Review for:Healthy Body Calculator

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posted: on December 17, 2007 at 3:53PM

My rating of this resource: ***

My experience using this resource:
biology

Topic I was teaching:
digestion, primarily nutrients

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
My goal was to have the students see the practical application of what we were learning (nutrients)

Course Level:
Intro or Regular

How I/my students used the resource:
I assigned this as a homework assignment. The students accessed the site on their own.

Value Added:
Provides additional content, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
- complete analysis, very easy to use. This was a great way to get the students to interact with the subject being taught.

Weaknesses:
The site asks for body measurements, which were difficult for students because they did not have a measuring tape.

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