Curated OER
Fruits and Veggies More Matters: Teen Lesson
Students study the importance of increasing their fruit and vegetable consumption. In this healthy diet activity, students study the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables based on their age, sex, and activity level. Students list...
Curated OER
My Pyramid
Tenth graders analyze the new Food Guide Pyramid. In this healthy diet lesson plan, 10th graders explore the the website with the new food pyramid. Students use magazines to find foods from the food groups and create their own pyramid....
Curated OER
Try Something New! Enjoy the Great Taste of Whole Grains
Students share their shopping experience with the new WIC whole grain check. In this adult health lesson, students explain the proper way to prepare whole grains. They watch a cooking demo on a new recipe and implement it at home.
Curated OER
Energy Balance
Students read various health articles. In this being active health lesson, students discover why it is important to be active and eat healthy foods. Students read articles about sleep, the food pyramid and energy.
Curated OER
The Secreat to Good Health: Eating Right and Exercise
Students create a seven-day record of all the foods they consume. They analyze what type of food was the most frequent in everyone's diet. They look up each food and record its daily recommended amount.
Curated OER
A Funky Healthy Life Style!
Students name the five food groups and classify foods according to group. They tell how proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins/minerals, and water help their body. Students discuss how play and exercise can help their body.
Curated OER
Healthy Foods
Students illustrate their favorite food and add it to a food pyramid graph, after listening to Russell Hoban's story, Bread and Jam for Frances.
Curated OER
Frenzied Food: Fantastic Fuel?
Students infer the causes of obesity. In this health science lesson, students brainstorm ways improve to their diet. They write personalized journals with goals on how to live a healthy lifestyle.
Curated OER
Nutrition (Low Fat/High Fat Foods)
Students explain that a low fat diet, accompanied by being physically active, help them live longer and healthier lives.
Curated OER
Good Enough To Eat
Learners are introduced to the five food groups. In groups, they place different foods into the correct section of the Food Pyramid. Using different types of technology, they create one page of a class ABC book sharing what they know...
Curated OER
Power Up With Breakfast
In this breakfast worksheet, students complete several activities in English or Spanish about breakfast activities. Students read a recipe, complete a word jumble, and a coloring activity.
Curated OER
Explorit's Green Salad Quiz
In this food history instructional activity, students read the information about the history of food and salads. Students select the correct answer for the 6 related questions.
Nuffield Foundation
Controlling Body Mass
Many variables impact your body mass, not just diet and exercise. Scholars collect and study data about body mass to better understand the complexity of a sensitive topic. They learn about leptin deficiency, the hypothalamus, and more.
Champions for Change
How Many Cups Do I Need?
Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Find out by browsing through a variety of handouts and learning the recommended daily amounts of fruits and vegetables for good health. Learners will read and discuss how to visually...
Curated OER
The Digestive Dance
Students read food labels to compare healthy verses non healthy food and then use diagrams to create a poster of the digestive system. In this food lesson plan, students move the food down the digestive track along the digestive system.
Curated OER
Analyzing Discrete and Continuous Data in a Spreadsheet
You are what you eat! Your statisticians keep a log of what they eat from anywhere between a day to more than a week, keeping track of a variety of nutritional information using a spreadsheet. After analyzing their own data, individuals...
Curated OER
Interactive Food Pyramid
Students participate in the game, "Talking Food Pyramid." In this nutrition instructional activity, students recognize the organization of foods in to five groups. Students conclude by physically classifying a selection of foods in two...
Curated OER
Design-A-Meal
Third graders record what they eat for a week. In groups, they develop a menu for a fictitious restaurant. They create dinners which include all groups from the food pyramid. To end the lesson, they practice making healthy food...
Curated OER
Design-A- Meal
Third graders work together to create menus for a fictitious restaurants. As a class, they use them to order a healthy meal and calculate the cost of the meal. They review the food groups on the food pyramid and what it means to have a...
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
They Don't Just Eat Grass
Middle schoolers explore and examine different types of feed used for livestock. They discuss types of feed, the need for energy and health, and create graphs of food compared to categories. Students organize data and complete worksheets...
Curated OER
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.
Curated OER
Mystery "F & V's"
Second graders explore a balanced diet. In this balanced diet lesson, 2nd graders investigate the effect and importance of a balanced diet.
Curated OER
Plan a Meal Fun
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,...