Classroom Resource

How Food Affects Your Brain

Subject Area

Physical Education

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

This TED-Ed learning activity guides students through the effect foods have on the brain.

When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain. So which foods cause you to feel so tired after lunch? Or so restless at night? Mia Nacamulli takes you into the brain to find out.

The activity includes a video, multiple choice and open-ended questions, additional resources to dig deeper, and a guided discussion.

This alignment results from the Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Content Standards

Physical Education (2019) Grade(s): 09-12 - Advanced Kinesiology - Level 1

PE19.AK1.5.2
Explore the relationship among the brain, fitness, and nutrition and how they affect each other.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-food-you-eat-affects-your-brain-mia-nacamulli

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

ed.ted.com

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

License

License Type

Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

Comments or Notes

A free account is required to customize the lesson, share, or create lessons. Without logging in, the learning activity can still be viewed and suitable for limited device scenarios. This resource serves as a support to understand mental health specific to food's effect on the brain.

Approved Date

2019-06-21

Curated by

Design by Adaptive Theme

Learning Resource Type