This lesson focuses on Latin American immigration to New York City during …
This lesson focuses on Latin American immigration to New York City during the late 1940s and 50s and the effect it had on popular culture. Students investigate a 1940 U.S. Department of Agriculture film about Puerto Rico, a graph containing immigration data, an interview with bandleader Tito Puente, an array of clips featuring Latin dance music, and both mainstream Pop songs and Broadway showtunes revealing the "Latin tinge." As students examine these resources, they will consider and discuss the roles Latino artists played in bringing a Latin feel to American popular culture.
Introduction to Health OER Textbooks TABLE OF CONTENTS About this Book 1: …
Introduction to Health OER Textbooks
TABLE OF CONTENTS About this Book 1: Introduction to Health and Wellness 1.1: Dimensions of Wellness 1.2: Healthy People 2020 1.3: Major Health Concerns 1.4: Risk Factors and Levels of Disease Prevention 1.5: Behavior Change and Goal Setting 2: Exercise and Physical Activity 2.1: Health Benefits of Physical Activity 2.2: Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults 2.3: Developing a Personal Exercise Program 3: Nutrition 3.1: Nutrition Basics 3.2: Dietary Guidelines for Americans 3.3: Disease Risk and Nutrition 3.4: Nutrition Facts Label 3.5: Organic Foods 4: Weight Management 4.1: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity 4.2: Balancing Calories 4.3: Measuring Obesity 4.4: Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity 5: Stress Management 5.1: Stress Overview 5.2: Yerkes-Dodson Law 5.3: The Stress Response 5.4: Health Effects of Stress 5.5: Managing Stress 6: Emotional and Mental Health 6.1: Mental Health Overview 6.2: Psychological Constructs 6.3: Anxiety Disorders 6.4: Depression 6.5: Suicide Prevention 6.6: Eating Disorders 2 7: Alcohol and Tobacco 7.1: Alcohol Facts 7.2: Health Effects of Alcohol Abuse 7.3: Rethinking Drinking 7.4: Tobacco Use 7.5: Quitting Smoking 8: Drugs and Addiction 8.1: Understanding Drug Use and Addiction 8.2: Health Effects of Drug Abuse 8.3: Consequences of Drug Abuse 8.4: Treatment Approaches for Drug Addiction 8.5: Synthetic Drugs 9: Unintentional Injuries and Violence 9.1: Unintentional Injuries 9.2: Intentional Injuries- Violence 9.3: Intimate Partner Violence 10: Relationships, Sexuality, and Contraception 10.1: Healthy Relationships 10.2: Love and Attraction Theory 10.3: Effective Communication 10.4: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 10.5: LGBT Health 10.6: Contraception 11: Immune System, Infectious Diseases, and STD’s/STI’s 11.1: The Immune System 11.2: STD’s/STI’s 12: Cardiovascular Disease 12.1: The Cardiovascular System 12.2: Cardiovascular Diseases 12.3: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease 13: Cancer 13.1: Cancer Overview 13.2: Types of Cancer 13.3: Risk Factors for Cancer 13.4: Cancer Prevention 14: Environmental Wellness- A Healthy Planet 14.1: The Importance of a Healthy Planet 14.2: The Impact of the Environment on Public Health 14.3: Creating a Healthier Planet
This online article, from the museum's Musings newsletter for educators, profiles two …
This online article, from the museum's Musings newsletter for educators, profiles two scientists who lead walking tours in New York City's green spaces. Bill Schiller, a botany lecturer and senior museum instructor, discusses the ways in which he "builds an appreciation of how nature works and a sense of responsible stewardship" during his tours. Bob DeCandido, an urban park ranger, explains how he "teaches city-dwellers to look closely at their wild neighbors and become better environmental stewards in the process." The article also includes ideas for four activities that can be completed during a walking tour.
Working in teams of four, students act as botanists and use non-fiction …
Working in teams of four, students act as botanists and use non-fiction on-line text to conduct Self Organized Learning System (SOLE) research to uncover the needs and life cycle of a plant for the school garden.
