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Eating for Your Future
Students brainstorm ways to live healthy. In this health science lesson, students recipes that are healthy and appealing. They compile all recipes and develop a class cookbook.
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Getting the Most From Your Food
Students study the food pyramid to learn about healthy food. In this healthy foods lesson, students create a chart of the healthy foods they eat in a day. Students discuss their choices and how they could make better choices.
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Nutrition
First graders identify the Five Food Groups and the proper servings of each. They study the physical features of different foods such as fruits, and vegetables.
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Junk Food Jungle
Learners become familiar with the nutritional value of foods advertised on television and in magazines. They discuss different types of foods and where snack food fits into a healthy diet. They categorize the foods they eat as healthy or...
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Does Your Diet Stack Up?
Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition instructional activity, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to...
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Be a Food Detective
Students explore how food is made and what are healthy and unhealthy eating habits. They participate in activities to further show them foods nutritional value.
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5 A Day
Students study spoken verse vs. sung verse. They examine meter, play on beats two and four while notating the pattern. They sing a song that highlights the importance of eating five fruits and vegetables a day.
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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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Organize Your Favorites (Food)
In this healthy foods worksheet, students organize the names nutrient-rich foods into categories. Students also read passages about nutrition and respond to three short-answer questions.
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Where in the World?
Students evaluate botany by participating in a class discussion. In this agriculture lesson, students identify the importance of knowing where food comes from and they discuss what their breakfast consisted of and where it came from....
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How Much Nutritional Value Does Rice Really Have?
Fifth graders see the nutritional value of rice. In this healthy eating instructional activity, 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...
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The Pyramid of Power
Students explore the food pyramid, nutrition, and how to plan a balanced diet. This fun lesson is well-planned and a great introduction to the food pyramid!
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Eating a Low-fat Nutritious Lunch
Students describe healthy and delicious lunch foods to replace junk foods. They make and eat lunch foods.
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Eating a Nutritious Lunch
Students identify the types of foods and snacks they eat for their lunch. In groups, they identify healthy foods along with unhealthy foods. They design a new lunch menu using only healthy food and identifying which food group they belong.
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How History Changed the Way We Eat
Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the history of the food pyramid and how it evolved and changed into its modern state. After being presented with the information they conduct classroom discussions about the research.
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Food: Habits and Holidays
In this foods of the world worksheet, students answer true and false questions about their own eating habits, than complete a matching activity where they match foods with countries of the world.
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Food Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines
Third graders complete activities and worksheets to explore the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines .
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Your Energy In
Help your youngsters make considerations about what they eat. Use this lesson as a jumping-off point to discuss dietary guidelines, the food pyramid, and major food groups. This creative lesson grabs youngsters by talking about what they...
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Real Food in the Classroom
Use a class garden to teach learners about real food, nutrition, and more.
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Plant Party
Learners identify plant parts. For this plants lesson, students bring in a vegetable. Each student classifies which part of the plant their vegetable comes from (flower, root, ect.) Learners identify the parts of their vegetable and...
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The Great Big Yellow Banana Quiz - Fun Facts about Bananas 1
In this research skills worksheet, students read the questions about bananas and research to answer the 10 multiple choice questions.
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My Pyramid Tag
Students explore the food pyramid and healthy eating. After discussing the five healthy food groups, students participate in activities to demonstrate the benefits of healthy food groups. They play games to discover the benefits of...
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Fatty Food
Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits activity, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc...
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Let's Go On a Snack Hunt
In this snack foods worksheet, students complete an English or Spanish snack food worksheet. Students complete a matching and coloring activity.