This lesson helps the students to understand how foods affect their body. We will be focusing on the benefits of healthy food and why it is important to eat such foods. Each student will be given the opportunity to bring in a healthy food to share with the class and talk about how that food affects certain parts of the body.

This microcredential represents educators' effective and consistent instruction on food and culture. This is the fourth microcredential in the Nutrition Stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement.

Food is mechanically broken down in the stomach as muscular contractions squeeze and churn it. Enzymes and acids are also secreted to break down food, forming a soup-like mixture known as chyme.

Food travels through the esophagus via rhythmic muscular contractions referred to as peristalsis.

Nutrients are absorbed into tiny blood vessels found inside villi. Blood then carries nutrients throughout the body.

40 maps, charts, and graphs that show where our food comes from and how we eat it by VOX.

Basic review of food borne illness; sources, symptoms, and prevention. Internal temperatures are introduced and proper storage placement when refrigerating.

In this lesson plan, educators will learn to teach students how to throw a football and two team games. 

An image of -- Bigtooth maple, color range -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, University of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Bigtooth maple (Acer grandidentatum) is often found along streams and in drainages in the foothill region. 'Bigtooth' refers to the leaves of these trees which are deeply lobed. It is also called canyon maple or western sugar maple. In the fall, the leaves are very colorful. Deer and livestock eat the twigs and leaves. Native people used bigtooth maple for flavoring. ===

An image of -- Bigtooth maple, floral structure -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Bigtooth maple (Acer grandidentatum) is often found along streams and in drainages in the foothill region. 'Bigtooth' refers to the leaves of these trees which are deeply lobed. It is also called canyon maple or western sugar maple. In the fall, the leaves are very colorful. Deer and livestock eat the twigs and leaves. Native people used bigtooth maple for flavoring. ===

An image of -- Bigtooth maple, hillside -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Bigtooth maple (Acer grandidentatum) is often found along streams and in drainages in the foothill region. 'Bigtooth' refers to the leaves of these trees which are deeply lobed. It is also called canyon maple or western sugar maple. In the fall, the leaves are very colorful. Deer and livestock eat the twigs and leaves. Native people used bigtooth maple for flavoring. ===

An image of -- Bigtooth maple, red leaves -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Bigtooth maple (Acer grandidentatum) is often found along streams and in drainages in the foothill region. 'Bigtooth' refers to the leaves of these trees which are deeply lobed. It is also called canyon maple or western sugar maple. In the fall, the leaves are very colorful. Deer and livestock eat the twigs and leaves. Native people used bigtooth maple for flavoring. ===

An image of -- Bitterbrush -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) has small, silvery leaves adapted for its life on sunny hillsides and rocky slopes at 3500- 9000 feet. It is called the favorite browse of mule deer, and it is also eaten by elk. The seeds are eaten by pocket gophers, chipmunks, and ground squirrels. ===

An image of -- Bitterbrush, leaf close-up -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) has small, silvery leaves adapted for its life on sunny hillsides and rocky slopes at 3500- 9000 feet. It is called the favorite browse of mule deer, and it is also eaten by elk. The seeds are eaten by pocket gophers, chipmunks, and ground squirrels. ===

An image of -- Chokecherry -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) is usually found along streams or on moist slopes at 4500- 9,000 feet. It is an important food source for many animals, including grouse and bighorn sheep. It was named chokecherry for the bitter taste of the berries, though it has been widely used for jams and juice. ===

An image of -- Chokecherry, with berries -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) is usually found along streams or on moist slopes at 4500- 9,000 feet. It is an important food source for many animals, including grouse and bighorn sheep. It was named chokecherry for the bitter taste of the berries, though it has been widely used for jams and juice. ===

An image of -- Chokecherry, with flowers -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) is usually found along streams or on moist slopes at 4500- 9000 feet. It is an important food source for many animals, including grouse and bighorn sheep. It was named chokecherry for the bitter taste of the berries, though it has been widely used for jams and juice. ===

An image of -- Gambel oak -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii), often called scrub oak, grows at 4500- 7500 feet along the Wasatch Front. This deciduous shrub is often seen in thickets because it grows in clones. It is an important browse for deer. Stellars jays, scrub jays, and rodents feed on its acorns. Acorns were ground and used by native people in bread, soup and pancakes. ===

An image of -- Sagebrush -- is provided, drawn from the the collection of UTAH NATIVE PLANTS, contributed by the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Unviersity of Utah. The photographs show the changing appearance of various plants throughout the seasons. === Sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata ), one of the most abundant shrubs in the west, lives in well-drained soils of sunny, open slopes at 4,500- 10,000 feet. Sagebrush is a shrub, but it has green leaves all year. Every spring additional ephemeral leaves grow on this plant to maximize photosynthesis; they drop off when the weather becomes hotter and drier. Sagebrush leaves have a very strong scent. This plant is eaten by deer and livestock, sage grouse, and many other small animals. ===