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

In this advertising worksheet, students learn about food advertisements, including jingles, images, products, animation and more. They then complete the 3 activities in which they create their own product, spokes-character and jingle.

In this gardening and foods worksheet, students 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.

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...

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...

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...

Discover the meaning of Columbus Day and/or Thanksgiving by creating art from food. This activity focuses on making edible ships using easy to find food items. The class will investigate the journeys that were taken for either of these...

Students study healthy food choices and the energy it creates for physical activity. In this food energy activity, students complete multiple activities to learn about the benefits of healthy eating upon physical activity.

Do you have young scholars living with Phenylketonuria? This simple quiz use both humor and images to help lighten the mood when instructing kids with PKU on their special nutritional needs. The five multiple-choice questions cover...

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...

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...

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.

Middle schoolers 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...

In this foods worksheet, young scholars cut and paste the foods into either the sweet treats box or the healthy treats box. Students cut and paste 6 food items.

Students 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...

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...

In this celebration foods worksheet, students circle yes, no, or maybe for if the foods we eat on holidays are healthy or unhealthy choices. Students complete 12 problems total.

Young scholars explore where our food comes from. In this science lesson, students discuss how much of our food comes from animals. Young scholars construct a mobile.

Pupils 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...

Learners explore wants and needs. In this family budgeting lesson, students play the Food Money game to help them distinguish between food wants and needs. Learners discuss their impressions of the game and food budgets.

Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits activity, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc...

Students participate in a game to identify healthy foods. In this healthy foods lesson plan, students move around the game board going forward on healthy foods and back on junk foods.

Students examine the food pyramid and construct a healthy meal. In this food pyramid lesson plan, students examine the new food pyramid that includes fats and oils, and is arranged with brightly colored triangles. They use grocery store...

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...