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 HS
MS
UG-Intro		 CQs Biology
Eating and Exercise Activity A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Wendy Adams HS
K-5
UG-Intro
MS		 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 Chemistry
Physics
Biology
Eating & Exercise Simulation Lesson Katie Grobe K-5 Lab Biology
Eating and Exercise Simulation Kelsey Zinnel K-5
MS		 Lab
MC		 Biology
Eating and Exercise Simulation Activity Samantha Goldstein K-5 Guided Other
Biology
factors that determine food requirements in human beings GEORGE SAMSON Other
HS
UG-Intro
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HW
Lab
Demo		 Biology
Healthy Eating and Proper Exercise Angel Bontilao & Cherelyn Cales HS
MS		 Guided
Other		 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 Lab
CQs
Guided Discovery: BMI, BMR, Calories in/out Steve Vendome MS
HS		 Lab
Other		 Biology
Chemistry
Other
SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López HS
MS		 Other Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Mathematics
PRIMARIA: Alineación con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López MS
K-5		 HW
Demo
Discuss
Guided
Lab		 Mathematics
Astronomy
Chemistry
Physics
sperimenta e rispondi giuliana lo giudice HS Guided
Lab		 Physics
alimentazione Daniela Leone MS Lab
Guided		 Biology
Alimentação e Saúde Viviane Alves de Oliveira Feitosa, Maria Cleide da Silva Barroso MS
K-5		 Lab
Demo
Guided		 Earth Science
Biology
Educação alimentar e nutricional Rosemary Carvalho de Sousa, Raphael Alves Feitosa,Antonio de Lisboa Coutinho Junior HS MC
Guided
Discuss		 Biology
Other
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 UG-Intro
HS		 Guided
Demo
Discuss
HW		 Biology
Chemistry
Comida y Ejercicio, Lección Digital Elvis Rivera K-5 Lab
MC		 Biology

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  • Wendy Adams
  • Noah Podolefsky
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Kate Semsar
  • Franny Benay
  • Sam Reid (developer)