In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan explores risks inherent in one …
In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan explores risks inherent in one of the most widespread practices in modern agriculture. It's called monoculture, and it refers to cultivation of single or very similar varieties of a food crop on large acreages. In many cases, the variety is one that dominates the marketplace, like the Russet Burbank potato, whose shape makes it a favorite for cutting French fries, or one of the few apple varieties commonly seen in supermarkets. Monoculture may offer economic advantages, but Pollan argues that it brings serious environmental risks.
In the activity students learn about the properties of solutions, acidity and …
In the activity students learn about the properties of solutions, acidity and pH, electrolytes versus non-electrolytes, and solution concentration. Hopefully, this activity will also dispel common misconceptions about tap water and bottled beverages.
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Poster shows man in Sons of the Soil uniform blowing a bugle …
Poster shows man in Sons of the Soil uniform blowing a bugle to summon men to the Sons of the Soil corps. In the background, men in the S.O.S. uniform head for the fields. Text indicates that the bugler is wearing the official Sons of the Soil uniform, authorized by the Canada Food Board and manufactured by Montreal Shirt & Overall Co., Ltd. Title from item.
To manage their businesses successfully, farmers and food production companies need to …
To manage their businesses successfully, farmers and food production companies need to know what crops are in the ground and how well they are growing. A pair of easy-to-use online mapping tools provides this information for growing seasons in the past and present.
Students will utilize previously gained knowledge about the impact of land management …
Students will utilize previously gained knowledge about the impact of land management practices on ecosystems to design, conduct and analyze an experiment to measure biodiversity and/or invertebrate ecosystem role in a field community. They will identify ecosystems that have been heavily and lightly impacted by human activities and make predictions about biodiversity in the area. They will then test and analyze the information gathered and apply what this means about the biodiversity in these ecosystems and the implications this may have on the region.
Construct and measure the energy efficiency and solar heat gain of a …
Construct and measure the energy efficiency and solar heat gain of a cardboard model house. Use a light bulb heater to imitate a real furnace and a temperature sensor to monitor and regulate the internal temperature of the house. Use a bright bulb in a gooseneck lamp to model sunlight at different times of the year, and test the effectiveness of windows for passive solar heating.
This is a basic guide to starting a compost system at an …
This is a basic guide to starting a compost system at an elementary school. It includes steps for building a compost bin and an instructional booklet in English, Spanish, and Braille.
Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences [BEPLS] is a monthly peer …
Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences [BEPLS] is a monthly peer reviewed open access international journal focused towards the rapid publication of fundamental research papers on all areas of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences. BEPLS is official publication of Academy for Environment and Life Sciences [Regd. Under Societies Registration Act XXI, 1860]
The focus and the scope of journal include: Biochemistry Biotechnology Endocrinology Molecular Biology Cellular Biology Environmental Biology Environmental Chemistry Pharmacology Economic Zoology and Botany Embryology Nanotechnology Microbiology Agricultural Sciences Ecology Medical Sciences Toxicology, etc.
This 16-week course is an introduction to archaeology through discoveries and the …
This 16-week course is an introduction to archaeology through discoveries and the researchers who made them. Emphasis on methods of archaeological fieldwork and what these discoveries reveal about humanity, including the nature of archaeological inquiry, the development of human social groups, the changing role of religion in evolving societies, the origins of agriculture, the origins of settled lifeways, the rise of cities and complex societies, political strife across different cultures and the forces which fragment societies. Examples drawn from North America, Central America, and South America.
In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that …
In this activity, learners burn a peanut, which produces a flame that can be used to boil away water and count the calories contained in the peanut. Learners use a formula to calculate the calories in a peanut and then differentiate between food calories and physicist calories as well as calories and joules.
In this lesson, students will learn about bees and their connection to …
In this lesson, students will learn about bees and their connection to agriculture. Includes activity instructions, variations, and exentsion activities.
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