Food Group Fun

Immediately capture the attention of your class with the smell of freshly popped popcorn in the sixth lesson of this series on the needs of living things. Young scientists first use their senses to make and record observations of...

Here is an outstanding lesson on food groups, nutrition, and diet. In it, learners focus on hamburgers! They take a close look at the products that go into making a hamburger, conduct taste tests on samples, discuss the nutritional value...

Students identify the properties of fiber. In this nutrition lesson, students investigate types of grain and identify the food groups.

Too many cooks in the kitchen? Not here! Set up a cooking club at school using this 148-page guide that teaches food and kitchen safety, measurement techniques, and nutrition. Young chefs get their hands wet by participating in a variety...

In this food groups learning exercise, students read a passage about the food pyramid and the various groups of foods. Students learn about a balanced diet and answer several questions about the passage.

In this five food groups worksheet, students look over a chart containing the five food groups and the seven days of week and color the group they eat each day.

Students identify and discuss the five major food groups and the food pyramid. They review the school lunch menu, identify the food groups represented on the menu, and create a food group collage.

In this food groups worksheet, students use the colorful 7 day diary to color a star for each food group eaten each day. Students do not record how many servings from each group, just that they have eaten a food from it.

How can you choose healthier foods by reading the nutritional labels? Your class will discover how companies market food items to make them enticing and how to check the food labels of those items to see if they are healthy. They listen...

Students practice naming and categorizing foods by playing Five Food Group Bingo.