Food pyramid Lesson Plans

Students view health science videos in class. In this food choices lesson plan, students examine the food pyramid by watching a video and researching on the Internet. Students define the different food groups and create presentations about new foods to try in the future.

Third graders study the food pyramid. In this diet lesson, 3rd graders discuss healthy foods, food servings, and food groups. Students cut out a few pictures from magazines representing each food group and create a mobile of the food pyramid gluing each picture to its correct space on the pyramid. 

Students participate in a tag game with the purpose of learning about the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, students are challenged to find photos of specific food groups without being tagged. During this lesson, a whistle is blown and the students must freeze to perform a locomotor movement.

Students explore the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, students investigate healthy eating habits and determine how many servings from each food group are needed daily. Students work with partners to create a food pyramid using a Zoho account.

Students explore the USDA Food Pyramid. For this nutrition lesson, students read the book The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food and identify the food groups in the food pyramid. Students assemble a food pyramid puzzle.

Sixth graders explore nutrition. In this nutrition and food pyramid lesson, 6th graders view a PowerPoint presentation about the food pyramid. Students construct and complete a food pyramid following the directions on an interactive website.

Students review information on the food pyramid, either in printed works or on the Internet, to research healthy eating habits.

Students plan healthy meals using the food pyramid.  In this nutrition lesson, students discuss the purpose of the food pyramid, give an example of food from each food group, sort pictures of foods into the correct food groups, discuss the serving size for each group and use the food pyramid to plan healthy meals.

Students discuss food pyramid, name parts of pyramid, discuss dairy products and how they are beneficial to people, and participate in dairy taste testing.

Learners research the food groups included in the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, students examine information at an assigned website before filling a Zoho sheet. They work with a partner to  fill in a spreadsheet while they track their daily food intake. They describe their reasons for choosing the foods that are included in their sheet.