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Genetically Engineered Food: Altering the Blueprint

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the genetic engineering of food.  In this health lesson students explain how DNA technology can be used to produce food. 
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Understanding MyPlate

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders recognize how using the food pyramid can add to their good health practices.  In this food pyramid lesson, 6th graders build a 3-D food pyramid illustrating the desired amount of each food group.
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Topic: Persuasive Speech

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine what makes a speech persuasive. In this speech lesson, students recognizes what is needed to make a good persuasive speech and create their own persuasive speech about something related to the human body.
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Vitamin Planet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explain the function of vitamins in their body. In this health lesson, students identify the six types of vitamins. They create a chart comparing two of them.
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Too Much of a Sweet Thing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the growing prevalence of processed sugar in the American diet, first through a demonstration that makes graphically clear the amount of sugar an average boy and girl consumes on a daily basis.
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Fruitful Questions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine a fruit-related Q & A Science Times article. They write their own food science questions and answer them in the same format as the article. For homework, they analyze their fruit consumption according to U.S....
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Good For You?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss nutrition and compare nutritional values of a snack product claiming health benefits with a candy product.
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Forces in Action

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars investigate questions centered around force and motion by going through the scientific process and creating fair tests and experimentation. In this instructional activity about forces-in-action, students diagram their...
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Reversible and irreversible changes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students experiment with solids and liquids to find which solids will dissolve in water. This dissolution and mixtures lesson can be completed online or in class as all materials are connected to the lesson plan for both settings.
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Hunger and Malnutrition

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars recognize that our bodies cannot function without certain essential foods. In this hunger and malnutrition lesson, students become familiar with the problems associated with malnutrition such as medical problems, problems...
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Taking Care of Your Body

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore what to do to take care of their bodies to honor God. In this Corinthians lesson, students read the bible verse and discuss what it means to them. Students make a list of ways they can take care of their bodies and use...
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A World of Taste--Louisiana Gumbo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the multicultural contributions to New Orleans gumbo through participation in cross curriculum activities. In this multicultural diversity and New Orleans history lesson, students shade regions of a map according to a...
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Molehill or Mountain

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of waste management. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students consider the trash generated by people per day and discuss what steps they can personally take to reduce waste.
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Fit To Fat Family

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students become a TV production team whose mission it is to turn the fittest family in the UK into the unhealthiness one. Students illustrate the importance of exercise. Students understand what bad habits such as smoking and drinking do...
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Peanuts

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the benefits of peanuts. In this peanut lesson, students explore the nutritional benefits of peanuts as they complete worksheet activities.
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Heart Disease & Stroke

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students study heart disease and how to prevent it.  In this investigative lesson students list heart disease and stroke risk factors. 
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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. In this science lesson, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Students play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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Counting Calories

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students evaluate the health of breakfast foods. They create and solve word problems using cereal nutrition data. They solve additional problems formulated in class and write short essay on what they learned.
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Stone Fox Chapter 1

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this comprehension worksheet, students read chapter 1 of Stone Fox and complete multiple choice questions. Students complete 10 questions.  
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Food For Keeps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of food preservation. They use the internet to conduct research, specifically the methods of processing the students' favorite foods. They are introduced to the project using realia like beef jerky and...
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Hunger and Malnutrition

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use a variety of resources to determine the importance of getting the proper nutrients. In this nutrition lesson, student complete an activity in which they examine the world issue of hunger and malnutrition. They locate...
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Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils create a plan for lifelong health by setting personal health goals.
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Nick News Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine the connection between good health and physical activities. They watch a video, discuss physical fitness, and develop a plan for lifelong health.
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Vegetarianism

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners classify ways to stick on a vegetarian diet. Students survey the reasons why others make it or fail on these types of diets. Learners aim to improve their understanding of vegetarianism.

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