Course imparts information about the care and management of domesticated animals. Animal nutrition, health, reproduction, genetics, facilities, and marketing are all possible topics; Study of anatomy and physiology of livestock and other domesticated animals. Examination of developmental stages and analysis of feed ration for different parts of an animal's life cycle. Identification of environmental factors that affect an animal's performance, and recognition of animal behaviors to facilitate working with animals safely.

Students will study the soil both in the school garden and then in their outdoor environment at home. They will compare the various soils to identify the soil types they observed and discuss the plant life each soil type supports. Students will time the flow of water through different soils and observe the amount of water held in these soils. They will also observe the filtering ability of soils by noting the clarity of the water before and after it passes through the soil.

In this activity, students will use vocabulary describe what they eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Students will also be able to identify whether or not the meal is nutritious and healthy. Students will learn more about how to describe food and health. Students will also learn more about reading and understanding nutrition fact.

In this activity, students will use vocabulary to describe what they eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Students will also be able to identify whether or not the meal is nutritious and healthy. Students will learn more about how to describe food and health. Students will also learn more about reading and understanding nutrition facts. 

Students play the Animal Parents & Babies Matching Game to study the similarities and differences between babies (offspring) and their parents. They explore their outdoor space in search of plant offspring and parents and share their findings with peers. As a culminating activity, students create additional Parents & Babies index cards and life cycle posters to further investigate and compare the life cycles of various animal and plant species.

Introduce your students to the health benefits of sweet potatoes with Charleston County School District Nutrition Services, the Green Heart Project, and The Bee Cause Project with this flier and worksheet.

Students explore the school garden to make observations and inferences about which plants thrive in the current environment and which plants may decline or even perish. Students then generate scenario cards to describe situations where plants or humans thrive, decline, or perish. By constructing and monitoring an “Earth System in a Bottle”, students investigate which environmental conditions are needed for plants to thrive.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Undernourishment or undernutrition can be caused by a lack of food or a high energy demand, such as during pregnancy and lactation. Undernutrition in production animals disrupts metabolic homeostasis and causes serious health problems, including maternal metabolic disorders and stillbirth. Many production animals are ruminants, named for their unique digestive organ, the rumen, which houses a diverse anaerobic microbiome. The ruminal microbiome allows the host to break down hard-to-digest plant carbohydrates and produce protein that the host later absorbs. But little is known about the effects of undernutrition on the host-microbiome interaction in ruminants. A recent study investigated changes in the ruminal microbiome and epithelium in undernourished pregnant sheep. During undernutrition, the bacterial genes involved in the digestion of carbohydrates and protein synthesis were downregulated. This meant less energy and protein was available to the host and critical signaling pathways were inhibited..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

Students play the Up, Down, and All-Around game in the outdoor space describing the relative positions of a chosen object or organism. Back in the classroom, students open a sugar snap pea, count the number of peas in the pod, and describe the relative position of the peas. Using the three-dimensional Peas in a Pod paper cut-out model, students practice counting and describing the positions of the peas in the peapod. Students then explore the motion of objects using a crafted paper model whirly bird representing a maple seed pod.Finally, studentscreate and enact a skit with partners to show and describe the relative positions of humans (themselves) and go back outdoors to move through a sidewalk chalk obstacle course to show their knowledge of various motions.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Unlike for our ancestors, plants can provide all the nutrients we need Yet, worldwide, average meat consumption per person is higher than ever As the global population grows and natural resources wane, how sustainable is this trend? A special issue of the journal animal gathers seven articles that explore that question with respect to livestock production Collectively, they provide a data-driven basis for establishing sustainable livestock practices The research topics covered include the link between livestock and human health The importance of ruminant animals in transforming indigestible plant matter into high-quality food And the trade-offs to consider in minimizing the environmental footprint of livestock production Although not exhaustive, the gathered articles provide a useful look at the current state of livestock production And what the future could hold Editorial: Gill et al. "Livestock production evolving to contribute to sustainable societies..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

Students will learn about Vitamin B and D by looking at what they do for the body, foods they are found in, and diseases associated with over- or under-consumption. Lesson 3 of 5.

Students will learn about Vitamin C and A by looking at what they do for the body, foods they are found in, and diseases associated with over- or under-consumption. Lesson 2 of 5.

Students will learn about Vitamin E and K by looking at what they do for the body, foods they are found in, and diseases associated with over- or under-consumption.

The Vitamin Village is a web-based eLearning package developed between 2001 and 2008 to incorporate vitamins A, C, D, E and K, as well as a basic introduction to antioxidants.

It is mainly used in first year teaching of vitamins, but also in the 2nd and 3rd years of the 3 year BSc (Hons) Nutrition and 4 year MNutr Nutrition degrees taught within the School of Biosciences.

The creation and development involved staff within Nutritional Sciences (Drs John Brameld, Zoe Daniel & Tim Parr and Professor Andy Salter) and the Information Services Learning team.

Poster promoting good eating habits in school. Date stamped on verso: Jul 7 1941.

Poster promoting proper dietary habits, showing stylized fruit. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938.

Poster promoting consumption of healthy foods, showing dairy products (milk, cheese), eggs, fruit, vegetables, bread and cereal, and meat. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

The benefits of physical activity and exercise are universally recognized—and have been for far longer than one might think. Our Paleolithic ancestors regularly engaged in physical activity to survive. However, rather than chasing after a soccer ball to win a game or taking a leisurely stroll down a tree-lined path, they “worked out” by chasing after their next meal. For them, no exercise meant no food. How’s that for a health benefit?