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Food Labels Lesson
Students analyze nutrition by completing an interactive activity with classmates. In this food choice instructional activity, students discuss the importance foods have on our daily lives by keeping us healthy and giving us energy....
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Nutrition Labels
Young scholars read and interpret nutrition fact labels ("food labels") from food products, a task that involves the use of various mathematics skills (e.g., number concepts and number sense).
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Label Language
Fourth graders explore food labels. In this consumer education lesson, 4th graders describe and evaluate various components of familiar food labels. Students discuss which traits make a product appealing to consumers. Students complete a...
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Read That Label!
Students explore reading nutritional labels and making good food choices through simulation. They prepare and design a label for a product. In addition, they create packaging and advertising to ensure access to the population.
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Rice Nutrition
Third graders investigate nutrition by researching rice. In this food lesson, 3rd graders read about the healthy aspects of rice and how many people in the world eat it. Students read nutrition labels and discuss the different energy...
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Nutrition and Health and School Gardening
Students examine how healthy eating contributes to a healthy body and life style. They read nutritional labels on food items. They use the Five Foods Pyramid to evaluate their own eating habits. They plan, design, and create a school...
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Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6
Learners explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Learners discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
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Analyzing Features of Consumer Text
Students evaluate consumer information. In this written communication lesson, students read nutrition facts from different foods and determine the foods that have the most healthful benefits.
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What's Organic?
Young scholars discuss background information presented by the teacher and read dictionary definitions for the words "organic" and "synthetic." For this gardengin lesson, students complete a worksheet on the material. Young scholars grow...
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Nutrition Unit
First graders complete activities for the six basic food groups. For this food groups lesson, 1st graders view examples of food samples from the various groups and sample the foods. Students discuss the food pyramid and draw a fruit or...
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Pyramid Panic Lesson
Students research human health by identifying fatty and sugary foods. In this food choices lesson, students discuss the five food groups and examine the healthiest choices from each group. Students utilize the web to complete a health...
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Breaking News English: Euro Junk Food Warning
In this English worksheet, students read "Euro Junk Food Warning," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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What's Organic?
Students define and discuss terms organic and synthetic, read article pertaining to organic agricultural practices in Oklahoma, complete worksheet, grow plants using both commercial and organic fertilizer, compare growth rates, and chart...
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Understanding the Steps in a Process
Students read, "Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: FAQs", and discuss with questions embedded in the lesson.