Twelfth graders investigate how to develop a simple food budget for two using newpaper ads, the basic four food groups, and calorie counts.

Students develop an understanding of the Food Guide Pyramid by creating sample meals and examining whether there is a relationship between how foods are grown and where they fall in the Food Guide Pyramid. They also complete a scavenger...

Students explore food and grocery stores. In this lesson on foods, students are introduced to the food pyramid and healthy eating through a variety of center activities. Students have to opportunity to role-play working at a grocery store.

Students plan a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, students compare and contrast the first Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving celebrations today. Students plan a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and research the...