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Fruit and Vegetable Bingo!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Everyone loves a game of Bingo! Use these Bingo cards to treat your class to a fun game of vocabulary review. Each card has pictures of vegetables and fruits, and as you call a specific one, learners can put a small X in the box. Who...
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What Am I ?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Have fun learning about fruits and vegetables with a game of pictionary! One team draws a fruit or vegetable on the board, while the other team collaborates to guess what it is. After the game, class members discuss where foods are grown...
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Mystery Fruits and Vegetables: Why They Are Important to Us

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. In this health lesson, students participate in a guessing game, trying to identify fruits and vegetables without seeing them. Students discuss the importance of a well...
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Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students make a variety of recipes that include fruits and vegetables. In this fruit and vegetables lesson plan, students make recipes, learn about the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables needed per day, describe how to sanitize...
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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. In this science activity, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Students play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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Couch Potato

For Teachers K - 5th
Show your class that being active is more fun than being a couch potato! A fun tag game teachers learners about making healthy eating choices. Over 125,000 teachers have reviewed this activity, and many have written comments about how...
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American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

Welcome to My American Farm!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Take a step into the virtual farm world and explore the impact farming has on our everyday eating habits. Future farmers discover the meaning of agriculture and the hard work that goes into providing food for us to enjoy. A computer game...
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Queen Anna Banana's Fruit Group

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in activities focusing on the fruit group and rhyming words.
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August House

The Ogre Bully

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this instructional activity has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and have a...
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Primary PE Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students work on balance, strategy, and movement while playing a beanbag game. They review high fat and low fat foods and classify these foods while they play a game of "Low Fat Locomotion."
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Vegetable Twister

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners review vegetables and their nutrient values and production. In this vegetable production worksheet, students read information about the nutrients in vegetables and how they are grown. Learners participate in a game of Twister to...
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SF Environment

Compost Tag

For Teachers K - 5th
Composting is a great way to get children involved in recycling. First, they discuss how biodegradable products decompose to make compost. Then, they talk about what can and cannot be composted. They play a game similar to around the...
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Spill Your Guts

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice nutrition facts. In this health and nutrition lesson, students participate in a game in which two teams compete to "spill their guts" by quickly answering factual questions pertaining to nutrition.  This lesson is...
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My Pyramid for Kids

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students become familiar with the proper amounts of different types of foods they should eat each day. In this food pyramid lesson, students complete worksheets to develop better eating habits. Students understand the importance of...
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World Hunger - Causes And Solutions

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
An online Sim City type game from the BBC website guides learners to complete a World Food Programme mission. They investigate the causes and of hunger in different parts of the world and then research a particular region's hunger...
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Sugar and Fat Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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Food Group Craze

For Teachers K - 12th
Students play a game to learn or reinforce prior learning of the food groups within the food guide pryamid.
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Imports and Exports for Making a Food Pyramid

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the food pyramid and discuss it nutritional value. They play a game to determine what types of foods and number of servings they need to complete food pyramids. they can i"import" or "export" cards with foods they need...
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"Musical Food

For Teachers K - 6th
Students review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
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Snack Smart Move More

For Teachers K - 5th
Show your kids that staying healthy is the smart choice! They examine nutrition, healthy snacks, and the importance of staying active in a several-part lesson plan. There are different ideas for older and younger students here, and you...
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The Five a Day Adventure Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils, after examining a food pyramid, demonstrate their knowledge and use of their classroom computers by researching the nutritional content of fruits and vegetables. They also compare/contrast serving sizes and nutrients in selected...
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Eating Our Way to a Healthy Body: Classifying Foods

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine the major food groups. In this classifying foods lesson, students discover the 5 food groups as they read books and play games. Students then sort foods into the appropriate food groups
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The Story of Kwanzaa

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Celebrate Kwanzaa with a game of Kalah, also known as Mankala or Owara. Using an egg carton and a set of beans, players take all of the beans out of one of his or her cups and move to the right, dropping one bean into each of the next...
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Making Healthy Eating Choices for You and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the USDA food guide pyramid to choose items for a balanced diet. In this food pyramid lesson, students play a game naming the items and their foo groups.   Students participate in cross curricular activities to become...