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Curricular Resources > 2002 Volume V > Unit 10 (02.05.10) > Section 3

Food, Environmental Quality and Health

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CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 02.05.10

Unit Guide

Narrative
Building Background
Vocabulary Strategies
Key Terms and definitions
Check students understanding
Strategies for Reading
Reading Material
Lessons from the Modern Machine (quoted)
Lessons From Nature (quoted)
What Should a Flesh Eater Know? (quoted)
Lesson #1 Food Chains
What Should a Vegetarian Know? (quoted)
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Italian Food Pyramid
Lesson # 2 Food Pyramids Comparison
Genetically Engineered Food
How Do the Natural Food Companies Rate?
Lesson #3 In Search of Non-Genetically Engineered Foods
Lesson # 4 Pesticides Analysis
Coming Clean
Lessons #5 Organic Shopping
Water: It is necessary or optional? And how much?
Conclusion
Culminating Activity
Bibliography

For Optimum Health: Revising the Food Pyramid

Gwendolyn Robinson

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