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What's For Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students identify breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods. In this dietary awareness lesson plan, students draw pictures of their favorite foods and arrange the complete pictures on a bulletin board. Students discuss the details of their...
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Pedestrian Safety for Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners demonstrate pedestrian safety. In this safety lesson, students present an idea for a project which addresses pedestrian safety. Learners can construct a safety brochure or a PowerPoint presentation to share their ideas.
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Puppy Poop Pouch

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create a device to hold dog poop to help keep trails clean.  In this animal care lesson, students utilize donated fabric to create a couple hundred pouches to help people clean up after their dog.  Learners spread awareness of...
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Advice, Encouragement, Discouragement

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a fitness schedule for a famous person.  In this advice, encourage, discourage instructional activity, students ask questions to determine the best fitness schedule for a person.  Students relate this activity to that of...
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What's the Big News?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate healthy eating by choosing a variety of foods.  For this personal health lesson, students read the story Big News! Straight from the Heart, and discuss which characters ate which foods.  Students list other healthy...
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Mapping the Circulatory System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the circulatory system in human beings.  In this human body lesson, students create an outline of a human body using colored markers and butcher paper.  Students use red and blue colors to simulate the oxygenated...
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Hearts in Motion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in cardiovascular activities. In this physical education lesson, students are divided into groups and brainstorm activities to get their heart rate up. Students demonstrate the activity for classmates.
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Risky Business worksheet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this health worksheet, students interview friends and family to see what risky health factors they have. Students interview 5 people about 6 risky factors each.
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Growing Seeds Indoors: Seed Exploration

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this seeds worksheet, learners answer short answer questions about whole seeds and seeds that are made into different foods. Students then make a poster about these seeds.
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Kitchen Garbage: Scrambled Veggies Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vegetables learning exercise, students unscramble the names of the vegetables given to them. Students unscramble 10 vegetable names.
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Can You Name Parts of the Body?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students share what they know about the human heart. In this early anatomy instructional activity, students discuss the location, shape, and importance of the human heart.
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How Hard Is Your Heart Working?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe the differences in their pulse from when they are sitting to when they have been doing the "Hokey-Pokey."  In this heart health lesson, students take and record their pulse after they have been doing a quiet activity...
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A Keen Sense of Smell

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners investigate their sense of smell by experimenting with smelly objects.  In this human senses lesson, students examine the length of time it takes to smell a random object that is close to them.  Learners record the different...
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Pigs Will Be Pigs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice adding money after reading a story.  In this economics lesson, students read the book Pigs Will be Pigs by Amy Axelrod, and examine how decimals, dollar signs, and adding money is used when making a purchase.  Students...
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Talking about Food, Expressing Likes and Dislikes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore foods.  In this nutrition lesson, students chorally respond to questions about a kitchen PowerPoint, complete a Venn diagram about breakfast and lunch foods, and play a food Bingo game.
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Herb Gardening: Discover New Words in Herbs

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this herbs activity, students discover new words in herbs by creating other words from letters in the herb. Students do this for 4 herbs and name the correct herb for 4 herbs.
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Where Does the Blood Go?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate where the blood in our hearts travels by observing a diagram in class.  In this cardiovascular lesson, students examine their own heart by checking their pulse in class.  Students investigate a human body diagram and...
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What is Physical Activity?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students describe how the heart needs to work and rest. In this instructional activity on the heart, students feel their heart working, play a game of "Wise Owl Says" about physical activity and complete worksheets about physical...
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How Do Foods Help Our Bodies

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the specific elements found in food that keep us healthy.  For this healthy eating lesson, students identify proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins as part of a healthy diet when consumed in moderation....
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Culinary Diversity

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars discover foods associated through different cultures and how they came about.  In this food culture lesson, students investigate the different influences on the diets of different people based on their heritage.  Young...
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Is Your Heart Getting a Good Workout?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners practice raising their heart rates through exercise.  In this physical education lesson, students discover the key to a healthy body is a healthy heart that must be exercised often.  Learners perform a sing along and march in...
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What Are the Food Groups?

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars discover the four main food groups by categorizing their own diet.  In this healthy eating lesson plan, students utilize a chart with pictures of food to identify which food belongs in which food group.  Young scholars...
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What Happens to Our Hearts When We Are Active?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars discover the benefits of a healthy heart through exercise.  In this physical education lesson, students participate in a few physical activities in order to get their hearts beating faster.  Young scholars examine a visual...
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How To Build A Healthy Heart

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this how to build a healthy heart instructional activity, students write the name of a food on each puzzle piece that would be a wise choice. for a healthy heart.