Weekly Blog 5/22/16 - Nutrition

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Summary

In order to stay healthy, people have created food guides like food pyramids (shown above), percentage food plates, graphs, and more. A healthy balance of different food categories is essential for leading a strong life. You can learn about the foods you are eating by reading the nutrition label. The nutrition label includes some information such as a number of servings and calories. Speaking of calories, what are they? Calories are a unit of measurement. They measure the amount of energy the food may give you. One calorie is equivalent the amount of energy required to heat up 1 kilogram of water 1 degrees celsius. Also, there are two kinds of calories. Big and small. A big Calorie (with a capital C) is 1000 small calories.

SP4: Analyzing and interpreting data

I analyzed data when I watched videos and read articles about food nutrition, labels, serving sizes, and more. Once I did this, I created graphs and wrote about the data I had just learned with my group. Our class created a document together showing data we all knew. We each had to work together to list healthy and unhealthy foods.

XCC: Energy and Matter

We discussed energy when we talked about calories. Calories measure the potential amount of energy some food will provide when consumed. Food is one of the things that give humans energy. Unlike plants, we can't photosynthesize and create our own food. A small chain of a events or system happens when we consume food. After we eat food, our body takes the available nutrition from the food to create energy. After that, we can use the energy to do whatever.

Multiplier: Learner

This week I was a learned. I asked questions about food serving sizes to learn more as well as get answers. I was able to get answers by reading articles, watching films, and listening to my classmates.