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Favorite Fruit
For this favorite fruit worksheet, students study the various types of fruits and determine which is their favorite. Students circle their favorite fruit.
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Favorite Thanksgiving Foods
In this favorite foods worksheet, students study the various images of Thanksgiving foods. Students circle their favorite Thanksgiving foods.
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Favorite Snack
In this favorite foods learning exercise, 1st graders study the various healthy and unhealthy snack food options. Students circle their favorite snack.
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Matching Meals Nutrition
Students play a matching game to practice pairing foods with their food groups. In this health and nutrition lesson plan, the class discusses food choices, then students play an on-line memory game.
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Are We Eating a Healthy Diet?
In this diet and health worksheet, students fill in a tally sheet of food groups that they have eaten. They total the tallies to determine whether they are eating a healthy diet.
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Weekly Food Intake
In this diet worksheet, students record their weekly intake of both healthy foods and snack foods. Students draw the food they've eaten in the specific box that represents how often they eat that food.
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What I Ate Today
In this menu planning worksheet, learners use a large circular chart with 5 categories of foods to record one day's diet. There are no examples and the labels "food for growth" and "food for energy" may be confusing.
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What's For Supper?
In this food coloring page worksheet, students design an evening meal and color the food they wish on a plate which has been properly set with silverware and cutlery. Students color the food they have chosen to draw.
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Food: Eating Habits
Students match pictures of people eating certain foods with the correct phrase. Student pairs interview each other in order to gather and compare information on food eating habits, and awareness of nutritional value - or lack thereof.
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Power Snack Letter
In this nutrition worksheet, young scholars ask their parents to provide a healthy power snack for the class once a month. Students fill out the form letter and take it home for parent approval. Suggested snacks are listed.
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Aging and Weight Gain
Sixth graders examine what happens to the body as they age. After discussing factors that contribute to loss of fitness as individuals age, they plan an active activity for their family. They also plan a healthy snack or lunch so they...
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Snack Attack
Students choose healthy snacks. They are given a point for a snack that is low in fat and sugar. Students recieve a bag of apples or oranges once a week for the winning homeroom. They have a list of suggested snacks in each homeroom,...
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Healthy Eating
Third graders discuss healthy eating choices. They explore the components of a balanced diet and the importance of a balanced diet to growth and wellness. Students discuss the types of nutrients in fruits and vegetables that are...
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Dietary Guidelines/Food Pyramid Test
Students list the recommended dietary guidelines and explain their function and implementation. They teat their knowledge of the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid. They evaluate the servings, serving sizes, and food sources...
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Graphing a Healthy Lifestyle
Fifth graders record the amount of time they spend sleeping, attending school, watching T.V., exercising and doing homework. At the end of the week they graph all of their information and discuss how sleep impacts their learning....
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Food Pyramid
First graders examine the different levels of the food pyramid and plan a healthy meal. They discuss the food pyramid and read about nutrition using a variety of resources. Using Kidspiration computer software, they plan a...
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Nutrition
Student analyze pictures of food items to determine which of the six food pyramid groups they belong to. They tape the pictures onto a poster of the food pyramid. Upon completing the food pyramid, they draw balance meals on paper plates...
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Nutrition and the Food Pyramid
First graders examine the food pyramid and how healthy food effects the body. They discuss what they ate for breakfast and identify what makes a food healthy. Students analyze the food pyramid, and cut out magazine pictures of food and...
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Balanced Meals
Fifth graders explore the importance of eating a balanced meal. They observe a video of people suffering from malnutrition, eating disorders, and obesity. They plan a balanced lunch menu for a week.
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Fatty Food
Middle schoolers view various types of food that are listed as bad for all people. Students chart out all findings within this lesson. Middle schoolers talk in an open forum of ways they could change their eating habits in the future.
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Vegetable and Fruit Funny Face
Student creates a snack using peanut butter and crackers to make a funny face and discovers how different fruits and vegetables could be used to make a funny face in addition. They conclude that wise food choices are important and that...
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Dietary Guidelines Multimedia Presentation
Students create a powerpoint presentation highlighting the USDA Dietary Guidelines. They are create a ten slide presentation demonstrating their knowledge of the food pyramid. Students are provided with printable materials to aid in...
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How to Stay Healthy in College
Students plan ways to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle while in college. They keep a food log and cooperate as peer editors to make food choice suggestions for healthier eating. Students also consider the role of exercise in...
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Health: Diet and Nutrition
Students access a variety of nutrition and health related resources on the Internet. They examine the food pyramid, match food groups, play interactive games, read an online story, analyze the labels on food packaging, and take a...