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All Wrapped Up

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore packaging. For this cross-curriculum lesson, students bring in samples of food packaging and identify the packaging as natural or manufactured.
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Three Healthful Meals: A Practical Food-Guide-Pyramid Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students activate their knowledge of the food guide pyramid and the basic food groups in order to plan nutritious meals. They collect a handful of food images from magazines and glue them to the appropriate plates.
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Picture Perfect Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the concept of the food pyramid. The lesson includes background information for the teacher to lecture students about the food pyramid. They construct a model of the pyramid using cereal boxes. The projects could...
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Seed Sensation

For Teachers K
Students explore seeds through dissecting, sorting, comparing and contrasting. They draw their observations of both a closed and open seed and then they label the parts of a seed. They brainstorm where seeds come from. They compare seeds...
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Have You had Your *5 a Day*?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine *5 a Day* Dole program to reinforce facts learned about nutrition.
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5 A Day

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine the 5 a day program. They sing different songs and discover how to be healthy. They identify different parts of the music as well.
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Phytochemicals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars identify song style and form. They create movement which shows the song form and improvise rhythm accompaniment.
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All Wrapped Up

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work in teams to identify and sort types of packaging used in food production. They consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and reflect how consumer choices play a role in trash production.
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Hunting for Hidden Fat

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the importance of fat in the diet. They determine the difference between solid and liquid fat. They examine food labels to identify the ones that contain fat.
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Nutrition and Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the conditions faced while sailing on the ocean regarding health and physical fitness. They experience the importance of Vitamin C. Students analyze the cause of many diseases and sicknesses on the ships.
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A DAY WITHOUT AG

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider and discuss the meaning of the word "agriculture" and how agriculture affects their lives every day. Students identify the various ways that agriculture touches their personal lives. Students use worksheets to list all...
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Looking at Still Life Lesson 1: The Subject and Objects of Still

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore and discuss the objects commonly found in still-life paintings. They identify the objects pictured in still lifes indicating which objects are natural and which are man-made.
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Paintings of food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study and discuss the paintings of different foods. In this food lesson plan, students read about paintings that are of treats, banquets, feasts, arrangements, and more, and then make cookies.
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Walk and Talk Health and PE Activity

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice concepts they are studying while exercising. In this health and fitness activity, studnets walk and job while discussing current classroom lessons.
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Travelers for Trade and Global Peace

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Young scholars explore the resources in other countries. In this communities lesson plan, students examine characteristics of their community to those of other communities. Young scholars examine Canada, El Salvador, and India and their...
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Decomposers at Work!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students design and conduct investigations that illustrate the process of decomposition. After a lecture/demo, students simulate the process of soil composting in the classroom. They closely chart the decomposition of their soil.
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Think Green

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
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Reading Is Fundamental: Illustrators at Work Fruit

For Students 9th - 10th
Featuring the work of Saxton Freymann, this site provides a slideshow focusing on using edible art - expressive carvings made from fruits and vegetables - to illustrate books for children.
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Web Gallery of Art: Fruit and Vegetable Seller

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Fruit and Vegetable Seller", created by Claes Van Heussen in 1630 (Oil on canvas, 157 x 200 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Fruit and Vegetable Costermonger

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Fruit and Vegetable Costermonger", created by Louise Moillon in 1631 (Oil on wood, 48 x 65 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Fruit and Vegetable Stall

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Fruit and Vegetable Stall", created by Frans Snydersz (Oil on canvas, 201 x 333 cm).
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Still Life With Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Still-Life with Dead Game, Fruits, and Vegetables in a Market", created by Frans Snyders in 1614 (Oil on canvas, 212 x 308 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Market Woman With Fruit, Vegetables and Poultry

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Market Woman with Fruit, Vegetables and Poultry", created by Joachim Beuckelaer in 1564 (Oil on oak, 118 x 171 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Still Life With Game, Vegetable and Fruit

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Still-Life with Game, Vegetable and Fruit", created by Juan Sanchez Cotan in 1602 (Oil on canvas, 68 x 89 cm).