The Case of the Physical Fitness Challenge Segment 3

Time Required: 2-3 days

The Treehouse Detectives continue their quest for information about nutrition, and in Segment 3 they learn about the food guide pyramid categories and how to determine the correct number of portions in each group for an individual. Bianca and Blake learn about a person’s basal metabolic rate and why it is important to calculate BMR. The detectives find out about the importance of nutrition in exploration from Ms. Gill Poulter at the Discovery Point Antarctic Museum in Dundee, Scotland. They learn that when the RRS Discovery made the first exploratory expedition to Antarctica, nutrition was a concern but little was known about it.

 Objectives: Students will
•  Test foods for complex carbohydrates.
•  Compare estimated portion sizes to the recommended portion size.
•  Determine the importance of portion size to a healthy diet.
•  Discover which foods contain fat.

NASA SCI Files — The Case of the Physical Fitness Challenge Segment 3
Video Component Description [604KB]
Watch NASA SCI Files — The Case of the Physical Fitness Challenge Segment 3
Segment 3 Description, Objectives and Vocabulary [566KB]
Lessons:
Black and Blue [1.3MB]
Portion to Portion [1.7MB]
Getting to the Fat of the Matter [1.7MB]
Answer Key [572KB]
This segment is a part of The Case of the Physical Fitness Challenge Unit.