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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 6th
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Students classify different food items into the correct categories of the Food Pyramid, identify foods that keep our bodies healthy and Create a Food Pyramid booklet. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the 2005 dietary guidelines on the Internet. They complete a worksheet and evaluate the website. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine the food pyramid and identify the food groups necessary to maintain a healthy body. They plan a day of healthy food, view a video on healthy eating, explore a website, and sort and classify the food for the food groups. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze their personal lifestyles and compute the proper amounts of exercise, rest and nutrition to provide peak personal performance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the basic nutrients found in vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins, water, and carbohydrates. They complete various worksheets, conduct research, and in small groups present information about a food group to the class. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students analyze various fast food restaurant menus and rank foods in order of their nutritional content. They calculate the percentage of calories from fats in food, complete a worksheet, and analyze the school lunchroom menu. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students identify healthy and non-healthy foods, plan out a healthy meal and discuss what makes a food nutritious and non-nutritious. Groups will work together to determine which foods are nutritious and which food are not nutritious. They use magazines that have pictures of food, and cut out pictures of foods that are nutritious and not nutritious. Each group makes a display of the foods. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore digestion/nutrition and utilize scientific investigation skills. They complete meal logs for several days and graph their results. After analyzing their data, they write formal lab reports. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students examine the food guide and determine its health benefits. they explain the various levels and note how many of each serving meet daily suggested requirements. Students create menus listing nutritional food choices. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students discuss the benefits for maintaining good nutrition and a well balanced diet. They categorize foods into the correct food group, decide if a meal is balanced, and create a full day menu which demonstrates what they have learned. Full Review »

