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Diet: You Are What You Eat Lesson PlanDiet: You Are What You Eat Lesson Plan
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Diet: You Are What You Eat

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Third graders examine the issue of food quality to assess the dangers of pesticides, additives, and improper food preparation. After keeping food diaries and categorizing foods, they fill in food pyramids based on their journal entries. In addition, 3rd graders bake cakes to determine how additives change the taste of food and take a cola taste test.

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3rd
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Science
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