Students plan healthy lunches and how to dispose of their lunch waste. In this pre-field trip instructional activity, students and teachers plan healthy, nutritious lunches to bring on a field trip. They also discuss how to sort their...

What did you have for lunch? Did it contain all four food groups? Help your special education class make good food choices and recognize foods in each of the four food groups. They look at images and discuss the foods on the food pyramid...

Establish healthy eating habits with a lesson focused around MyPlate's food recommendations and the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. Through class discussion and worksheet completion, scholars discuss the best choices of foods...

Students, working in groups, role play skits highlighting healthy eating habits and physical activities.

There's nothing as satisfying as a crunchy carrot or a juicy apple! Teach your middle and high schoolers about healthy eating habits with a set of nutrition activities. After analyzing the model of the food pyramid, learners apply the...

Two lessons encourage scholars to make smart food choices. Lesson one challenges participants to create a five-day meal plan. In instructional activity two, learners pack an imaginary lunch, drawing pictures on a printable lunch bag...

Two lessons encourage scholars to make smart eating choices. The first instructional activity sorts food items into the MyPlate's food groups. Learners scour magazines to cut and paste examples onto a paper plate that showcases each...

Learners explore how they can make healthy food choices and assess how "eating healthy" requires knowledge and planning ahead. They review and discuss The Edible Pyramid as well before they complete this project online. Each student maps...

School lunches are the focus of two learning activities. Activity one challenges small groups to create a lunch menu for an imaginary cafe. Activity two sheds light on one's afternoon eating habits. Asking scholars to record what they...

Go! Slow! Whoa! As part of a study of the nutritional value of foods available on the school campus, groups label those that are fine anytime as "Go" foods. Those that are okay a few times a week get the "Slow" label while those...

Fourth graders study the food pyramid and photograph food choices from their school to create a healthy meal guide. In this food choices lesson, 4th graders study the food pyramid, photograph healthy food choices at their cafeteria, and...

Students utilize a picture of a lunch box and draw pictures of healthy food choices with which to fill it. The reasons for their choices of particular foods are discussed and the concepts of sometimes foods and all the time foods are...

Students examine how the school food program compares to the food pyramid recommendations. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students compile data regarding the food choices available in the school through the lunch program...

Students describe healthy and delicious lunch foods to replace junk foods. They make and eat lunch foods.

Students plan ways to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle while in college. They keep a food log and cooperate as peer editors to make food choice suggestions for healthier eating. Students also consider the role of exercise in...

Students explore gardening and nutrition in the Rosa Parks Community Garden. They work in stations to discuss food choices, the life cycles of plants, and mini-composting. After starting in one station, they rotate to try each activity.

Learners identify breakfast, lunch, and dinner foods. In this dietary awareness lesson, students draw pictures of their favorite foods and arrange the complete pictures on a bulletin board. Learners discuss the details of their pictures...

Third graders examine the difference between composting and wasting food. They problem-solve what to do about leftovers after lunches so good food doesn't go to waste.They study food storage techniques that are environmentally friendly...

Learners create a menu based on the nutritious choices they pick out from MyPyramid and the video they watch. In this nutrition lesson plan, students describe what each color band on the pyramid represents, use charts, discuss nutrition...

Learners investigate the making of choices to design a healthy lunch. They track their daily diet and then brainstorm ways to improve it. They conduct research using the internet looking for menu ideas for the perfectly healthy lunch....

Students examine their fluid intake and the types of beverage they drink. In this adult health lesson plan, students describe the risks of too much sugar in their drink. They brainstorm ways to cut back on sodas and drink healthy...

Students combine different foods to make possible lunches and determine the specific combinations of lunches that can be made from a finite set of foods.

Young scholars plan appropriate diets for themselves and others using the USDA Dietary Guidelines. They indicate their average cost of food at home on a thrifty plan and prepare a one-week menu plan including breakfast, lunch, dinner,...

Students participate in a game of chase and learn about healthy food choices. In this physical activity and healthy diet lesson, students play a game of chase by role playing as sugar and fat examples Students name examples of fruits and...