Curated OER
Breakfast: Healthy for Me and Healthy for the Environment
Students develop criteria for a healthy and environmentally friendly breakfast and use these criteria to design a breakfast menu. They use a decision chart to evaluate their choices which is imbedded in this plan.
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Feudalism
Young scholars have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...
Curated OER
Listen and Learn
Second graders play in a listening game and brainstorm ways to communicate health information and ideas.
Curated OER
Sketching Cylinders
Learners create nets of cylinders. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the surface area of cylinders and other solids. They show their understanding of three-dimensional shapes by solving problems.
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Sketching Prisms
Students sketch and create nets of different polygons.In this geometry activity, students differentiate prisms from other three-dimensional shapes. They define the properties of prisms.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Food Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines
Learners will learn about the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines by looking at samples of serving sizes and filling out worksheets.
US Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Topics a to Z
More than just food and nutrition links can be found in this index of health topics. The USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center provides access to a world of health information.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Three Meals for Gregory
Lesson begins with a review of the food guide pyramid. The book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (not provided through lesson) is read and discussed in light of healthy eating. In groups, students create healthy meals from...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: New American Food Guide Pyramid
The science team investigators at the Why Files published this critique of the government-sponsored food pyramid introduced with the intention of helping Americans learn how to eat nutritionally balanced meals in 1992.
Harvard University
Harvard School of Public Health: Nutrition Source: Food Pyramids and Plates
Answers to the question what should we eat, based on a pyramid-shaped diagram recommended by the Harvard School of Public Health. With lots of background information on the similarly shaped U.S. Department of Agriculture food guide...
Curated OER
Kids Health: What Do Food Labels Really Say?
An overview of food labeling history and importance, how to read food labels, basic components of a food label, and a comparison of different foods.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: En Espanol
The Spanish-language version of the U.S. government's online nutrition guide Choose My Plate makes it possible for Spanish speakers to access information about eating a nutritious diet and staying physically active.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Food Foldable
During this lesson, students will listen to a poem about a balanced diet and create a foldable. In each section of the foldable, students will include information about a different food group and will use this creation as a study guide.
National Institutes of Health
Nih Curriculum Supplement Series: The Science of Energy Balance
A great resource for teachers to help explain the balance between calorie intake and physical activity. There are many student activities that reinforce the need for physical activity in a healthy life style. Included are a teacher's...
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Nutrition.gov
This is a comprehensive resource for information pertaining to health, nutrition and well being. Explore this site to learn more about food safety, food facts, health management and more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Frontline: Diet Wars: Teacher's Guide
With this Teacher's Guide to "Diet Wars," students will learn about the USDA food pyramid, evaluate their own food consumption, and examine their school lunch program for nutrition and health purposes. This FRONTLINE documentary examines...
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Energy Pyramid and Food Chains
This illustrated guide to food chains and ecological pyramids will help clarify how energy flows through an ecosystem.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Educators
Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Uncle Sam and the American Diet
In this activity, young scholars will closely examine two food nutrition guideline posters from the USDA to determine the government's purpose in creating such guidelines and how they have changed over time. Students will also question...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eating for Sports
Know what foods you need to eat in order to stay competitive. This website offers suggestion for kids who are active in sports and includes hints for eating healthy and staying hydrated.
PBS
Pbs: Now With Bill Moyers: Soft Drink Sales at School
Explore the pros and cons of soft drink sales in schools. Examine the amount of sugar in soft drinks, research links to obesity and debate whether or not schools should partner with soft drink companies.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eating Well While Eating Out
The older you become the more choices you will have to make about what types of food will make up your diet. This article relates the importance of a well rounded diet. Find out more about how good food has everything to do with how you...
Curated OER
Kids Health: A Guide to Eating for Sports
Television ads and magazines are littered with new sports drinks and supplements that claim to enhance performance for athletes. Are these claims proven to be true or just cunning marketing schemes? This article delves into the hype and...
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