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Raising a Healthy Child
Students identify key features in promoting their child's health. They create their own health and wellness plan for their Students.
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Utah's Harvest
Fourth graders recognize the importance of the physical geography on a community. In this commodities lesson, 4th graders graph the five most important commodities of Utah. Students understand why these commodities are so...
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ABOUT ALL YOU CAN EAT: Superfoods
Students trace back through time to see how the nutritional value of food consumed was enhanced. In this nutrients activity students complete several activities that show the mass of food, and its PH value.
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Health: Basic Minerals
Pupils examine minerals as food nutrients and discover their importance as food sources in the diet. Among the learning options are completing worksheets, creating recipes, making billboards, and actually preparing some recipes rich in...
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Dietary Guidelines/Food Pyramid
Students study the recommended Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Food Guide Pyramid. They discuss the foods they eat, watch a video about the Food Pyramid and examine actual foods portioned out into recommended serving sizes.
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Trash Goes To School
Pupils explore solid waste background information. They are presented with a well balanced picture. Students review ideas on how to use solid waste issues in many fields including math, science, English, social studies and home...
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Inside Out: An Up-Close Look At Foods We Eat
Fourth graders identify the origins of meats and vegetables consumed by humans on a daily basis. They classify foods (meats, dairy products, grains...) and create a food pyramid.
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Fun with Food: Hola Jalapeno
Students engage in an at-home lesson on language. It contains components that address Adult Education/ESOL, and age appropriate activities for Toddler, Preschool and School aged Students. Adults reinforce steps to prepare tacos in...
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Your Role as a Taxpayer: Why Pay Taxes?
Students evaluate the basic rationale, nature, and consequences fo taxes. They describe why governments need taxes as revenue to provide goods and servicesin this series of activities.
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Apple Exploration!
Students explore a variety of classroom stations about apples and Johnny Appleseed.
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Abbreviations, Substitutions, Equivalents Review Lab
Young scholars work together to prepare a cookie recipe. In groups, they measure ingredients and review abbreviations and substitutions when it comes to different systems of measurement. To end the lesson, they demonstrate the use of...
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Jalapeno Bagels
Students read the story Jalapeno Bagels and then write a summary about it. In this summary lesson plan, students retell the story as if someone else has not read the story.
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The Dentist
Learners read a short story about visiting a dentist. Then they use toothbrushes in order to demonstrate the correct way to brush teeth. Students use the internet to investigate how some foods are healthier for teeth than others. Then...
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Total Daily Calories
Students explore the concept of calories. In this calories lesson, students calculate their Basal Metabolic Rate. Students determine the number of calories they burn each day. Students use a conversion factor of fat to calories to...
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Making a Grocery List
Student examine the benefits of making grocery lists. In this family budgeting lesson, students participate in an activity that requires them to create grocery lists for selected meals that families may share.
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Eating Away from Home
Students consider the implications of eating out. In this family budgeting lesson, students determine how to make better meal-budgeting choices as they play a game called "Let's Eat Out".
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Science Quiz on Dogs
In this science quiz on dogs worksheet, students answer ten questions about dogs before scrolling down to see the correct answers.
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Arizona!! How the Heck Did I End Up Here???
Students research the historical background of the potato. In this potato research instructional activity, students cut out the important dates in potato history. Students make a timeline for the events.
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THE FABLE OF THE FAINTING GOATS
Students practice telling time while reading a story about a fainting goat. They write their own story about a fainting goat. Students write letters to the International Fainting Goat Association, asking for more information about...
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Hunting for Hidden Fat
Students investigate the importance of fat in the diet. They determine the difference between solid and liquid fat. They examine food labels to identify the ones that contain fat.
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Carbohydrates
Students listen to a lecture on carbohydrates focusing on the differences between complex and simple carbohydrates. They complete a demonstration and worksheet.
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Dietary Guidelines/Food Pyramid Test
Students list the recommended dietary guidelines and explain their function and implementation. They teat their knowledge of the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid. They evaluate the servings, serving sizes, and food sources...
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School Food Waste
Students see how much food is thrown away at their school each day. They utilize a survey form imbedded in this plan to organize their research. They use the information gathered to make some suggestions about how to decrease food waste...
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Grocery Store Problem Solving
Third graders practice mathematical problem solving skills. In this problem solving lesson, 3rd graders develop mathematical problem solving skills using real-world examples.