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Oklahoma's Berry Best
Ask your learners to complete activities related to Oklahoma's agriculture, berries in particular. The lesson is cross-curricular and has class members investigate an article about berries, write an acrostic poem, and discuss new...
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Modeling Good Eating
Students identify and classify the items in a healthy diet. In this dietary lesson plan, students listen to a song about healthy eating while listening for good snack foods. They use pictures of the snacks to complete a large chart by...
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Plant Parts Salad
How are vegetables beneficial to a healthy diet? Have kids examine different types of vegetables, such as zucchini, broccoli, and carrots, and determine which parts of the plant they represent. Then, they taste the vegetables as a class....
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Does Your Diet Stack Up?
Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to improve their diet.
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Become a Nutrition Expert
In this nutrition instructional activity, 2nd graders read a selection on nutrition and fill in the table using the information from the selection.
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Nutrition Facts Comprehension Quiz
In this nutrition facts learning exercise, students complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz using nutrition labels given. An answer key is included.
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Eat Your Flowers
Students grow flowers in different soil mediums to determine the effect on flavor. In this investigative lesson students study flowers, plant them and taste them to see how they differ in different potting soils.
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Subject/Verb Agreement
In this subject/verb agreement activity, students select the correct verb to complete sentences. Students may check answers by clicking on a "button."
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Disease and Nutrition
Learners study disease and explore how it can be avoided or treated with simple solutions. In this investigative lesson students create a food chart for two weeks for themselves to track and be sure they are getting all the nutrients...
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Healthy Tonic: Label Reading
In this factual text worksheet, 6th graders read a bottle label for a delicious tasting tonic for optimal health. Students must read the factual text and answer the six reading comprehension questions that follow.
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The Beet Goes On
Root vegetables inspire the series of activities included here. Class members participate in activities related to language arts, social studies, science, visual art, and math. At first, the long list might feel overwhelming; however,...
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Balance of Nutrition
Pupils explore nutrition by completing a group activity. In this balanced meal instructional activity, students identify the five food groups and discuss their favorite foods from each group. Pupils utilize illustrations to fill in a...
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Salad Sisters
Students practice and perform 8 and 16 beat rhythmic patterns in 4/4 using the song "Salad Sisters" as a basis in this elementary-level General Music lesson. An amazing lesson for teaching cooperative music composition techniques and...
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Salad Sisters
Students play on the beats 2 and 4 of a song called Salad Sisters. In this music lesson plan, students learn a new song, learn how to count to 8 in a song, and practice how to play on the beats 2 and 4.
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B is for Banana
Students practice and perform the song "B is for Banana" using their knowledge of basic rhythms in 4/4 and student-created rhythm accompaniment based on speech. This excellent lesson is provided by the MENC (National Association for...
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It's Sugar Time!
Fifth graders review the Food Pyramid. They examine several breakfast cereal labels and determine how much sugar is in each. They discuss these amounts and whether or not they are surprised by the results. They discuss the amount of...
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Kiwifruit
In this Kiwi worksheet, pupils watch the America's Heartland video Kiwifruit and fill in the blanks to sentences about it. Students complete 7 sentences.
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Organize Your Favorites (Food)
In this healthy foods worksheet, pupils organize the names nutrient-rich foods into categories. Students also read passages about nutrition and respond to three short-answer questions.
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Healthy School Challenge Activity
In this healthy diet worksheet, students complete a chart, filling in school name and month served, then completing food and portion sizes served at school each day for given categories.
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Vegetable Twister
Learners review vegetables and their nutrient values and production. In this vegetable production worksheet, students read information about the nutrients in vegetables and how they are grown. Learners participate in a game of Twister to...
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Secret Message
Students use the characteristic of a chemical reaction to write a secret letter. In this chemical reaction lesson plan, students will use common house hold products including iodine, lemon, and notebook paper to produce a chemical...
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Eating a Nutritious Lunch
Young scholars identify the types of foods and snacks they eat for their lunch. In groups, they identify healthy foods along with unhealthy foods. They design a new lunch menu using only healthy food and identifying which food group they...
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Explorit's Tasty Food Quiz
In this foods activity, students complete a five question multiple choice online interactive activity about foods that we eat.
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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.