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Media Smarts

Selling Obesity

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners examine health issues that are associated with our fast food culture, and the advertising of it. They begin with a snack-food survey to assess their own eating habits. Pupils are encouraged to think critically throughout the...
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Healthy Body Image: A Lesson Plan for High School Students

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How does your class view themselves? High schoolers explore body image through a series of four activities. Groups collaborate to examine the changes we experience as a part of growing up, how the media influences body image, and healthy...
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Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students conduct online research of different animals and their diet. In this animal instructional activity, students identify the various types of diets each animals has and their teeth. This research is done on the Internet.
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Junk Food Jungle

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students become familiar with the nutritional value of foods advertised on television and in magazines. They discuss different types of foods and where snack food fits into a healthy diet. They categorize the foods they eat as healthy or...
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Candy Database

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a database of their Halloween candy and decide which types are the healthiest. In this diet lesson, students make written data charts using their candy, locate dietary information on one type, sort the candy by shape, and...
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Plate and Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners investigate the health hazards of modern agriculture and how we can choose better food options.  In this healthy eating instructional activity, students identify different indigenous people in photographs and discuss what they...
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Who Is Eating Healthy?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders list the six food groups of the food pyramid and give an example for each. They discuss each food group and determine which food goes in each group. They examine the suggested daily servings for each food group and view a...
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Choose a Fish

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Internet research activity, students go to the indicated Internet site and choose a particular fish to report on. Students find facts about the fish and its size, habitat, diet and description. Students draw and color a picture...
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The Dinosaur Diner

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the food chain. In this dinoaur instructional activity, students identify charactersitics of an omnivore, carnivore, and herbivore. Students sort dinosaur picture/word cards into groups by their eating characteristics....
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Creating a Food Web

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars investigate hunters and prey by creating a food web.  In this animal life lesson, students investigate a single organism in preparation for a field trip, discovering its diet and habitat.  Young scholars each discuss their...
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Eating Right with a Little Help From the VT

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students identify the 5 food groups and sort foods according to the group in which they belong. Students use the Visual Thesaurus to complete a food groups worksheet and...
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Circulatory Circles

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate the circulatory system. In this circulatory system lesson, students complete a WebQuest and explore all the areas of the heart. Students determine the functions of different parts of the circulatory system and...
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Searching for Information

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this computer worksheet, learners use ViewPoint's forward and backward arrows, and the search tool to locate information given about minerals and vitamins. They load the Vitamins datafile and use the search tool to respond to five...
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Lunch Food? Mmmm! Mmmm! Good!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Examine how nutrition plays an important role in our lives by conducting online research and developing lunch menus that satisfy nutritional requirements set up by the United States Department of Agriculture. Students download recipes,...
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Animal Adaptations

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Young scientists explore the animal kingdom from the safety of the classroom with this short research project. After first choosing an animal, children use the Internet to discover where it lives, what it eats, and how it has adapted to...
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Who is the Expert? Exploring Credible Sources in Healthcare

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How do you decide what sources are credible when researching online? Evaluate sources with a focus on researching health issues. After brainstorming common health concerns and how they would try to diagnose these problems, class members...
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Institute for Humane Education

Where Are the People like Me?

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Are some characteristics more desired than others?Scholars examine attributes of characters in books, models in catalogs, and articles in magazines. Discussion leads to identifying characteristics they see more often as well as...
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The Beluga Whale, Otters

For Students 5th - 6th
In these internet activity worksheets, students complete research related to the Beluga Whale and otters. Student are able to answer questions by following directions to help them navigate around a website.
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Nemours KidsHealth

Eating Disorders: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore the idea of self-esteem through different mediums. Research what is needed for increased self-esteem: list three things one might do well in, take a photo of an activity where each student is performing well, and examine how the...
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Healthy Lifestyles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners navigate MS Publisher to create a publication about a healthy lifestyle.  In this healthy lifestyle instructional activity, students participate in activities to learn to eat right, to be fit and to create a publication based on...
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Nutrients

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders understand the important nutrients in food and the value of each. In this nutrients lesson, 4th graders complete a chart giving examples of foods that contain that nutrient and a definition of the nutrient. Students...
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A Visit to the Vet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discover the important role veterinarians play in the lives of animals.  In this animal safety lesson, students identify parts of veterinarian's job by completing a KWL chart and an online tutorial.  Students write a story of a...
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Anthrax Attacks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers develop an understanding about the disease Anthrax, how it is transmitted, and its effects on the body. They use this online instructional activity to research the disease and its impact on human health. Students gain...
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Become an Expert

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice their researching techniques by preparing a presentation with little notice.  In this information research lesson, students utilize the Internet to research one of several subtopics concerning panthers.  Students...

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