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Experiment to Mimic the Digestive System
What happens to the food that we eat? Middle-school life science learners delve into the digestive process by completing this laboratory activity. They cut a cheese sandwich into smaller parts to represent chewing, smash it to mimic...
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Teeth and Eating
Pupils explore animal diets and teeth. In this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Pupils identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms "herbivores"...
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Teeth and Eating
In this teeth activity worksheet, students draw lines to correct the labels with the teeth. Students then color in each tooth according to their own teeth diagram.
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Who Eats Who?
Young scholars recognize that some animals eat plants, some eat meat and some both. In this who eats who lesson plan, students chart animals in a food chain. Young scholars research information from reading articles. Students chart...
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Health and Nutrition Lesson Plan: Learning Healthy Eating Habits With Junk Food Jack and Healthy Harry
Young scholars distinguish healthy foods from junk foods. In this personal health and nutrition lesson, students make Junk Food Jack and Healthy Harry. Young scholars use the puppets to role play discussion about healthy eating.
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Animal Nutrition, Variations, Adaptations & Regulation
Information about digestion of various food components is given in this PowerPoint. The diets of herbivores and carnivores are compared, and there are many diagrams giving details of their digestive system specializations. The labelled...
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Teeth Identification in Omnivores, Herbivores and Carnivores
Students practice identifying teeth. In this biology lesson plan, students explore the differences in teeth structure and how it determines what a specific animal eats by constructing a raccoon puppet.
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Digestion
Fourth graders answer the question what happens to the food you eat? They complete a worksheet about the food you eat. They discuss the different types of teeth that we have. Students complete digestion poster in which they color and...
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Terror-ble Teeth Matching Game for Halloween
In this Halloween worksheet, students examine 18 pictures of "terror-ble teeth." Students match the identical pairs of teeth on the page.
Cooking Matters
Make Your Plate a Rainbow
Different colored foods provide various benefits to different parts of the body. For example, purple fruits and vegetables can boost your memory. The activity incorporates the concept of healthy eating into drawing, matching, and...
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Tooth Crossword
In this crossword activity, students complete a crossword puzzle by solving clues about healthy teeth. For example, "Base of the tooth below the gum."
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Tooth Detectives: Determining the Diets of Extinct Animals
Students study the teeth of living mammals and apply those skills to the interpretation of the diet of extinct animals.
ProCon
Vegetarianism
What do Mike Tyson, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paul McCartney have in common? They're all famous vegetarians. Using the resource, scholars learn about the pros and cons of eating a vegetarian diet. They read a fascinating history of...
Aquarium of the Pacific
Sensational Sharks
Pray that you are not the prey of sharks! The class watches a video and a webcam on sharks and make observations about the different types of sharks. Learners compare two sharks and list their similarities and differences. They then...
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Nutrition and Physical Activity
Emerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of the...
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The Crest Egg-Speriment
Students discover how fluoride protects their teeth. In this dental lesson, students conduct an experiment with two eggs to simulate what would happen if they didn't take care of their teeth. Students discuss the results of the...
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Dinosaur Paleoecology: Determining the Diet of Ancient Animals
Students study dinosaur teeth and bones to determine the creatures diet, size and shape.
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Healthy Teeth
Students discuss how unhealthy teeth and gums affect health. In this adult health lesson, students identify foods that are harmful to teeth. They share ways to keep the teeth and gums healthy and disease free.
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Ingestion
For this ingestion worksheet, 9th graders fill in the blank about ingestion. Students relate the role of saliva, teeth, and the esophagus to their importance in ingestion.
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Chef Solus Word Search Puzzle!
In this milk group worksheet, students locate and circle the following milk products, plus one extra word, in a word search puzzle: milk, skim, cheese, butter, teeth, yogurt and bones.
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Care for Teeth
Students study how to care for their teeth, and they study what happens if they don't clean their teeth.
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What Do Snails Eat?
Young scholars conduct a food choice experiment with snails, recording the results on a chart to determine what snails eat. In this what do snails eat lesson plan, students color a picture of snail anatomy, perform the experiment with 3...
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What's in it and Who Eats it?
First graders explore farming by illustrating images. In this livestock lesson, 1st graders discuss what types of plants are used to feed livestock animals and how pets and humans eat the livestock animals. Students draw images of what...
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What Happens to the Food You Eat? The Digestive System
Students observe a video displaying body parts and functions of the digestive system. They make drawings of the digestive system from their observations. They act out a short play involving body parts.