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Kitchen Garbage: Starting Sweet Potato Vines
In this sweet potato worksheet, students follow directions on how to grow a sweet potato and answer short answer questions. Students answer 2 short answer questions.
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By Golly, By Gum
Students investigate the ingredients and creation of chewing gum. In this scientific method lesson, students make predictions about what will happen to the mass of a piece of gum as it is chewed by a human. Students graph the data from...
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Parts of the Body
Fifth graders create a quiz. In this parts of the body lesson, 5th graders identify and illustrate body parts. With a partner, students create a quiz on the terms used during the lesson.
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Grooming Activity
Students discover the essential items to properly groom for a nice event. In this cleaning habits lesson, students discuss and identify important cleaning items such as a brush, shower gel, cologne, etc. Students create a chart and...
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Nutrients for Plants and People: Food Pyramid Garden
In this garden learning exercise, students plant different types of food from the food pyramid into a garden and write a journal about all of the food. Students plant 4 levels of food from the food pyramid.
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All About the Heart Quiz
In this "All About the Heart" quiz worksheet, students interactively answer 5 questions about heart health, with the option of printing the quiz.
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Herb Gardening: Favorite Foods
In this herbs instructional activity, students look up recipes to 4 different meals and write the herbs that are used to cook them. Students then answer 2 short answer questions.
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Nutrients for Plants and People: Gardening for Good Health
In this food pyramid instructional activity, students read about each food group in the food pyramid, and then write examples for each one. Students write 6 groups and 6 examples.
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Kitchen Garbage: Food For Thought
In this fungi and food matching learning exercise, students draw lines to match different types of fungi such as yeast and mold, and with the foods that they affect.
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Germs
Students investigate how germs spread. In this health instructional activity, students put lotion on their hands and sprinkle glitter onto them. Students simulate the spread of germs by observing how the glitter spreads around the room.
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Nuts about Fruit Quiz
For this fruit worksheet, students choose the correct name of the fruit in the pictures given to them. Students complete 18 multiple choice questions.
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True Champions Practice Points-Responsibility
Students explore personal responsibility. In this character development lesson, students discuss and analyze a quote from Mia Hamm, a U.S. soccer player. Students brainstorm short and long term personal and team member responsibilities...
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Planning: To Get Enough Money for Food
Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals and budgeting for them. In this nutrition lesson, students complete activities that require them to determine how much it costs to feed children at different ages....
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Why Plan Meals?
Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals. In this nutrition instructional activity, students play a game that requires them to plan and pay for nutritious meals
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Fire Safety Cursive Tracing Worksheet
In this alphabet awareness worksheet, students practice tracing the cursive letters that spell the 3 fire safety terms: adjective, burn and candles.
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Build a food pyramid
For this food pyramid worksheet, students drag the foods to the correct place in the food pyramid. Students drag 19 foods to the correct spots.
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3-Every-Day of Dairyfor Stronger Bones
Students respond to a poll by actively moving in response to prompts. In this dairy nutrition lesson plan, students write sentences in groups using vocabulary words from a word list. Students discuss physical activity and how calcium...
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When People Steal From Me
Students identify the effects of theft to learn that stealing is wrong. In this stealing lesson, students discuss what it feels like to have something stolen. Students make a list of their six favorite things and list why they are...
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Money for Food
Students identify low cost, nutritious foods from each of the food groups. In this low cost nutrition lesson, students use the handout "Saving Money on Foods from MyPyramid" and work in groups to study grocery store ads to find foods in...
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Let's Make Stew!
Students investigate how to create a vegetable garden and complete related activities. In this vegetable garden lesson, students receive agriculture notebooks to complete vocabulary for the gardening lesson. Students read 'Still-Life...
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Mmmmm, I'm Good! But Am I Good For You?
Students explore the nutritional value of the potato, its role in the food pyramid, and how it can be a part of a balanced diet. In this potato nutrition instructional activity, students read about the nutritional value of potatoes....
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The Day an Egg Solved the Mystery of the Cell
Students conduct an experiment comparing human cells to chicken cells. In this cells lesson plan, students conduct an experiment to see how nutrition moves through cells and how to better take care of their bodies.
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What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
Young scholars explore the concept of nutrition. In this nutrition lesson plan, students identify the benefit of eggs as a nutritional meal or snack. Young scholars also discover how to prepare easy meals or snacks using eggs.
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Eat Smart with MyPyramid for Kids
Students investigate food examples from the food groups to explore a healthy diet. In this healthy eating instructional activity, students study the food pyramid and complete related worksheets. Students also play pyramid go fish.