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Healthy Eating: Are We What We Eat?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students watch an introduction slide show to assess prior knowledge of healthy foods. They listen as the teacher goes over the food pyramid and food groups. Students analyze a lunch they bring from home by tallying their lunch items on a...
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Down with Dairy and the Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss food pyramid, name parts of pyramid, discuss dairy products and how they are beneficial to people, and participate in dairy taste testing.
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Healthy Lifestyles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students navigate MS Publisher to create a publication about a healthy lifestyle.  In this healthy lifestyle lesson, students participate in activities to learn to eat right, to be fit and to create a publication based on what they...
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Eating the Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the concept of the Food Guide Pyramid.  In this nutrition lesson, students discuss healthy eating habits after reading the book entitled Gregory, the Terrible Eater.  Students then work in groups finding pictures of the...
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Food Chain Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore animal characteristics by participating in a role-play activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss the order of life and how animals must eat other animals to survive. Students conduct a food chain game in...
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Healthy Choice Shopping Frenzy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners learn the categories of the food pyramid. In this food groups lesson plan, students learn to categorize food. Through this activity learners scoot to different food groups learning about the foods that belong in each group.
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Couch Potato

For Teachers K - 5th
Show your class that being active is more fun than being a couch potato! A fun tag game teachers learners about making healthy eating choices. Over 125,000 teachers have reviewed this activity, and many have written comments about how...
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Tastes Great-- Is It Good for You?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students use the food guide pyramid established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to evaluate the nutritional value of their favorite foods.
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Nutrition In Me! Club

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice food safety and hand washing. In this health activity, students discuss the presence of germs and how to keep yourself safe. Students wash their hands after applying Glo-Germ to see what spots they missed. 
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Vegetable Munchers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are encouraged to eat healthy foods. Theyare able to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods.Students travel in different pathways, and levels,while learning to make healthy food choices.
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Super K Buffet: Lesson for Kindergarten

For Teachers K
Students determine healthy food choices. In this healthy food choice instructional activity, students study food vocabulary and complete a worksheet about making good choices. They put together a dinner plate that shows a complete meal...
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Obesity and Making Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers K - 1st
Students determine healthy snack choices for themselves.  In this eating habits lesson, students discuss snacks they regularly consume.  Students cut and paste pictures of snacks that they think are good selections.  
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Good Health from the Ground Up

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine healthy food choices and the benefits of growing their own food for consumption. They read the story "Favorite Things" and illustrate 5 favorite things. Students discuss types of foods that are healthy choices and why it...
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Energy Balance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore energy.  In this health and nutrition instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of healthy foods that provide energy, and identify physical activities that burn energy.  Learners complete a good nutrition...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of good nutrition. In this The Very Hungry Caterpillar lesson, students read the Eric Carle Story and make a nutritious treat with healthy foods.
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What is a Balanced Menu?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a menu following food pyramid guidelines. In this nutrition lesson, students plan a menu by finding magazine pictures from each food pyramid group. Next, students create a menu for an entire day.
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BMI For Kids - Body Mass Index

For Students K - 5th
Promote healthy lifestyles with an interactive that provides young learners with healthy nutrition and exercise messages. Class members plug their height and weight information into an online body mass index calculator, and hear positive...
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Healthy Halloween Treats

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the concept of healthy treats. In this healthy food lesson plan, students read ingredients and create healthy Halloween treats.  Students also practice the skill of congruent shapes by drawing healthy foods. 
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Tally Time

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students create a tally chart. In this math and health lesson, students discuss healthy foods and create a tally chart showing the number of students who like to eat healthy foods.
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Heathly Foods Makes Heathly Body

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine and identify foods on the food pyramid. They catergorize food and place them on the correct level. They discover why they should eat foods in moderation.
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Growing Minds: My Plate

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Examine food choices and the nutritional properties of food groups with this visually appealing whole-class lesson plan. This will take a bit of preparation, but once you do it, you can use the materials for years. Using a food groups...
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Food and Energy

For Teachers K - 2nd
What is a calorie? How many calories do young people require? How many do athletes require? How many calories do adults need? Introduce learners to the calories in foods. Explain that different types of foods have different amounts of...
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Plan a Meal Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Discuss helping with the family grocery shopping. View a teacher drawn map of a grocery store and discuss where the breads, meats, and dairy products are located. Practice categorizing foods as breads and cereals, fruits, vegetables,...
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Favorite Foods

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore human health by completing food choice worksheets. In this world hunger lesson, students discuss the importance of eating three daily meals and how to feed the underprivileged through charities and soup kitchens....

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