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Eat Right, Stay Fit
Students examine what a healthful diet is, and examine their own eating habits to see if they are getting the right foods to stay healthy. In this eating right instructional activity students keep track of what they eat for several...
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Responsible Decision-Making
Ninth graders accurately identify, illustrate, and evaluate a decision based on the six steps of the decision making model.
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Feeding is Parenting
Pupils examine their kid's eating habits. In this adult health activity, students discuss ways to help their kids eat well. They read a book about positive feeding relationship and apply it at home.
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A Helthy Diet
Students examine their eating habits and experience analyzing data and drawing conclusions. They construct models of the molecular backbone of saturated and unsaturated fats. In addition, they examine the labels of their food, record...
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Healthfully Ever After
Second graders discuss five food groups and healthy eating habits.
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Nutrition and Body Image
Pupils study nutrition and how to maintain a healthy diet. In this adolescent nutrition lesson students complete several activities that allow them to see different nutrition scenarios.
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Know Your Area
Young scholars investigate transit by analyzing their school surroundings. In this local geography lesson, students identify their school in relation to the rest of their state, country and globe. Young scholars discuss their personal...
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Introduction to Digestion: What Happens to a Hamburger?
Students explore the human body by analyzing how food is absorbed. In this food digestion lesson, students utilize health vocabulary terms by participating in a guessing game activity. Students discuss their own eating habits and conduct...
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Fatty Food
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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Lose the Fat, Keep the Vitamins... Drink Low fat Milk!
Students compare the different types of milk. In this adult health lesson, students examine the label and determine which is the healthiest. They discuss ways to switch from high fat to lower fat milk.
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Day One: Dinner foods and beverages
Students learn English vocabulary for dinner foods and beverages. In this ELL activity, students create a list of healthy foods and discuss good food habits. They discuss healthy activities and exercises.
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Cardio-Vascular Endurance
Students in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating habits...
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Get Your Calcium - Rich Foods
Fifth graders explore personal health by identifying positive food choices. In this calcium sources instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the common ways a human can receive calcium such as consuming dairy products. Students view a...
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Nutrition Unit
Students engage in a variety of activities designed to help them understand about the importance of good nutrition and eating healthy foods. The activities include playing food bingo, making a collage, designing posters, etc.
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Dollar Value and Fast-Food Nutrition
Students examine how they can make changes to form healthy eating habits. In this investigative lesson students examine food guidelines and the food pyramid.
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Nutrition
Fourth graders engage in an original unit about nutrition and record daily intake of food in order to help create a healthy eating plan. They practice making practical food choices for optimum health and then investigate how to maintain...
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Arthropods at
Pupils observe, discuss, and record the requirements of a healthy environment for both arthropods and people by designing and maintaining an artificial habitat for an arthropod.
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Activity & Friendship
Students learn that exercise promotes healing. In this benefits to exercise lesson, students read and discuss the health benefits of exercise. They will also take their pulse and discuss healthy friendship choices.
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A Family Spending Plan
Students investigate family expenditures. In this family budget instructional activity, students examine the wages and expenditures of family and then create a monthly budget for the family to follow.
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Where Do I Fit In The Food Pyramid?
Students discuss how their daily diets fit into the dietary guidelines set out by the food pyramid. They write a paragraph describing good health habits and identify areas where their personal diet can be improved.
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Mater Your Munchies
Students explore the various food groups while doing a physical activity.
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How Well Will I Eat This Week?
Eighth graders develop a healthy menu for the coming week using Palm technology to develop healthy eating habits. They develop a spreadsheet for the seven days and for each menu using the Palm.
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Get Fit for Yosemite - Nutrition
Students demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating habits and of following a fitness program. They visit Yosemite Institute.
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Fit To Fat Family
Students become a TV production team whose mission it is to turn the fittest family in the UK into the unhealthiness one. Students illustrate the importance of exercise. Students understand what bad habits such as smoking and drinking do...