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Dietary Rules

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Healthy eating habits is the focus of this resource. Learners discuss fat and cholesterol, caloric needs, and the importance of exercise. There is a worksheet and a handout of dietary guidelines to supplement the information provided.
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Benefits of Nutrients

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore the nutrients a body needs using this resource. Learners discuss the importance of the relationships between proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water. It's a great way to have your class talk about the healthy...
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I Can Balance. You Can Balance.

For Teachers K - 5th
There are many, many reasons why people do not maintain an energy balance. Talk to your young learners about balance, what gets in the way of eating healthy, and things that get in the way of doing physical activity. Some obstacles may...
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3D Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create their own 3D Food Guide pyramid. In this health science lesson, students assess their eating and exercise habit. They design a healthy meal plan and exercise to incorporate in their lives.
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Iron In! Anemia Out!

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students list the foods they have eaten in the last 3 days. In this adult health lesson plan, students identify iron rich foods. They plan ways to incorporate these foods in their family meals.
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Let's All Help (The Little Red Hen)

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore ways that children can help during mealtime preparation. In this adult health lesson, students discuss the benefits of letting children help. They view a cooking demo and implement what they learned at home.
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Drive-Thru Nutrition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research fat and calorie content of various food items at 12 popular fast-food restaurants. They compare the foods and create a day's worth of healthy menus using food from those restaurants.
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Getting the Most Nutrition From Your Food

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson plan, 5th graders track their eating habits during the day. Later, students review their food log and place each item into the food pyramid.
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The Secreat to Good Health: Eating Right and Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a seven-day record of all the foods they consume. They analyze what type of food was the most frequent in everyone's diet. They look up each food and record its daily recommended amount.
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Nutrition (Low Fat/High Fat Foods)

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explain that a low fat diet, accompanied by being physically active, help them live longer and healthier lives.
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Get Fit for Yosemite - Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating habits and of following a fitness program. They visit Yosemite Institute.
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Dribbling for Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice reading food labels and determining the correct number of grams of fat and carbohydrates in a single serving. They work on improving dribbling skills during the task.
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Food Guide Pyramid Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students draw sets of snacks that they feel are healthy and unhealthy. They can color their drawings.
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Internet Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars use different Internet websites to help get an idea of daily calorie intake and fat grams intake from a normal fast food meal.
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Nutrition Fitness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers review the number of servings of each section of the food pyramid appropriate to eat per day.They work in small groups to place food in the correct locations on the food pyramid. They complete the process to music.
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Dietician/Nutritionist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the difference between a dietician and a nutritionist and then examine how these professionals serve the community. A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying worksheet are provided to teach this career exploration material. A...
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Healthy Body Image: Healthy Exercises for Every Body

For Students 9th - 12th
From three-way neck rolls to a figure-5 hurdler's stretch, this is an ultimate guide to healthy exercises. It begins with a bulleted list of general guidelines on cardiorespiratory exercise, flexibility, resistance exercises, and range...
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Home Living / Daily Living: Labels on Food Products

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Everybody needs to know how to make healthy choices when it comes to food. Understanding food labels is the first step. Using empty food packaging, you'll discuss what food labels are, what information can be found on them, and how to...
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd
Here is an engaging cross-curicular lesson which incorporates elements of language arts and heatlh. Groups of learners are assigned to one vowel sound. They work together to find pictures of food out of a booklet that have the long vowel...
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Identify Healthy Food and Lifestyle Choices

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Poll your scholars about their choices on food they eat, or don't eat, and on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Topic statements such as "I ate breakfast this morning" start a discussion on what are healthy choices and what are unhealthy...
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Beef

For Students 7th - 9th
Addressing the intermediate skill of "Responsibility," this 4-H activity includes several activities to prepare your 4-H students. The activities include researching the Internet to find out the country where a list of beef cattle...
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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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Analyzing Discrete and Continuous Data in a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
You are what you eat! Your statisticians keep a log of what they eat from anywhere between a day to more than a week, keeping track of a variety of nutritional information using a spreadsheet. After analyzing their own data, individuals...
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Where's the Beef - Beef Facts or Hype, Is it Bad for You?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Analyze a Happy Meal™ for nutrient content and calories. Blend the contents into "McMush" and use Biuret's solution to test for protein content. There are a few problems with the lesson plan: the resource links are no longer...