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Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom
Students make tortillas. In this tortilla lesson plan, students add the ingredients to a bag, mix the ingredients, roll the tortillas out, and cook them. They spend 3 minutes coming up with as many round things as they can.
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Nutritional Needs
Students determine caloric needs for an active person and what role nutrition plays in one's energy, For this nutritional needs lesson, students discuss the definition of calorie and identify high calorie foods. Students work...
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Enzymatic Reaction
Students explore the effect enzymes have on reactions. They demonstrate the process of enzymatic reaction by making cheese. after experimentation, they answer a series of questions.
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Who Hid the Milk Products?
Students study milk products and learn their health benefits. For this milk products lesson, students discuss dairy products. Students participate in a game of milk product identification. Students also discuss categorizing milk by their...
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Drumming from the Heart
Students complete a craft activity using recyclable containers and read a story to a younger child. In this service lesson, students read the story 'The Drum' and do a service project retelling the story and making a drum from recyclable...
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Mater Your Munchies
Students explore the various food groups while doing a physical activity.
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Peanut Butter and Jelly
Students walk in a well defined playing area. When the teacher signals a break students state whether they are peanut butter or jelly and look for partners to make a sandwich with.
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Food Group Concentration
Students play a game of concentration using various foods to make matches. A match consists of foods from the same food group or combination foods that contain the same combination of food groups.
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New Boxes from Old
Ninth graders take a rectangular box (e.g., a cereal box) and cut it up to make a new, cubical box with the same volume as the original. In so doing, they will discover that because the cubical box has less surface area than the...
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Traditional Food in the United Kingdom
Students read an article that discusses numerous food traditions. In this ESL instructional activity, students work in small groups to complete a vocabulary assignment on the article, a brainstorming activity, writing an essay and...
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Back To School Crossword
In this reading worksheet, learners analyze 10 words which pertain to Back to school time. Students read clues and fit the words in the crossword puzzle.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Teach Mrs. Jones' Class about Microbes
During a biology lesson, scholars research microbes, design a lesson plan using an outline, and present the lesson to the class.
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Behold the Mold!
Pupils explore how mold grows on various food items. In this mold lesson plan, students predict how mold will grow on dry vs. wet food items, and chart their observations daily. Children develop a summary to aid them in a summative...
US Department of Agriculture
Serving Up My Plate
Offer your youngsters an extra helping of nutritional knowledge and healthy tips with this resource, which centers around the MyPlate nutritional guide and offers three "courses" of plans and worksheets on the food groups and the...
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Fun Food Faces
Students create fun food faces. In this animal shaped food lesson, students use food to create faces on a bagel or rice cake. They can eat their masterpieces when they have finished.
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"So, What Do You Think?"
Take a stand! Even the most reluctant speakers find their voices if the topics are engaging. Use pictures, photos, or word prompts (I think pizza is the best lunch on the school menu. What do you think?) to stir responses. Encourage...
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
Pardon Me, Your Modifier is Dangling
Lost! (or misplaced) a modifier. Last seen dangling at the end of a sentence! Reward offered! To underscore the humor, class members are each given a sample sentence to illustrate (A woman passed by, leading a Springer Spaniel, in a...
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Recycled Rain Forest
Students examine pictures of a rain forest and discuss the types of animals that live there. They create a recycled rain forest by using old cardboard and they are to give each animal a place to live. The rain forest is displayed.
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Kids' Bread Restaurant
Learners use technology as a tool for learning. They work together on a special project.
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Bacteria
Students study the advantages and disadvantages of bacteria. In this bacteria lesson students draw and label the different types of bacteria.
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The Food Connection
Learners examine the connection between the foods on the food pyramid and agricultural products. They identify the food groups, discuss foods from each group, complete two handouts, and construct a desktop food pyramid, placing foods in...
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Graphing Our Snacks
Students gather information from Nutrition Facts labels on their favorite snack foods. They graph the fat content of the foods and reflect on what they see.
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Calcium Counts
Pupils evaluate the food pyramid. In this dairy nutrition instructional activity, students identify the position of the milk group on the food pyramid, then determine their daily calcium requirement and how they can meet that requirement.
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Sound It Out!
Help your class improve their spelling skills. Learners take a test, are given a particular spelling rule to practice, and play a Bingo game. This employs various methods for practicing spelling skills.