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How Food Helps Me Grow!
For this food worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with words in a word bank about how food helps them grow. Students complete 7 sentences total.
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Advertisement storyboard
In this advertisement worksheet, 4th graders fill in a cloze passage of advertisements with 17 correct words. They answer 9 questions after looking at an advertisement storyboard.
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Smart Snacking
Students define what a snack is in their own words. In this adult health lesson, students discuss the benefits of eating healthy snacks. They give examples of new healthy foods then can serve for snacks.
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Snacks
Students study how healthy snacks are a better choice and the results of unhealthy snacking. In this healthy eating lesson students examine how to choose good healthy snacks.
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CALORIE COUNTDOWN
Learners will categorize foods according to their components and energy content.1. Design a large bulletin board with sections for carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
2. Ask students to bring labels and packages of different food products....
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Food Pyramid
Second graders are introduced to the food groups on the food pyramid. Individually, they draw pictures of their favorite foods and identify which food group it belongs. To end the lesson, they discuss the importance of eating a variety...
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Build a Burger
Students read about hamburgers and analyze a healthy diet as well as the importance of nutrition. In this nutrition education lesson, students read the background information about hamburgers and their nutrition facts. Students complete...
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What are Hunger and Malnutrition and Who Are the Hungry?: Ethics, Food, Global Cultures
Students explain the consequences of hunger and malnutrition, to know that we need many different foods and to know who is hungry and malnourished in the world.
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Anatomy
Fourth graders describe how health behaviors affect body systems, and describe the basic function of major body systems.
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Food Pyramid Lab
Third graders complete a lab to review the Food Guide Pyramid and prepare a food item using all of the food groups.
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What Goes in Must Come Out
Young scholars monitor their calorie intake and energy expenditure. They keep track of daily data in a journal and assess and adjust their diets as appropriate.
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Food Pyramid
Second graders explain the food pyramid, nutrients provided by each food group,and determine whether they are healthy eaters. They note what foods are in this group, what nutrients are found in these foods, and number of servings needed.
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Anatomy
Fifth graders identify and describe the functions of the major body systems. They discover how to maintain a healthy lifestyle with proper nutrition and exercise. They answer comprehension questions to end the lesson.
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Milk: A Practical Application
Students examine the impact of the physical and chemical properties of milk and its use as an important food.
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Training Table Race
Students investigate the role of the carbohydrates food group in sports performance. The difference between simple and complex carbohydrates, and the performance of cardiovascular activities form the focus of the instructional activity.
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Hogs on a Diet
Students discuss the meaning of "hogging" something, and speculate on the origin of this phrase. They attempt to guess the contents of a shoe box (without looking inside). Students view feed grains and discuss animals that eat these...
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What are Hunger and Malnutrition and Who Are the Hungry?
Learners discuss the main functions of food and how eating the right foods is important for a healthy lifestyle. Using the internet, they research those who are at the highest risk for hunger and how those countries are trying to solve...
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Get Nutty
Students research how nuts and seeds contribute to their overall good health.They recognize that nuts and seeds are a tasty addition to a meal. Students comprehend that nuts and seeds pose a risk for a small proportion of the population...
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Healthy Eating
Third graders discuss healthy eating choices. They explore the components of a balanced diet and the importance of a balanced diet to growth and wellness. Students discuss the types of nutrients in fruits and vegetables that are...
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Goobers. Goobers? Goobers!
Students begin the lesson by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...
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The Compost Bucket
Students recognize that plants and soils have a close relationship. They view a photo essay on the common practice and natural process of composting. Afterwards, they observe the process of plant decay over the course of several days.
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Africa Vocabulary Quiz
In this Africa vocabulary quiz, students match vocabulary words with definitions, 12 total. Reference for material not present, but link to site and additional worksheets is.
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Explorit's Tasty Food Quiz
In this foods instructional activity, students complete a five question multiple choice online interactive instructional activity about foods that we eat.
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Breads Around the World
Pupils read about bread. For this lesson studying bread, pupils read about the history of bread and it's significance around the world. Pupils identify the three main crops used to make bread and ten common types of bread from different...