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Special Olympics

Train at School

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Keep your mind and body fit with a fun activity about the five food groups. After going over the functions of fruit, vegetables, grains, meats and beans, and dairy, as well as oils and fats, learners participate in a bean bag toss to...
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Curated OER

Engineering - Solid Rock to Building Block

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role-play as engineers designing wedge tools. They devise methods for shaping quarry rocks into pyramid blocks. Following a teacher demonstration, they use materials such as soap, clay, and foam for blocks and wood, plastic,...
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Population Pyramids

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students utilize population pyramids to answer questions, make comparisons, draw conclusions and support predictions about the populations of China, India and the Unites States. They arrange numbers and symbolic information from various...
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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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Simple Machines

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a pyramid design based on the 6 simple machines that they are introduced to. In this simple machines lesson plan, students are introduced to the wedge, wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw, and pulley.
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Building a Food Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils review the concept of the food pyramid that has been taught by the classroom teacher. They have a classroom discussion of the food pyramid; understanding the importance of a healthy diet. Students create an original food pyramid.
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Population Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is about the concept of measuring the statistical data of a population taken from a census. The data is interpreted and recorded looking for trends in subjects like world economy and job opportunities.
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Living in a Geometrical World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a series of hand-on, online, and multimedia activities to examine 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes. They describe common geometric solids. They construct rectangular prisms using straws and ribbon.
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Sippin' on Smoothies

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Why is calcium good for the body? Where is it stored? Young chefs discover the importance of calcium and review a list of foods that are rich in the material. They then make delicious smoothies high in calcium! Teaching kids how to make...
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Organizer
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Word Pyramid 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word pyramid activity, students use their vocabulary skills to build a word pyramid by responding to 8 questions that require them to write words that begin with specific letters and have a specific number of letters in them.
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Activity
Under the Dome

Triangle Mystery ...

For Students 6th Standards
Build a pyramid based on sums. Individuals watch a video of a computer program that creates a pyramid of numbers based upon a starting number. The scholars develop a hypothesis on how the number trick works and share their thoughts on...
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Worksheet
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Word Pyramid

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word building instructional activity, students follow the directions to build words and create a word pyramid. Students complete 8 examples.
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Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils examine nutrition and their own eating habits.  In this healthy eating lesson plan students participate in several activities that include building a food pyramid and analyzing it. 
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Eating Healthy

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders record what they eat for an entire day. They use the Food Pyramid and determine whether or not they ate the recommended amounts and recommended foods. They write a plan of how they could improve their eating habits.
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Diet and Nutrition

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students figure out the nutritional values of foods to explain the nature of a healthy diet by looking at fast food nutrition pamphlets and calculating the values of foods then comparing them to the food pyramid.
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Pre-K Appetizer

For Teachers Pre-K
Students understand there are healthy and not healthy food choices. In this food pyramid lesson, students learn to make healthy choices by playing a traffic light game. Students recognize raw foods from the farm may not be ready for...
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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 instructional activity students visit websites to calculate their BMR, activity level and weight then create a nutrition plan
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Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Eat Healthy • Be Active Community Workshops

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Recipe makeovers, healthy alternatives, quick tips for a nutritious lifestyle...this 187-page document has it all! Don't miss a thorough packet of workshop activities and handouts designed to support your teaching of the MyPlate...
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Population Pyramids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the significance of population trends on world regions. They define relevant population vocabulary and examine age-gender patterns at various scales.
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Building a Pyramid

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, research and create a poster or brochure examining the new food pyramid. They create a one-day menu that satisfies the requirements.
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Science: Coral Reef Food Pyramid

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students construct numbers pyramids using fictional data from a coral reef. they tally the numbers of carnivores, herbivores, and producers. Students next build a pyramid shape in which they put their numbers of producers, herbivores,...
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TE Activity: Choosing a Pyramid Site

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students determine how engineers decide on choices for final designs and sites for construction. They look at a surveyor's report while they evaluate sites where a pyramid could be build. They consider the distance the pyramid would be...
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Building Communities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the ADL's Pyramid of Hate and use it to identify bullying instances they are aware of. In this character education lesson, students discuss their findings and design activities or programs to combat bullying in their own...
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Worksheet
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Intermediate Matching - Religious Buildings

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students match the 8 terms in the left-hand column to the 8 appropriate definitions in the right-hand column. All of the words and definitions pertain to religious buildings.

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