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Exploding Cheeseburger

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe the components of a healthy diet. In this nutrition and health lesson, 2nd graders identify the importance in eating a variety of healthy food. Students explain what makes a healthy diet.
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Gardening and Foods

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this gardening and foods worksheet, pupils plan a garden, figure out what the garden will produce and how much money it will make, then read a selection about garden seeds and answer questions about each paragraph.
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Cooking Matters

Cooking Matters: For Chefs and Kids

For Teachers K - 8th
Get your scholars cooking with a collection of activities that pairs the class to a community chef, promotes healthy snacking and drinking, and explores fruits and vegetables. Lower elementary learners...
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Energy Balance in Your Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How do young learners figure out how to balance their energy in and their energy out? The main thing to understand is calories. How many calories are in foods and beverages consumed and how many calories are burned off by physical...
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Energy Balance In Your Life

For Teachers K - 5th
It's easy enough to put energy in, but not so easy to use it up! Look at food labels with your young learners and help them understand the concept of calories in and calories out. Food eaten means calories in and exercise means calories...
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Eat Smart. Play Hard.

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study healthy food choices and the energy it creates for physical activity. For this food energy lesson, students complete multiple activities to learn about the benefits of healthy eating upon physical activity.
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Stone Soup

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Sharing and cooperation are difficult skills for kindergartners to grasp. Using the story Stone Soup and a series of activities, kids learn about the benefits of working together, categorizing and comparing items, and eating...
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Chef Solus Cooking Academy Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students evaluate human health by participating in an interactive activity. In this food choice lesson, students discuss the decisions they make each day in order to stay healthy with the food they eat. Students utilize the Internet to...
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Healthy Eating for Two: Prenatal Nutrition and Breastfeeding Myths and Truths

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the common misconceptions about breastfeeding. In this adult health lesson, students explain the benefits of breastfeeding. They determine the food group they need to improve on based on the prenatal good guide.
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Food For Keeps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of food preservation. They use the internet to conduct research, specifically the methods of processing the students' favorite foods. They are introduced to the project using realia like beef jerky and...
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Sweet treats, healthy treats

For Teachers K - 2nd
For this foods worksheet, students cut and paste the foods into either the sweet treats box or the healthy treats box. Students cut and paste 6 food items.
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Food Labels in the Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils read all information given on packaging; write down complete ingredients and grams of protein, carbohydrates and fat per serving. They compare the information with current health references and write a business letter to a food...
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Food Label Realities

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify nutritional information on food labels. In this nutrition lesson, 2nd graders bring in food labels from home and practice reading them. Students discuss the nutritional content, such as caloric content. Students...
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Thank You For the Food We Eat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore where our food comes from. In this science lesson, students discuss how much of our food comes from animals. Students construct a mobile.
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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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Food Needs, Food Wants

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore wants and needs. In this family budgeting lesson, students play the Food Money game to help them distinguish between food wants and needs. Students discuss their impressions of the game and food budgets.
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Fatty Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits lesson, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc bags...
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All-Star Eating Habits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a game to identify healthy foods. In this healthy foods instructional activity, students move around the game board going forward on healthy foods and back on junk foods.
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Working Worms

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study earthworms and their role in creating healthy soil for healthy food. In this earthworms and soil lesson, students complete an jug experiment to learn about the role of earthworms and healthy soil. Students read and discuss...
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Understanding My Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine the food pyramid and construct a healthy meal. For this food pyramid lesson, students examine the new food pyramid that includes fats and oils, and is arranged with brightly colored triangles. They use grocery store adds...
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Does Your Diet Stack Up?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to improve their diet.
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Nutrition Plates

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate healthy eating habits by studying the food pyramid.  In this personal health lesson, students write a recipe for a healthy meal including one item from each section of the four food groups.  Students...
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Interactive Food Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in the game, "Talking Food Pyramid." In this nutrition lesson, students recognize the organization of foods in to five groups. Students conclude by physically classifying a selection of foods in two groups.
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Naming and Categorizing Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the health value of fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition activity, 1st graders identify various fruits and vegetables. Students list the characteristics of fruit and vegetables and understand why they are...

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