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Healthy Eaters

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Students classify foods as "healthy" or "unhealthy" and sort foods into appropriate food groups. In this nutrition/physical education lesson, students play a game in which throwing skills are practiced. Pictures of food are sorted into healthy foods thrown into a "mouth" and unhealthy foods collected by "healthy food police".

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food groups, food, healthy eating

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food groups, healthy foods, Nutrition, throwing skill, social studies
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Pre-K - 1st
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Social Studies & History
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