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Tissue, Please!
Students study the proper manners to reduce the risk of spreading or catching colds and flu. They discover good cold-season manners from reading aloud Tissue, Please! They complete an art project to reinforce good cold-season manner
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Studying the Food Pyramid
Students explore the food pyramid and how to eat a healthy diet. In this nutrition lesson, students use pictures to make charts of food from the different food groups, record the food they eat throughout the day, investigate the eating...
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Rename Fruits, Vegetables and Spices
Students explore fruits and vegetables. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, students study traits of various fruits, vegetables and seeds. Students rename fruits, vegetables and seeds.
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Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe
Students discuss hunger around the world and come up with a service project. In this global hunger lesson, students define vocabulary words and discuss service projects. Students derive a plan, carry it out, and reflect on the process of...
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Studying the Food Pyramid
Students have a cooking day. In this healthy eating lesson plan, students use pictures from a magazine to illustrate the food groups. Students record the foods they eat and then see if they are eating enough from each food group....
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Chick Chock's Pollen Problem
Students analyze how allergens effect the body and how air borne substances can effect people.
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Skeleton
Young scholars study the skeleton. In this human body lesson, students draw and label bones in the body by tracing each other and creating a skeleton out of body parts and brass fastners.
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Favorite Foods
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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Label Language
Students practice reading food labels. In this nutrition lesson plan, students bring in examples of food labels and practice identifying the nutrients in each of the foods. Students determine what changes should be done to the food label...
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Food Foldable
Second graders read the poem, "Balanced Diet" and cut out the food foldable inserts. They fold the food foldable in half and cut on the dotted lines. They then unfold the food foldable and weave through inserts through the openings,...
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The Color Way
Young scholars study the importance of eating a colorful diet of fruits and vegetables. In this nutritional diet lesson, students complete multiple activities to learn about the nutritional value of colorful fruits and vegetables.
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Brain Injury
Students study safety and witness a tragic egg accident to see the effect of not wearing a helmet. They create helmets for their own eggs using paper, styrofoam, or anything else that cushions the egg and drop the protected egg.
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Building Blocks and Healthy Snacks
Students complete several activities to study healthy snacks. In this healthy diet instructional activity, students sing a song about healthy snacks. Students then make a list of the healthy snacks in the song and vote for their...
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Responsibility in the Classroom
Learners study responsible behavior. In this behavior lesson plan, students discuss ways friends show responsibility. Learners take turns selecting a card about responsible behavior and describe the card's behavior. Students make a list...
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Food Foldable
There's nothing as satisfying as a crunchy carrot or a juicy apple! Teach your middle and high schoolers about healthy eating habits with a set of nutrition activities. After analyzing the model of the food pyramid, learners apply the...
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Welcome to My World
Elementary schoolers discuss what a community is, and what their community has to offer them. They create posters, or flyers for the different businesses or places in their community to place around their school. After the students have...
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Nutrition Plates
Learners investigate healthy eating habits by studying the food pyramid. In this personal health instructional activity, students write a recipe for a healthy meal including one item from each section of the four food groups. Learners...
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How We Feel
Students examine how their feelings make them unique. They read and discuss a poem, develop a list of feelings, and create a drawing of them feeling happy and healthy.
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Now You're In Trouble
Second graders study how actions in the schoolyard and home can affect water quality. They discuss how rainwater can clean plants and sidewalks on its way to storm sewers. They draw an example of a simple maze that represents the maze...
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Curriculum Connections with Keiko Kasza
Students read books by the author Keiko Kasza and complete critical thinking skills, and connections to different subjects. For this language lesson plan, students connect the books to language arts, social studies, science, math,...
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Food Pyramid
Students examine the food pyramid. For this healthy diet lesson, students view the food pyramid and discuss healthy eating. Students find examples of healthy food in magazines and share their findings. Students plan healthy means and...
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That's Entertainment
Second graders view examples of active lifestyles in works of Robert Harris, and list and graph their daily activities to see if they lead active lifestyles. Students then name forms of entertainment that require practice,...
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Positively Respectful
Create a positive environment by teaching young scholars to show respect and share compliments. Students use drawing paper and create a self-portrait. Young scholars are encouraged to discuss things they like about themselves. As...
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Helping People Who Are Hungry
Students discuss the concept of hunger. In this hunger lesson, students discuss the book, The Story of Stone Soup. Student then brainstorm a possible service project ideas and create plans to carry out their service project.