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March Market

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role play a living wetland food web. They trace the food web associated with the items in their lunch.
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Hatching Chicks to Agriculture - Where does the feed come from?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the types of grain that goes into feed for chickens. They study other grain crops grown in Kansas and the foods that are made from them.
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Where Do You Fit In?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study habitats and then draw a picture of their own habitat which includes the location of food, water, and shelter, and the concept of space. then they cut their habitat in half and discuss how this would affect their lives.
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Protein

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine protein, what it is and how it functions in the body.  In this protein lesson students study the food pyramid, what a protein is and what it does. 
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Laws of the Jungle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students build a video game on predator-prey relationship. In this biology lesson, students identify the variables that affect this relationship. They write a short description and play each other's game. 
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Lion Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lions quiz worksheet, students answer a set of 12 questions about size, lifestyle, diet and characteristics of lions. An answer key is included on page 2.
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Rounding to the Nearest 10

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this rounding activity, students solve 15 problems in which a two digit number is rounded to the nearest ten. Students draw lines from the number to the rounded numbers shown.
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Let the Pyramid Be Your Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers chart foods on the food guide pyramid and design nutritional food plans that include all the food groups.
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Dietician/Nutritionist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the difference between a dietician and a nutritionist and then examine how these professionals serve the community. A PowerPoint presentation and accompanying worksheet are provided to teach this career exploration material. A...
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Plants Crossword

For Students 1st - 4th
In this plants worksheet, students solve a crossword puzzle. Students have a word bank to use and are given sentences as clues.
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What Lives Inside Your Mouth?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners explore the mouth's environment and realize that there are bacteria in everyone's mouth.
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Following a Recipe

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a cookbook.  For this recipe and writing lesson, students brainstorm the skills necessary to follow a recipe, watch a cooking show and write down a recipe used.  Students use a word processing program to write a...
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Reading Food Labels

For Teachers 4th
Young nutritionists plan nutritional meals by using the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid. Before constructing their meal plans, they take a close look a food labels and learn how to decipher them. In today's world of obese and unfit children,...
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Goal Setting

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students understand how they can incorporate dietary guidelines in their daily life.  In this investigative lesson students set dietary goals and incorporate an activity to learn how to create a new seed variety while studying...
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Beef Unit and Lab Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What are the proper methods for cooking various cuts of beef? What are some basic rules regarding meat food safety? Here you'll find 10 lab plans with a variety of beef cookery activities, perfect for a home economics or cooking course.
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What Do You Know About the Human Microbiome?

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars answer 10 multiple choice questions to test their knowledge about the human body and microbes. Correct answers come with a rewarding tone and brief description.
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Exercise Your Options for Stronger Bones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate ways to improve their bone strength. In this bone strength lesson, students explore the link between exercise and bone growth. Young scholars study the effects of proper nutrition and exercise.
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Honesty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to the story, "The Mangoes." They answer and discuss a given set of questions then volunteer to share an experience of when they told the truth and what it felt like. Students perform a skit to reinact the story, "The...
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What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore ways to handle conflict. In this mental health instructional activity, students investigate ways to tell others how they feel and discover that identifying their emotions can help them resolve conflict.
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Organic Mechanic Part I

For Teachers 7th - 12th
On day one of the "Organic Mechanic Part I" instructional activity, learners try to remove the waxy coating of an apple and consider pesticides that may be represented by this addition to our food. On day two, they research pesticides...
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Taking Care of a Baby

For Teachers K - 2nd
Caring for a newborn is harder than it looks! Elementary pupils learn more about taking care of babies with an age-appropriate lesson that addresses how babies grow inside their mothers, what they need to grow, and how members...
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The Magical Ingredient: FAT

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine how the diet industry is contributing to our frustration over unwanted pounds. They identify the part fat plays in their diets and determine if they live in a food toxic environment.
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The Magical Ingredient: Fat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore fats in foods. In this personal health and nutrition lesson plan, students view a Frontline video segment, examine the role fat plays in their personal diets, and develop plans to eliminate fats and implement exercise...
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Hunting for the Controversy

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can help students deepen their understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of hunting animals with these lessons and activities.