Food Lesson Plans

Third graders view The Lion King and discuss food chains.  In this food chain lesson, 3rd graders navigate Google presenter to design a multimedia presentation showing a food chain in the movie. Students relate information about why food chains are important.

Students explore the health benefits of dark chocolate. They research other foods which they consider to be both healthy and delicious for a "classroom pantry."

Students gain a better understanding of what it means to eat seasonally through learning about traditional hunting, gathering, and food preparation methods of Athabascan tribes. By interacting with Native American Elders and knowledgeable community members, they gain pertinent information about the history and customs of Athabascan tribes.

Second graders recognize the parts of the food pyramid and label a food pyramid diagram with proper servings. In this food pyramid instructional activity, 2nd graders view a food journal multimedia presentation and then complete a food journal. Students use the Interactive food guide on the Kids Health website.

Students explore food. In this processed and fresh foods lesson, students discover how some foods are processed and how they differ from fresh food. The complete group activities and an individual reading assignment. This lesson includes background information, a reading excerpt with worksheet, and a list of vocabulary words.

How do you read a nutritional label? Help high schoolers practice reading nutritional labels on foods so they can calculate the calories in different types of foods. They will also examine the effects of fat on the body and the link to disease. In the end, they will participate in an experiment to increase their knowledge of healthy food options.

Young scholars examine the types of foods eaten after the Civil War. They create their own cowboy style menu.

Students graph the number of items contributed to the food drive. They compare daily results to other days or to an overall goal and answer questions based on the graph.

Students write in their journals where they believe food comes from. After reading an article, they examine the proceses of cultivation and sale of genetically modified foods. Using the internet, they research specific countries and present their findings to the class.

Students explore the food groups represented on the food pyramid. In this nutrition and physical education lesson, students participate in a game in which teams try to grab a play food object designated by the teacher and return it to its proper category on an enlarged food pyramid.