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Label Language

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read food labels and understand their meaning. In this healthy eating lesson, students discuss healthy foods and snacks. Students understand the fat and calorie content of foods and discuss the regulations on food...
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Responsible Decision-Making

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders accurately identify, illustrate, and evaluate a decision based on the six steps of the decision making model.
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Healthy Native Youth

Chapter 1: Circle of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Volition, or will-power, is the focus of a lesson that brings forth the Native symbol, the Circle of Life, to instill the importance of responsible decision-making. Scholars take part in six activities that empower them to reflect on...
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Choose My Plate

My Daily Food Plan (18+ years old)

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Manage your calorie intake with a daily food plan journal. After reviewing a reference sheet with suggested amounts of each food group based on a total calorie pattern, learners can jot down what foods they have eaten during the day as...
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Healthy Native Youth

Chapter 4: Learning About Disease

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Communicable diseases are the focus of a lesson that primarily uses discussion, a hands-on activity, and a worksheet to drive their point home. Lotion and glitter create a strong visual for communicable diseases. A practice page provides...
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Fifth Grade Reading

For Teachers 5th
In this reading worksheet, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions where they read 1 page stories and answer comprehension questions. Students complete 25 questions.
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Youth Obesity: Schools Fight Back

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore nutrition and healthy eating habits with a study on youth obesity. Learners watch a PBS documentary on the obesity epidemic which discusses government programs aimed at healthier choices, as well as more localized efforts. Kids...
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Film English

Inseparable

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Built around a moving short film about second chances and tough choices, this lesson mixes grammar, prediction, and narrative writing. Pupils practice with adjectives and prefixes before moving on to the film. The resource directs...
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You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Youngsters listen to the story of Gregory the Terrible Eater and write a similar story using the same pattern. In the new book, Herman is requested to eat things that are nouns. They must supply the correct part of speech for the class...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Safe and Healthy Life Choices (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Scholars listen to a presentation by a health care professional and then submit three questions they would like the speaker to discuss further.
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Skills for Building Healthy Relationships

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create skits showing relationship problems and discuss how communication, cooperation, and compromise can build strong relationships.  In this healthy relationships lesson, students are given a scenario to act out in small...
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Make Your Meal Matter

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the calorie content of fast food items. In this adult health lesson, students discuss obesity problems in US. They apply the tips for healthy fast food dining in selecting a meal.
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Healthy Halloween Treats

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the concept of healthy treats. In this healthy food lesson, students read ingredients and create healthy Halloween treats.  Students also practice the skill of congruent shapes by drawing healthy foods. 
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Modeling Good Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify and classify the items in a healthy diet. In this dietary lesson, students listen to a song about healthy eating while listening for good snack foods. They use pictures of the snacks to complete a large chart by...
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Candy Database

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a database of their Halloween candy and decide which types are the healthiest. In this diet lesson plan, students make written data charts using their candy, locate dietary information on one type, sort the candy by shape,...
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Getting the Most From Your Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the food pyramid to learn about healthy food.  In this healthy foods lesson, students create a chart of the healthy foods they eat in a day.  Students discuss their choices and how they could make better choices.
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Nutrition Plates

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

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners examine the food pyramid and construct a healthy meal. In 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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Council for Economic Education

A Perfect Pet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read the story "The Perfect Pet". They examine how scarcity is a problem in society when people can not have everything they want which forces them to make (economic) choices.
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Diabetes: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate personal health by researching healthy eating on the Internet. In this childhood disease lesson, students discuss diabetes, the causes, and ways it can be prevented. Students complete worksheets based on potentially...
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Christmas Dinner at Aunt Junie May's House

For Students 5th - 10th
In this food choices activity, students read situations about being at a Christmas dinner and answer short answer questions about making good food choices. Students complete 6 problems.
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Carrot Sticks or French Fries?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the influence of fast food brand names on food choices and analyze the factors that contribute to branding preferences. They write an opinion essay on the corporate responsibility to influence food choices.
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Food Math

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore healthy habits by completing caloric measurement activities. In this food choice activity, 4th graders discuss what types of foods give you protein or fat and utilize a food chart to measure caloric intake....
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Life Science: My Pyramid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how the school food program compares to the food pyramid recommendations. In this food pyramid lesson, students compile data regarding the food choices available in the school through the lunch program and vending...

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