Sixth graders consider the source of their nutrition. In this food systems lesson, 6th graders discuss how food gets to the table and the process it goes through. Students reflect on world hunger issues, farming, and consumerism through...

Students examine importance of making healthy food choices, discuss connection between what we eat and healthy body and heart, discriminate between healthy food or "heart-smart choices," and "junk food," and plan healthy meal or snack.

Students taste the colors of the rainbow. In this nutrition lesson, students match fruits to rainbow colors, prepare rainbow salad, and taste rainbow salad.

Learners examine how fat, sugar and salt is manufactured and placed in prepared foods.  In this food additives lesson plan students complete a lab activity and fill out a worksheet. 

Students develop a new line of nutritional snacks. They work in teams to submit a proposal for a snack that not only tastes good, but is nutritional as well. Their end-product consists of four parts: background information, developing...

Students review data from a 24-hour dietary recall to gain an understanding of the information regarding energy intake and macronutrients.

In this homeostasis instructional activity, students will read about how the food we eat helps our body to maintain homeostasis. Students will complete 1 short answer question and 3 true or false questions.

In this healthy foods coloring worksheet, students color all of the foods that are healthy. They put an X on the foods that are not healthy. Finally, students circle their favorite fruit. There are 12 pieces of food on the page and the...

Students identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the five food groups and categorize healthy and unhealthy foods on a chart. Students develop their own menus.

Sixth graders use a variety of resources to determine the importance of getting the proper nutrients. In this nutrition instructional activity, student complete an activity in which they examine the world issue of hunger and...

In this food instructional activity, students answer short answer questions about their food patterns and habits. Students complete 9 questions total.

Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals and budgeting for them. In this nutrition lesson, students complete activities that require them to determine how much it costs to feed children at different ages....

Students share ideas about how they use their WIC foods. For this adult health lesson, students discuss benefits of eating a healthy diet. They create recipes using WIC food supplies.

Learners complete a Web Quest on ways that Native Americans hunted for, harvested, stored, and prepared food and what types of natural foods were eaten.  In this early American food cycles lesson, students discover many of the ways...

Students examine their protein intake daily. In this adult health lesson, students discover other protein rich foods besides meat. They name examples of vegetarian proteins found in the grocery stores.

Third graders examine the role of cultural style of  food in various communities.  In this cultural factors lesson, 3rd graders look at how foods are eaten raw or processed in various communities.  Students design collages...

First graders explore healthy eating habits by reading assigned text in class. In this food choice lesson, 1st graders discuss their own favorite foods and identify the healthier choices they could eat to make them feel better. Students...

This answer sheet is made to be a companion to a Horticulture and Gardening worksheet. This could be used as a guide for activities in the classroom.

Fourth graders graph their estimations of caloric intake and caloric expenditures.

Learners recognize a wide variety of fruit and have a greater understanding about the importance of fruit in their diet, and determine that some fruits' skins are edible and others are not.

In this health worksheet, students figure out how much exercise a person would need to do to balance out the total calories in each of 6 food combinations. Students are told to choose from the physical energy charts, but these are not...

Students create a meal plan for their family. In this adult health science lesson, students discuss the benefits of using a shopping list. They explain how these methods can help them save time and make healthy meals.

Students research AIDS and the role of diet and exercise with the disease. In this AIDS lesson plan, students listen to a mini lecture about the diet and exercise needs of people who have AIDS. Students learn about alternative therapies...

Student investigate how civilizations developed. In this rice farming lesson plan, 5th graders explore how rice cultivation changed through different civilizations. Students gain knowledge about different types of rice, where it's grown...