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Kitchen Math - Levels I & II
Identify appropriate abbreviations, food-measurement terminology, techniques, equivalents, and calculate recipe-size adjustments and demonstrate proper measuring techniques. Identify abbreviations Compute equivalents Identify measuring...
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Make a Pinhole Viewer
In this light worksheet, students construct a pinhole viewer using a paper box, wax paper, tape and a pushpin. They answer six questions about their observations, the orientation of the images they saw, and the results of their experiment.
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Modeling Good Eating
Students identify and classify the items in a healthy diet. In this dietary lesson plan, students listen to a song about healthy eating while listening for good snack foods. They use pictures of the snacks to complete a large chart by...
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Microorganisms: Good Guys or Bad Guys?
Students discover the role microorganisms play in our lives. In this decomposition lesson, students examine decaying foods and plants in order to analyze the different bacteria that grows. Students discuss the good and bad of...
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Let's Go Shopping
Young scholars review and identify common vocabulary related to food, shopping, and courtesy expressions. Students then practice English language skills by shopping in classroom market while playing roles of shoppers and store personnel.
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PICTURE PERFECT PYRAMID
Students create a model of the USDA's Food Pyramid Guide, using shoe boxes. They bring an assortment of shoe boxes from home. Students are given a copy of the "Food Guide Pyramid." They wrap boxes for the bread group in white, the...
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Why is Rice Good for Us?
Third graders explore why rice is good for our bodies. In this nourishment instructional activity, 3rd graders review the food pyramid and discuss serving sizes. Students discuss the different ways rice is used in food. Students use...
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Become a Nutrition Expert
In this nutrition worksheet, 2nd graders read a selection on nutrition and fill in the table using the information from the selection.
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Food Pyramid Abacus
Students examine the importance of eating a healthy balanced diet. They read and discuss an article about the Food Guide Pyramid, and construct a Food Pyramid Abacus.
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Balance of Nutrition
Students explore nutrition by completing a group activity. For this balanced meal lesson, students identify the five food groups and discuss their favorite foods from each group. Students utilize illustrations to fill in a fictional...
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Introduction to Farming in the United States
Students discuss basic foods and what constitutes a well-balanced meal. They identify four basic food groups, and identify food sources, such as farms.
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Vocabulary Worksheets - Reading: The Food Pyramid
In this vocabulary activity, students read a passage about the food pyramid and then answer 8 multiple choice comprehension questions.
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MyPyramid for Kids
Young scholars explore healthy food choices. In this science lesson, students identify food groups and discuss the amount of food they should eat from each group. Young scholars create PyramindPal cartoons.
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Food Types
In this food worksheet, students fill in the blanks, write nutrients, answer true or false questions, and answer short answer questions about food. Students complete 25 questions.
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WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE?
Students examine different food groups and identify the daily amounts of each that are necessary for healthy eating. In this food pyramid instructional activity students evaluate their own diets and see how they can eat more...
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Our Healthy Bodies
Students complete a variety of activities designed to enhance their awareness of their bodies. They examine pictures of themselves, taken at various points in the year and examine and compare their bodies. They enjoy a healthy snack...
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Key to Good Health #1: Nutrition
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...
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Shopping List
In this food worksheet, students update a menu to make the food choices healthier and write a shopping list in order to get these items. Students complete 2 activities.
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Climbing the Pyramid
Students examine the Food Pyramid to discover the foods they need to eat to have a healthy body. Using food brought to class, they must place the food in the correct category in the pyramid. In groups, they test food samples for fat...
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Food Groups
In this food group worksheet, students will focus on vocabulary enhancement. Students will complete 7 multiple choice questions by reading each question and choosing the answer that depicts what is pictured to the left of each question.
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Total English Elementary: Meet the Greens
In this how much and how many worksheet, students read a 2 paragraph passage about a healthy family and write questions pertaining to the 12 underlined items in the text. Students then fill in a graphic organizer with healthy food...
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How Much Nutritional Value Does Rice Really Have?
Fifth graders see the nutritional value of rice. In this healthy eating lesson, 5th graders view the Food Guide Pyramid and the number of servings one is supposed to eat in each food group. They focus on rice and its benefits for the body.
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It's Sugar Time!
Fifth graders examine how good health depends upon many things, including heredity, lifestyle, personality traits, mental health, attitudes, and the environment.
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Farm Products Help Me Grow
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,...