Wednesday, February 3, 2010


http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html

This tool is an online source where students can go to learn more about the Food Pyramid. Students can click on each of the different sections of the Pyramid to learn about the different food groups and the daily recommendations for each type of food they should eat.

This tool makes learning more Effective because students can read for themselves about each different food group of the Food Pyramid, and they can use these facts for any kind of project that would deal with a healthy eating subject. Also, this tool makes learning more effective because students can find examples for each food group to eat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RxYvOvKHkU

This resource is a video from YouTube that explains different ways for people to design and start their own exercise program. It is done by a real personal trainer who has experience in designing exercise programs. The video explains how to make a personalized plan that students could use.

This video could be used to help make learning more Efficient. Instead of researching or reading through a textbook to design an exercise program for a project, students could watch this video in class and save time by doing so. They can learn how to complete their project in less time, making the project itself more efficient.


http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/htbw_main_page.html

This resource shows kids how the body works using many different interactive tools on the website. By clicking on one of the many body parts that the website shows, students can watch movies, take quizzes, read articles, and play games to learn about each different body part

This tool serves as an Enhancement for learning because it lets kids have fun and enjoy what they are doing while they learn about how the human body works. This cannot be done using just a regular text book, so the learning experience is greatly enhanced through this tool.