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California Academy of Science

Rapid Brainstorming: How Can We Improve Our Global Food System?

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
In 2018, the average fast food burger cost $2.64 while a salad averaged $4.14. Does the price difference matter to public health? Scholars consider that question and others in a brainstorming session about improving our global food...
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Curated OER

Food Security/Insecurity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students gain awareness of global patterns of food distribution. They are introduced to the concepts of food security and food insecurity. Pupils investigate the nutritional status of others around the world using information from the...
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Curated OER

Be a Food Detective

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how food is made and what are healthy and unhealthy eating habits. They participate in activities to further show them foods nutritional value.
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Smithsonian Institution

Be a Food Detective

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What are packaged food products really made of? This lesson will prompt your learners to consider and investigate the source of ingredients in their food. They begin by breaking into groups and analyzing food labels by identifying...
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Curated OER

Food Makes the World Go Round

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the origins of foods they eat while they consider social justice issues. In this food sources lesson plan, 5th graders play a game and then research food distribution, food security, and hunger in the world...
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Curated OER

Basic Food Items

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore healthy eating by defining food vocabulary terms. In this food purchasing lesson, students utilize word/picture cards to participate in a food identification activity among their classmates. Students read a list of food...
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Curated OER

Give me Food!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the food guide pyramid and use it to create their own eating program.In this health lesson students visit websites to calculate their BMR, activity level and weight then create a nutrition plan
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Curated OER

Distributive Property

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the distributive property. In this algebra lesson plan, students are given Fruit Loops or other manipulatives and the class is divided in half. Each half of the class completes part of the equation to show that both...
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EngageNY

Normal Distributions (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
From z-scores to probability. Learners put together the concepts from the previous lessons to determine the probability of a given range of outcomes. They make predictions and interpret them in the context of the problem.
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Curated OER

Plant Diversity and Distribution

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students construct a defined plot on school grounds and observed patterns in plant life. They count trees, shrubs, cacti and record on a data sheet. They compare data and generate a plant diversity overlook for their school.
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Curated OER

Where Does Food Come From?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars recognize that food we eat comes from farms.  In this where does food come from lesson plan, students discuss planting crops and how they grow.  Young scholars plant seeds for edible crops and eat them when are ripe....
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Curated OER

Observation Milk Fat Lesson

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Turn your class loose to experiment with the different fat content in skim milk, whole milk, half and half, and heavy cream. This is a visually vibrant experiment, as learners drip food coloring on the surface of the products and measure...
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Purdue University

Healthy Body Image: A Lesson Plan for Middle School Students

For Teachers 6th - 9th
This is a very valuable lesson for middle schoolers on the importance of maintaining a healthy body image through diet, exercise, and positive mentality. The resource includes four lesson plans. The first two plans outline the physical...
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Curated OER

Does Your Diet Stack Up?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to improve their diet.
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Curated OER

Breaking It Down

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explain the mechanism of digestion. In this biology instructional activity, 7th graders perform an iodine test to check for the presence of starch. They discuss how energy travels through the food chain.
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University of Southern California

How do Organisms Interact?

For Students 4th - 8th
Examine how organisms interact through a hands-on experience. Learners study population dynamics and distribution during an informative five-lesson unit. The focus is on the ocean environment and the organisms within it.
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Curated OER

Ocean Currents

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils label the names, relative temperature, distribution, and direction of flow of major ocean currents on a world map. They also explore and model the natural forces that affect the movement of ocean currents through demonstrations in...
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Curated OER

A Serving By Any Other Name

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine the information given on food labels. They also discover what a serving size is and determine how much they eat over the suggested serving. They also calculate the number of calories are in different foods.
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Curated OER

Carmaleetas

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify the relationship between predator and prey in the food chain. In this food chain lesson plan, students work in groups and play a predator and prey game. Students discover what happens when a predator does not find prey. 
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Curated OER

Owl Pellets

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students dissect owl pellets, and compare, identify and record rodent skeletal parts. They compare rodent skeletal diagrams to human skeletal diagrams.
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Curated OER

California Crops

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore agriculture by researching the native food crops of California. Students define a list of agriculture vocabulary terms and analyze maps of California which explain which foods come from which area. Students write a...
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American Chemical Society

Defining Dissolving

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Physical science investigators mix sugar and food coloring into different cups of water and cooking oil to compare how the solid and liquid behave in each. As the introduction to this unit on dissolving, it is relevant.
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Curated OER

"Leaf" It in Your Yard

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research about the process of composting. Students apply their research by creating a compost pile at school that will be maintained once or twice a month for the remainder of the school year.
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Curated OER

Evidence of Photosynthesis

For Teachers 7th
Hands on science is the way to go! Learners conduct a lab experiment to help them explain how plants make food through photosynthesis. They test for the presence of starch in leaves using iodine solution and identify the basic things...

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