COMPETENCY GOAL 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of how food provides energy and materials for growth and repair of the body. 

Objectives:

4.01 Explain why organisms require energy to live and grow. 

4.02  Show how calories can be used to compare the chemical energy of different foods. 

4.03 . Discuss how foods provide both energy and nutrients forliving organisms. 

4.04  Identify starches and sugars as carbohydrates. 

4.05  Determine that foods are made up of a variety of components.

1. http://www.nutritionnc.com/
   
2. http://www.rss.k12.nc.us/SFS/NutritionEducationResourcesforFamilies.html
   
3. http://www.mypyramid.gov/
   
4. http://www.rss.k12.nc.us/SFS/UnderstandingNutrition_000.html
   
5. http://www.fitkidsnc.com/
   
6. http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/nutrition-main.asp
   
7. http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/nutrition/index.htm