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FOSS AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
The Food and Nutrition Module encourages
students to develop the skills of investigation in order to
build explanations based on knowledge and evidence. This module
supports the following National Science Education Standards.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Develop students’ abilities to do and understand scientific
inquiry.
- Identify questions; design and conduct scientific investigations
to answer those questions.
- Employ tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
- Develop and communicate explanations using evidence.
- Use mathematics in scientific inquiry.
- Understand that scientists use different kinds of investigations
and tools to develop explanations using evidence and knowledge.
CONTENT: LIFE SCIENCE
Develop students’ understanding of functions of living
systems.
• One of the systems of the human organism is the digestive
system. This system interacts with the other systems in the
human body.
• Disease is a breakdown in structures or functions
of an organism and can be caused by improper nutrition.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Develop students’ understandings about science and
technology.
• Scientists work collaboratively in teams and use tools
and scientific techniques to make better observations.
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
Develop an understanding of personal health.
• Food provides energy and nutrients for growth and
development. Nutrition requirements vary with body mass, age,
sex, activity, and body functioning.
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