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Delicious Dinners by Jr. Chefs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars create a protein-rich dinner. In this nutrition lesson, students brainstorm foods that are rich in protein. Young scholars make burritos and identify the color of meat when it is cooked thoroughly.
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Your Healthy Body

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the food groups. In this nutrition lesson plan, 3rd graders examine the food pyramid and create a balanced diet plan. Students label a blank food pyramid outline.
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Recommended Daily Food Intake Vs. Actual Intake

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students see how their daily food intake compares to the recommended daily intake. They will use computer skills, math skills, and develop or reinforce nutritional facts about eating healthy. After compiling their data, students discuss...
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Best Breakfast Authors

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a story. In this breakfast authors lesson, 3rd graders write about a breakfast food and why it is a good selection. Students may illustrate stories and share with their peers.
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Food Labels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study Nutrition Facts labels. In this life science lesson plan, students explore Nutrition Facts labels, then determine and analyze the nutrients found in a variety of foods. Additionally students construct bug boxes used to...
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Chocolate Taste-Testing: Introduction to Loco for Cocoa

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare chocolates using their five senses and determine the value of the chocolate. In this chocolate activity, students sample various types of chocolate. Students study the price per ounce of each bar to complete the...
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Healthful Eating

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a story about how cartoon characters are partially to blame for American's obesity problem, and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this healthful eating lesson plan, students respond to literature by...
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Countries, Food and Culture

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore food production by researching culinary culture on the Internet. In this global food instructional activity, 3rd graders read assigned text about the different dietary habits of foreign cultures based upon their...
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Making a Difference in World Health

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover environmental awareness by conducting a collection project in class. In this global food activity, students identify the importance of feeding all of the humans on Earth and discuss why some aren't properly nourished....
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Chef Solus Cooking Academy Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students evaluate human health by participating in an interactive activity. For this food choice lesson, students discuss the decisions they make each day in order to stay healthy with the food they eat. Students utilize the Internet to...
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Making Half MyPlate Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Establish healthy eating habits with a lesson focused around MyPlate's food recommendations and the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. Through class discussion and worksheet completion, scholars discuss the best choices of foods...
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Home Living/ Daily Living: Food Pyramid

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
What did you have for lunch? Did it contain all four food groups? Help your special education class make good food choices and recognize foods in each of the four food groups. They look at images and discuss the foods on the food pyramid...
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Plant Parts You Eat

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Plants provide a variety of delicious foods essential for human survival. In the fourth lesson of this series on food science, young scientists investigate common fruits, vegetables, and grains in order to determine which plant part is...
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Bio Build-up

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Trace pollutants through the environment in the seventh lesson of this series on the science of food. Looking at a picture of the plants and animals in an aquatic ecosystem, learners use dot stickers to represent harmful chemicals as...
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They're Everywhere: Bacteria

For Teachers K - 5th
Totally gross out your class with the eighth instructional activity in this series on food science. Explore the microscopic world of bacteria by taking swabs of different classroom objects and growing colonies in petri dishes. An...
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What's That Food?

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Get things cooking with the first lesson plan in this series on the science of food. Working in small groups, young scientists make and record observations about different mystery foods. These descriptions are then shared with the class...
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Healthy Snacks

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Assess your pupils' ability to identify healthy food choices in the final lesson of this series on food science. Given five different food labels, young nutritionists will rank them from most to least healthy, supporting their choices...
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Digestion

For Teachers K - 5th
Digestion is an amazing and complicated process that provides humans with the energy they need to survive. Lesson six in this series on the science of food uses sliced turkey and a meat tenderizer to demonstrate how enzymes help break...
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A Love of Recipes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Everyone loves looking through cookbooks and recipes. This can turn into an educational experience for students.
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Hunting for Hidden Fat

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
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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