Eating & Exercise

Eating & Exercise Screenshot
  • Biology
  • Food
  • Exercise
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Topics

  • Biology
  • Food
  • Exercise
  • Energy

Description

How many calories are in your favorite foods? How much exercise would you have to do to burn off these calories? What is the relationship between calories and weight? Explore these issues by choosing diet and exercise and keeping an eye on your weight.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Design a diet and exercise regimen.
  • Estimate the number of calories required for basic survival.
  • Estimate the number of calories burned by exercise.
  • Explain how heart health depends on diet and exercise.
  • Explain how Body Mass Index (BMI) depends on weight and height.
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Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Eating and Exercise Clicker Questions A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein UG-Intro
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HS		 CQs Biology
Eating and Exercise Activity A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Wendy Adams HS
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K-5		 Lab
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other Chemistry
Earth Science
Biology
Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer HS
MS		 Other Physics
Biology
Chemistry
Eating & Exercise Simulation Lesson Katie Grobe K-5 Lab Biology
Eating and Exercise Simulation Kelsey Zinnel MS
K-5		 Lab
MC		 Biology
Eating and Exercise Simulation Activity Samantha Goldstein K-5 Guided Biology
Other
factors that determine food requirements in human beings GEORGE SAMSON MS
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Other
UG-Intro		 HW
Demo
Lab
Guided		 Biology
Healthy Eating and Proper Exercise Angel Bontilao & Cherelyn Cales HS
MS		 Other
Guided		 Biology
Eating and Exercise PhET: Body Systems grade 4-5 Molly Martin K-5 Lab Biology
Eating and Exercise digital lesson Stephanie Bonilla K-5 Lab
Health and Exercise Stephanie K-5 CQs
Lab
Guided Discovery: BMI, BMR, Calories in/out Steve Vendome MS
HS		 Other
Lab		 Chemistry
Biology
Other
SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López MS
HS		 Other Physics
Biology
Mathematics
Chemistry
PRIMARIA: Alineación con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López MS
K-5		 Guided
HW
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Discuss
Lab		 Mathematics
Astronomy
Chemistry
Physics
sperimenta e rispondi giuliana lo giudice HS Guided
Lab		 Physics
alimentazione Daniela Leone MS Guided
Lab		 Biology
Alimentação e Saúde Viviane Alves de Oliveira Feitosa, Maria Cleide da Silva Barroso MS
K-5		 Lab
Demo
Guided		 Biology
Earth Science
Educação alimentar e nutricional Rosemary Carvalho de Sousa, Raphael Alves Feitosa,Antonio de Lisboa Coutinho Junior HS Guided
MC
Discuss		 Other
Biology
Aliando alimentação, exercício e escrita: um desafio em simulação Ana Paula de Deus Mesck, Jaqueline Lidorio Mattia MS Lab Other
Exploracion del simulador bryan castaño HS
UG-Intro		 Guided
Demo
HW
Discuss		 Chemistry
Biology
Comida y Ejercicio, Lección Digital Elvis Rivera K-5 MC
Lab		 Biology

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