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Food Label Fun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate how to read and analyze food labels. For this nutrition lesson, 3rd graders watch a food label video and investigate labels from various canned foods. Students create a chart showing the percentage of vitamins...
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Healthy Food is Good Food!

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners examine the difference between whole foods and junk foods. In this food lesson, students learn the definitions of whole food and junk food. They find the difference in tastes and textures of different foods by performing taste...
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Anatomy of Living Bone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and examine the anatomy of bones and bone conditions. In this bone anatomy lesson, students analyze and examine the structural properties of bones. They explain the relationship between osteoblasts and osteoclasts and...
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My Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition lesson, students list fruits and vegetables on the board. Students study the lunch menu and identify the fruits and vegetables.
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Modeling Good Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify and classify the items in a healthy diet. In this dietary activity, students listen to a song about healthy eating while listening for good snack foods. They use pictures of the snacks to complete a large chart by...
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How is HIV Spread?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine the methods of HIV transmission. In this disease control lesson, students use search engines on the Internet to research how HIV is spread. Students complete an included worksheet on HIV myths and facts.
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If You Really Love Me

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners identify the effects of substance abuse. In this drug awareness lesson, students work together to develop a slogan for substance use and abuse. Each pair of learners posts their slogans for the class to see.
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High Five

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars discuss making choices, behavior and goals. In this responsibility lesson, students make list of goals they want to achieve. Young scholars share their lists with each other and decide if they make choices that help them...
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What's Cookin'?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine their eating habits. In this nutrition lesson, students will journal their eating habits over a period of three days. They will use a diet analysis web page to determine the nutritional factors of their eating habits.
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Rice as a Source of Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the nutrition in rice. In this rice lesson, 5th graders discover that rice is a great source of energy. Students compare foods to rice to see the differences in the nutritional value. Students classify foods in...
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STDs: You Have to Know

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers learn how to protect themselves from STDs.  In this healthy living lesson, students define the acronyms for various STDs, work in groups to fill out charts on the most common STDs, and learn the five things they need to...
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Birds, Bees and STDs

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students develop knowledge on STD's, their causes, treatment and prevention.  In this investigative lesson students mingle with each-other to find the STD, then get into groups and research STD's on the CDC site. 
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Bullying

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn healthy ways to express their feelings, needs and wants.  In this bullying lesson plan, 1st graders read A Bad Case of the Stripes, discuss why the main character is getting bullied, dicuss why it's okay to be...
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Gymnastic Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students compete in a variety of games. In this gymnastic skills lesson, students play tag, participate in a challenge course, and practice gymnastics moves to increase physical fitness. 
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Exercise Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in station activities in P.E. In this physical education lesson, students do station activities. Students start out with a warm up exercise then make their way to dance, bowling, scooters, jump rope, and target...
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Archery Tic Tac Toe

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students play archery tic-tac-toe. In this shooting skills lesson plan, students aim at targets placed in a tic-tac-toe pattern using bow and arrows. The student with the most accuracy wins.
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What Does Bird Flu Mean to Students?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider the far-reaching effects of the avian flu. In this personal health lesson plan, students visit selected websites to discover information about the flu, viral infections, and intensive farming. Students contribute to a...
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Meal Planning

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the nutrients found in foods and the food pyramid.  In this investigative lesson students will plan a seven day menu built around the food pyramid. 
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Aquatic Invertebrates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the impact that human development has on streams.  For this stream sampling lesson students compare macroinvertebrate data and graph it.
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Making Healthy Food and Activity Choices: Putting the Pyramid Together

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work with the Food Guide Pyramid. In this Food Guide Pyramid instructional activity, students draw a large rendering of the food pyramid on a piece of butcher paper. They cut out pictures of foods and place them on the food...
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The Food Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research a food pyramid website and research a healthy diet.  In this food pyramid lesson plan, 3rd graders complete a puzzle based on the research they've completed and create a healthy main course menu.
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Understanding My Pyramid

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students view and discuss the food pyramid and the role it plays in our diets. Learners develop a three dimensional model of the food pyramid and create a nutritious meal...
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It's in the Label - The Food Label

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the fat content in their diet and how advertising affects their eating habits.  In this nutrition and advertising lesson, students analyze pizza and how to make it healthier.  Students recognize the importance of...
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That's Dope - Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate drugs in sports. In this performance enhancing drugs lesson plan, students discuss the uses for steroids in medicine and sports. High schoolers utilize the web to play a steroid related game, view media clips...

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