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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and define nutrition. They choose a definition of nutrition or a nutritional theme around which they design a restaurant. This activity helps students answer the question "What is a nutritionally balanced meal?" Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students list good food choices for a healthy body. They make a menu for a fictitious restaurant that contains good food choices from each of the areas of the Food Pyramid. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the consumer health aspects of nutrition using food package labels. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students keep a three day food journal and take an online quiz to establish their nutritional and physical fitness I.Q. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students work on activities designed to teach them about nutrition. The lesssons discuss the food pyramid, fast food facts, and how to identify what is in the food we eat. They also answer the important question - Is chocolate good for you? Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students read and interpret nutrition fact labels ("food labels") from food products, a task that involves the use of various mathematics skills (e.g., number concepts and number sense). Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 10th
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Students study nutrition by designing their own food guide pyramids using pictures from Pics4Learning. They analyze their food consumption over the course of a typical day in respect to the USDA's recommended serving sizes. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students examine how healthy eating contributes to a healthy body and life style. They read nutritional labels on food items. They use the Five Foods Pyramid to evaluate their own eating habits. They plan, design, and create a school garden. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students participate in six different activities to evaluate the eating habits of themselves and their families. They identify diseases caused by improper nutrition, create a power point presentation of a nutritional requirements for different age groups, record their own dietary intake for a week and evaluate the nutritional content of a snack food. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate the nutritional value and facts of the food they eat everyday. In small groups they conduct Internet research on the Food Guide Pyramid, record nutritional facts about ten of their favorite foods, and create a spreadsheet with the research information on their favorite foods. Full Review »
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