Monday, May 21, 2012

Using Technology to Teach Health and Wellness

 Health and Wellness

I really enjoyed the health and wellness resources listed in this article.  I would love to spend some time introducing these applications, websites and games to my students before they are released for summer.  The BAM (body and mind) site seems user and kid friendly.  It is run by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and covers everything from nutrition to physical activity to both physical and mental well being. I am also interested in Sugar Stacks because it is also kid friendly and provides images of everyday food items with the grams of sugar contained in each one represented as a stack of sugar cubes.  Using sugar stacks to model sugar consumption is less abstract for my younger students.

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