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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students evaluate their eating habits, focusing on the ways in which one assesses whether or not his or her diet is nutritious. They work in small groups to design a menu for a healthy lunch and write a paragraph justifying their choices. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the ancient Egyptian diet and compare it to the contemporary American diet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students list at least 10 different food items grown/produced in their community, identify what each food item contains and make a list of different food items which constitute a balanced diet. They bring in food samples and write food poems. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate primary sources to determine the foods that comprised the diet of the Colorado Indians. They investigate how the men, women, and students played specific roles in getting, preparing, and preserving food. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students watch the documentary "Diet Wars" and answer worksheet related questions on positive and negative influences on health and diet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students draw and label a food pyramid. Using the pyramid and the internet, students create their own healthy diet. They use educational technology to fill their plate with healthy choices for their diet. Once students have completed putting "food on their plate," they save the document to show to the teacher. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students play a role of a registered dietician to examine low carbohydrate diets and diets currently on the market and compare them to a balanced diet. They determine a strategy for weight loss for a patient that meets specifications such as balanced, easy, and inexpensive. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 10th
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Students explore the importance of diet and exercise. They identify specific physical and emotional characteristics of individuals. Students discuss characteristics of a healthy person. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students analyze a typical Andean diet and construct a food pyramid illustrating the nutritional content of the diet. They compare the diet of people in the two Andean villages to that of Americans by comparing the recommended American food pyramid with the two food pyramids constructed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students investigate the concept of a balanced diet and how the food pyramid is organized. They conduct research using the links included in the lesson. They differentiate the parts of the pyramid while looking at the food of pizza. Full Review »
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