Balanced Meals

In this planning a healthy meal worksheet, students use a color guide with symbols to color a plate to designate the food groups, use it to plan a healthy balanced meal, and rate their plate. Students complete 15 activities and answers.

Students explore nutrition by completing a group activity. In this balanced meal lesson, students identify the five food groups and discuss their favorite foods from each group. Students utilize illustrations to fill in a fictional plate...

Students explore a well-balanced diet. In this healthy eating habits lesson, students investigate the food pyramid and discover the appropriate amount of daily servings. Students use local grocery ads to create a well-balanced meal.

Examine food choices and the nutritional properties of food groups with this visually appealing whole-class lesson plan. This will take a bit of preparation, but once you do it, you can use the materials for years. Using a food groups...

Students explore economics by participating in a goods exchange activity. In this bartering activity, students define bartering and practice obtaining goods without using monetary means. Students utilize milk, bread, cheese and other...

Students evaluate human health by completing a class nutrition activity. In this food choice activity, students read the book Five a Day Reporter and discuss the importance of balanced meals every day of the week. Students view an...

Learners discuss what makes a healthy and balanced meal, and then they make them out of clay. They use hand building techniques, radial design, and their knowledge of healthy foods to create unique mini-sized meals for a wall display. 

Students examine the different categories of the food pyramid. They discuss meals they have eaten, glue magazine pictures of food onto a paper plate to represent a balanced meal, and plan a menu for a day.

First graders explore the importance of balanced meals. They play a fishing game to help them select foods to make up a balanced meal.

Second graders plan meals. In this healthy living activity, 2nd graders review the food pyramid and the five food groups. Students create two balanced meals and one unbalanced meal and make pictures for each meal.