding (Reading Comprehension)
- Portion Distortion (Graphing Skills)
This issue's Web Extras:
- This interactive Web site provides everyday examples of the right portion sizes for many common foods:
www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-portionsize-plate - For more information on how you can make your own SOHH, check out the Dixons’ site:
http://web.me.com/dgdixon/SOHH_Project/Welcome.html - Learn more about the history of the electric guitar at:
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/electricguitar/index.htm - For more hair-care chemistry, visit:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/hair - To see an animation of Orange County, California’s water purification process, visit:
http://www.gwrsystem.com/about/process.html - Watch animations of Giedd’s MRI data showing the changes in the teen brain at:
http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~thompson/DEVEL/dynamic.html - Calculate your family’s carbon footprint at Scholastic’s Act Green site:
http://www.scholastic.com/actgreen/parents
Article-specific web links from this issue's Teacher's Edition:
"Plumped Up Portions," p. 8- Want to devise a healthy eating plan? Check out the USDA’s MyPyramid Web site for tips, tools, and more:
www.mypyramid.gov
- Find out everything you want to know about solar energy from Solar Energy International’s Web site for kids:
www.solarenergy.org/older-kids
"Name That Element!" p. 14
- Visit the Jefferson Lab’s It’s Elemental Web site to learn more:
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele024.html
"Ingredients for a Good Hair Day," p. 18
- Check out NPR’s Hair Extravaganza Web site at:
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=102067582
"Would You Drink Toilet Water?" p. 20
- Check out the EPA’s Water Sourcebooks for grades K-12 which are filledwith facts, figures, lesson plans, and more:
www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb
"Your Teenage Brain," p. 22
- Want to know more about your brain? Check out this illustrated guide tothe human brain: The Great Brain Book: An Inside Look at the Inside of Your Head by HP Newquist, Scholastic Reference, 2005. Buy it here:
http://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_null_11523_-1_10052_10051
"Phones, Facebook, and the Environment," p. 26
- Check out the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change Kids Site that’s full of information, activities, and lesson plans:
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids
