Unit 1: Food

This is the first specific topic of the year. Although it might not necessarily have a direct relation with some school subjects, it is obvious that this topic is of great importance in our daily lives.

These are some links that may be useful for you:

1) How teachers may help to change some habits in order to improve their students' health:

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36311&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

http://healthiergeneration.org/schools.aspx?gclid=CLe-osarn5YCFQxMtAodVHGt5w

2) Nutrition and sports:

http://www.nutrition.org/ (general, maybe a bit too technical)
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/nutrition-sports.html (interesting definitions of basic concepts and entertaining nutrition quiz)

3) Recipes:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes (healthy food in general)
http://www.marthastewart.com/food (not so healthy but with very descriptive videos good for listening too, after advertisements though; also a "light and healthy" section)

4) Sustainable food movement:

http://www.yale.edu/sustainablefood/RealFoodSummit.html (Sustainable food project)
http://www.themeatrix.com/ (interesting videos)

5) Other (your suggestions):

Still waiting.....

TASK 1 Send a comment about how your subject could be directly related to this topic. Don't forget to mention what your subject is!

TAKS 2 Send more links that you consider relevant or interesting for you as a teacher (and for your students) in which food and /or nutrition are the main topic.