Grains and Rice Lab

Take a look into how whole grains support growth, provide energy to play, and help us to stay strong with a fun-filled resource. The activity offers interesting food facts, an exercise in nutrition label reading, a recipe for chunky...

Discover a variety of ways to eat and cook whole grains with a word scramble and secret code learning exercise. Class members uncover seven whole grain options before using a number system to decode a secret message. 

Third graders explain the importance of eating healthy food. In this health science lesson plan, 3rd graders construct a balanced menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They create a collage about it and share it with the class.

From examining how much sugar is in foods and looking at fruit and vegetable varieties to making mini rainbow tarts, this unit provides youngsters with a fabulous overview of proper nutrition and eating habits.

Reinforce food group facts with a crossword puzzle that highlights healthy nutrition and cooking habits as presented by the MyPlate eating recommendations. 

Create a silly cooking themed story using nouns, adjectives, verbs, and more! Pupils fill in the blanks using their knowledge of different types of fruit, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy, then read the story aloud to hear a whacky...

Plants provide a variety of delicious foods essential for human survival. In the fourth lesson plan of this series on food science, young scientists investigate common fruits, vegetables, and grains in order to determine which plant part...

This activity is like having a show-and-tell. Bring in lots of items, or packaging, from the grain group. Bread, rice, cracker, cereal, oats, you get the idea. Perhaps first start by checking in and asking what the class knows about...

A balanced diet is a smart diet! Help scholars make balanced food choices with a lesson that encourages looking at the nutritional information. Following a KWL chart, a presentation looks closely at the food pyramid and the types of food...