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Cooking with WIC Foods

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Students share ideas about how they use their WIC foods. In this adult health instructional activity, students discuss benefits of eating a healthy diet. They create recipes using WIC food supplies.
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Eating on the Go: Finding Healthy Fast food Choices

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Students discuss the pros and cons of supersizing fast foods. In this adult health lesson, students explain why fast food is so popular. They suggest healthier order strategies.
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Rate Your Family's Plate

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Students examine their family's eating habits. In this adult health lesson, students share what they think from the survey facts presented to them. They set a goal for their family's health.
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What's Cooking? It Starts with a Plan and a List

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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.
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Protein Foods

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their protein intake daily. For this adult health lesson, students discover other protein rich foods besides meat. They name examples of vegetarian proteins found in the grocery stores.
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I'm Hungry Right Now

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their family's snacking habits. In this adult health lesson, students discuss ways to choose healthy snacks for their kids. They explain why choosing food wisely is very important.
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Water, Water Everywhere

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Students explain the important role of water in the body. In this adult health lesson, students examine foods with high water content. They share ways to get the recommended amount of water per day.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Health and Nutrition

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Students, as they extensively review the vocabulary words on the board, examine the parts of a label and why it's so crucial to follow the directions on medicine labels to avoid reactions and the possible causing of future health issues.
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Smart Snacking Ideas

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Educate parents on obesity prevention using these discussion points, specifically geared toward families of preschoolers. You will need to add to this, as it is mostly an outline of topics and objectives.  Concepts include healthy...
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Plan a Meal Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Discuss helping with the family grocery shopping. View a teacher drawn map of a grocery store and discuss where the breads, meats, and dairy products are located. Practice categorizing foods as breads and cereals, fruits, vegetables,...
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Heart Healthy

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students assess their risk of heart disease. In this adult health lesson, students differentiate saturated and unsaturated fats. They discuss different heart healthy food ideas.
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Healthy Snacking for a Healthy Lifestyle

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Students discuss healthy snacking and its importance for older adults, list types of snacks eaten daily, identify healthy snacks, review snacking tips, and review healthy snack recipes for ways to make snacks for older adults to enjoy...
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Let the Pyramid Be Your Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars chart foods on the food guide pyramid and design nutritional food plans that include all the food groups.
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Diabetes Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students can be educated about diabetes, nutrition, and exercise through these lesson plans.
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Burger King Investigation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study data on the nutritional value of Burger King meals in order to discover its nutritional value and also to compare the meals, using mathematical computation, to the recommended daily diet. In this data handling lesson,...
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Get the Skinny on Milk

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Students identify the different types of milk available in the market. For this adult health science lesson, students compare their nutrition information. They read milk labels and analyze the nutrients in it.
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Eating, A Family Affair

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Students explain the benefits of eating together as a family. In this adult health lesson, students share their happy mealtime experience with each other. They develop a mealtime goal for their family.
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My Pyramid

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this food pyramid worksheet, students fill in the 5 boxes at the bottom of the food pyramid and draw or color foods within the 5 food pyramid areas.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Health and Nutrition

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Students use the vocabulary list on the board and flash cards to identify and examine various types of personal hygiene products and their uses. Students strive to practice daily proper grooming routines. They view a variety of hygiene...
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Jr. Chef Club Delightful Desserts

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify the fat content in foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and identify foods that are low in fat. Students create a low-fat dessert by using fruit.
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Starvation in the Ghettos

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars investigate how human beings survive under camp and ghetto life's extreme condition while understanding the USRDA requirements. They recognize the suffering and loss of life due to the lack of adequate nutrition.
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Say Cheese!

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Students identify the different WIC cheese choices. In this health lesson, students compare the nutrient content of various cheese. They share cheese cooking tips.
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Family Life Cycle - Breakfast Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review the nutritional needs of various age groups. In groups, they plan a breakfast meal for different age groups and spend time making the foods. To end the lesson, they serve the food to their classmates for an...
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Changing unhealthy eating habits

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the elements of a balanced diet, then compile a daily diet and exercise log to assess their lifestyles and improve them if applicable. They recognize and explain the importance of proper nutrition practices.