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PICTURE PERFECT PYRAMID

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create a model of the USDA's Food Pyramid Guide, using shoe boxes. They bring an assortment of shoe boxes from home. Students are given a copy of the "Food Guide Pyramid." They wrap boxes for the bread group in white, the...
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The Determination of the Presence of Reducing Sugars Using Fehling's Solution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate different fruits and vegetables for the presence of sugars. In this sugars and Fehling's solution lesson, students test the juice from an onion and a lemon for the presence of sugar by adding Fehling's solution and...
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Flower Pot Salad Bar

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners discuss the connection between a flower pot and wholesome food by creating a salad.  In this healthy eating lesson, students utilize numerous fresh vegetables to create a classic salad in a flower pot.  Learners write...
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Food Pyramid Showdown

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this health worksheet, students answer 30 questions cards about healthy eating. For example, "How many servings of vegetables should you have?"
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Garden Goodies Concentration

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this garden goodies concentration worksheet, students cut out and color thirty-three vegetables and fruits to illustrate on construction paper.
Interactive
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Find the Odd One Out

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this odd one out worksheet, students choose which picture does not belong between the pictures. Students solve one problem between 3 vegetables and 1 fruit.
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Apples: A Class Act! (Grades Pre-K–3)

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Discover the nutritional wonders of apples and get to know Johnny Appleseed with a plethora of learning experiences that cover subjects math, history, English language arts, health, and arts and crafts. Activities include an apple...
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Choose My Plate

My Daily Food Plan (18+ years old)

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Manage your calorie intake with a daily food plan journal. After reviewing a reference sheet with suggested amounts of each food group based on a total calorie pattern, learners can jot down what foods they have eaten during the day as...
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Be a Food Detective

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What are packaged food products really made of? This lesson will prompt your learners to consider and investigate the source of ingredients in their food. They begin by breaking into groups and analyzing food labels by identifying...
Interactive
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Sequencing from Seeds to Harvest

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore the farm to table experience in a fast-paced lesson on gardening. The activity uses image sequencing to help young scholars understand the process of growing food from seed to harvest. Academics also participate in group...
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Reading Adventure Pack: Cooking

For Parents 1st - 2nd Standards
A Reading Adventure Pack focuses on cooking. Scholars participate in three hands-on activities after reading the fiction book Easy as Pie by Cari Best and the nonfiction book How Did That Get in My Lunchbox? by Chris Butterworth....
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My Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete a graphing activity to learn about fruits and vegetables as well as their nutritional qualities. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, students complete a series of activities that help teach them about the health...
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Farm Products Help Me Grow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...
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Eat Smart, Play Hard

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover why breakfast is important. In this nutrition lesson, students read a "Power Up With Breakfast" worksheet and discuss the importance of breakfast. Students draw pictures of fruit they would want in their breakfast shake.
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Nutrition: One Hot Topic!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn the content of the food groups and are better prepared to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Students identify the main food groups and list content examples. Students create a cookbook of new and healthy snacks.
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Yummy Plant Parts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine plant parts. In this botany lesson, students examine various edible plants and how their adaptations help them to grow. They observe stems, leaves, roots and flowers of plants and discuss the relationship between...
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Learning the Parts of a Plant

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover the anatomy of a plant by labeling a picture.  In this botany instructional activity, 1st graders examine and dissect several real plants in class and define their different parts.  Students utilize the...
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The Great Big Yellow Banana Quiz - Fun Facts about Bananas 1

For Students 5th - 6th
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 Spelling Words: Spelling List #128

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling instructional activity, students will practice reading and writing 12 words. The words are names of fruits and vegetables. Then students will find and circle the spelling words in a word search.
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Electricity: Static and Current

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate static and current electricity. For this electricity lesson plan, students observe 4 demonstrations and conduct 3 activities to explore the repulsion of electrons and the attraction of protons and electrons. They...
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What Are the Food Groups?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine how eating a variety of foods keeps them healthy. They also explore how similar foods are grouped together in food groups.
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Edible Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students determine what part of a plant they are eating when they eat different fruits and vegetables.
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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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Exploring Food with Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explore properties of fruits and vegetables using their five senses. In this sensory activity instructional activity, students study fruit and vegetables through a microscope, using their sense of touch as they are...

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