Addressing the intermediate skill of "Responsibility," this 4-H activity includes several activities to prepare your 4-H students. The activities include researching the Internet to find out the country where a list of beef cattle...

Analyze a Happy Meal™ for nutrient content and calories. Blend the contents into "McMush" and use Biuret's solution to test for protein content. There are a few problems with the lesson plan: the resource links are no longer...

Multiple-choice and true-false questions assess your high schoolers' understanding of food safety. This is an interactive worksheet in which learners can click on the correct answers to discover explanations. You could type the questions...

In this health learning exercise, students complete an 85 clue crossword puzzle about beef. Questions cover names for various cuts, cooking words, and filler words such as "abbreviation for etcetera."

Introduce young chefs to nutritious eating with a cookbook that is divided into sections focusing on one of the five food groups. It includes lessons, activities, and recipes. How wholesome!

Have some fun with healthy living in 4-H! Through several activities, young members learn about healthy eating, basic first aid, and fun exercise options. Of course, service ideas are outlined to extend learning. Students use websites to...

Students explore the four food groups and how they contribute to one's health. They identify the four food groups and create a poster of the four food groups with pictures. They present their posters to the class and practice answering...

Students discuss as a class the need for a healthy diet. They bring in a food product and analyze the nutrition label. Using the labels, they complete a worksheet and chart the nutrients found in beef. They use a scale to see how...

Here is an outstanding lesson on food groups, nutrition, and diet. In it, learners focus on hamburgers! They take a close look at the products that go into making a hamburger, conduct taste tests on samples, discuss the nutritional value...

Students examine the different food groups on the food pyramid. In groups, they discover the proper amount to eat from each food group and how to prepare healthy meals. They keep a food journal and calculate the amount of calories they...

What do Mike Tyson, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paul McCartney have in common? They're all famous vegetarians. Using the resource, scholars learn about the pros and cons of eating a vegetarian diet. They read a fascinating history of...

In this calories learning exercise, learners use a chart comparing the calories found in different food items to complete 3 short answer questions.

Students learn tips for healthy eating. In this nutrition lesson, students learn about the four main food groups, view a food pyramid, and get tips on how to get the most nutrition out of their meals. Students also learning about eating...

Pupils examine the stages between growing the animal and buying it at the grocery store.  In food system lesson students study the role that animal products have on nutrition and study animal agriculture. 

Students discuss nutrition and how to make better choices with food. In this algebra and nutrition lesson plan, students discuss the way the body process food and the importance of nutrition for our cells. They discuss calories, fats and...

Students recognize and name the products used to build a hamburger. They review the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Students are given worksheets, and they match the burger parts to the picture parts. They conduct a taste test on samples of the...

Learners identify what ground beef is and the difference in fat, flavor and moistness between the three types - regular, lean, and extra lean. Then, they conduct an experiment to compare the effect of pan frying between three different...

The student will become visually aware of the different shapes of wholesale cuts of beef.1. Ask a local meat cutter to make a class visit to explain his or her job. 2. Enlarge the steer outline on Student Worksheet B, and place it on a...

Learners will use ingredients and read a recipe to create open faced tacos. The emphasis of the activity is the kind of preparation that is needed to cook ground beef correctly to avoid diseases associated with improper preparation...

Young scholars react to a series of statements about sodas, then read a news article about the addition of vitamins to sodas to increase sales. In this nutrition and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...

Students discover the origins of fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition activity, students research how fruits and vegetables came to the United States via trade routes.  Resources are provided.

In this cooking instructional activity, students follow 7 steps to use a microwave and cook a nacho beef dip. Students see that the verbs in the recipe are in all capital letters and underlined. The steps where students must be careful...

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 lesson, students read about the nutritional value of potatoes. Students work in...

Students view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...