Course title

Nutrition Science/Nutrition 101

Pre-requisite

None

Course description

Nutrition Science provides an exploration of nutrition (the study of how food nourishes the body) while acknowledging its grounding in science. The course includes an introduction to the role of nutrition in health, focusing on essential nutrients, human anatomy related to nutrition, energy balance, the body’s response to physical activity, the role of different ingredients in food preparation, genetic modification of foods, factors that affect eating habits, nutrition advertising, nutrition and disease, establishing a healthy lifestyle and more.

School country

United States

School state

Washington

School city

Tumwater

High school

Tumwater High School

School / district Address

700 Israel RD SW

School zip code

98501

Requested competency code

Lab Science

Date submitted

Deferred

Yes

Deferred date

Deferred Reason


In order to be reviewed as a laboratory science, we will need a list of physical laboratory experiments completed for this course and number of hours students spend doing laboratory assignments each week.

Expected grade level

11th

Online / Virtual

No