Health and Home Economics Menu Planning Tool

Dietitians of Canada: "Build a one-day menu using “Let’s Make a Meal!” Type in your age and gender, then use the “Food Guide Calculator” as a quick and easy tool to see if you are Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide. “Let’s Make a Meal!” lets you to choose foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, and compares your choices against the food guide servings recommended by Canada’s Food Guide."
Note: Unfortunately, the food choices are limited, but it does give an idea of the servings for individuals.

Canada Food Guide Cool Homework Tool

• Freebies 4 Canada: "Saturday, May 2, 2009
  Recipe Analyzer -- Free handy online tool
  Cool Tool! Use it for Home Ec or Health projects.

'Welcome to the Recipe Analyzer . Use this tool to:

• Find out the nutrients in recipes,
• Check the number of Food Guide Servings in your recipe,
• Get ingredient substitution tips to make your recipes healthier (low cal, fat, sugar or salt
• Compare your new recipe to your original recipe to see the difference.
• Print your recipe analysis and put it in your own recipe binder
• Store your recipe in your personal 'recipe box' on the Dietitians of Canada website.
  How cool is that!'"

Is my Child Gifted?

Unwrapping the Gifted , by Tamara Fisher, is a great article that helps sorts out what gifted is, and what gifted isn't. The author also gives us a peek into what gifted education is all about. Children who are gifted, simply learn differently from their peers. Gifted children do not always get high marks or complete their homework, because they require a different type of teaching to help them succeed.
Take a look at Unwrapping the Gifted, it's an enjoyable light read and explains this topic well, without the usual jargon.

Animal Reseach Links

Ask Azula-animal answers from the ASPCA (watch out for American spelling)

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