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Food Journal Exercise
Students are required not to change their usual eating pattern while recording everything they eat and drink for 1 day. They evaluate the nutrient composition of their diet, as well as their dietary intake and behavior within the...
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Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables
Students will discuss the benefits of eating healthy. In this healthy diet lesson, students will discuss the importance of eating fresh fruit and vegetables when pregnant or breastfeeding and how to identify healthy fruits and...
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From Bananas to Bok Choy
Learners explore the contribution made by Chinese communities to the Australian diet and how Chinese immigrants have affected Chinese culture.
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Density Determination
Students observe 2 demonstrations of density. In this density lesson plan, students observe a vial with various substances of different densities. Students then observe the differences between a diet coke and a regular coke can when on a...
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Fragments
In this ESL/ELL sentence fragment learning exercise, students choose the proper words to complete each of 20 sentences, or they tell if "no change is necessary." They complete the learning exercise either at a web site where they can...
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Creating a Food Web
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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Family Life Cycle - Older Adult Lab
Students pretend to be old by simulating some of the struggles older people face every day with arthritis in their hands, hearing impaired, and normal loss of up close vision as they experience preparing a recipe. They identify the...
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Electromagnets- 6 Mini Investigations
Third graders discover the properties of electromagnets through experiments. In this electromagnet properties instructional activity, 3rd graders complete six tasks with an elctromagnet. Students recognize that the wires will heat up...
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Elements of Biology: Organization In Living Systems
Students explore the recent research on dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson students write a report on the new findings and how it has changed ideas on dinosaurs.
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Elementary Concepts in Heat
Third graders read a thermometer with accuracy, record observations and data, and infer conceptual meaning. They integrate mathematical charting and graphing skills to organize their data. They explore what happens when they touch or use...
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Make it a habitat
Students consider the adaptation of life forms through natural selection to fill various niches and accommodate changing environmental conditions. They select an ecosystem and conduct research to provide as much detailed information as...
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Question Review
Younger and older ELL students could benefit from an exploration of how to change a statement to a question. Using this 8 question activity learners can practice writing questions after being given pertinent information.
Pomegranate Apps
Foodle - Nutrition Facts
USDA National Nutrient data is available at your fingertips! This application is a vast library of more than 8,000 nutritional labels for commonly eaten foods. Search and sort foods by a variety of categories.
American Chemical Society
Soda Can Steam Engine
Steam engines have been around since the late 1600s, yet most pupils don't know how they work. Using an soda can, the instructor builds a simple steam engine for scholars to observe. Through a discussion, young scientists learn about the...
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What's on Your Plate?
Students analyze the calorie content of food. In this health science lesson plan, students discuss how excess calories affect our body. They write a healthy meal plan for their family.
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Good Food, Good Health
Students investigate how food provides energy for the human body. In this physical health instructional activity, students access online resources to identify how certain foods can affect their health. Students discuss how many servings...
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Vegetables
In this word scramble worksheet, learners choose a letter from the box to create a vegetable word. Students spell 11 vegetable words.
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External Influences 2: Technology and Changing Social Attitudes
Students examine various external effects on a business from a technological and social attitudes perspective. They apply business concepts to a business problem.
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Why Do We Need Vitamin C in Our Diet?
Students compare/contrast the DNA sequence data of the rat GULO gene to the inactive human GULO gene. They translate and align the sequences, and propose a scenario to explain the occurrence of an inactive DNA sequence to that of an...
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Cultural Murals
Seventh graders research the cultural time period of early Wisconsin people. They create a mural depicting the diet, shelter, activities, climate, clothing, tools, and other materials used.
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Vegetarianism
Students classify ways to stick on a vegetarian diet. Students survey the reasons why others make it or fail on these types of diets. Students aim to improve their understanding of vegetarianism.
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Nutrition for Young Children
Students examine the dietary guidelines for young children. For this healthy diet lesson students examine the issues surrounding the children's diets.
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Sugar and Fat Tag
Students participate in a game of chase and learn about healthy food choices. In this physical activity and healthy diet lesson, students play a game of chase by role playing as sugar and fat examples Students name examples of fruits and...
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Staying Healthy Year Round
Learners will read literature about the seasons and observe and describe the weather in each. The group will compare and contrast the activities of people during different weather conditions showing how they adapt to changes. They will...