Tortillas, A Wrap!

Students investigate new ways to eat vegetables as they make sushi. In this healthy diet lesson, students read the book Yoko's World and discuss washing hands. Students organize food in their food groups and make sushi rolls. Students...

Learners create a restaurant and plan for its customers and create menus.  In this healthy eating lesson, students create a multimedia project about the restaurant.  Learners will devise their flyer, advertisement and menu. students will...

Students discuss and complete activities to further their knowledge about nutrition in their diet. For this nutrition lesson, students discuss their diets and the amount of vegetables and fruits they are consuming daily. Students define...

Encourage scholars to stay fit with 10 activities guaranteed to get them up and moving. The following tips offer indoor and outdoor options that require little to no equipment. 

Students analyze their diets. In this healthy diet activity, students keep food journals and examine their diets next to the recommended daily allowances of MyPyramid for Kids.

Talk about healthy habits using this resource. Learners can explore the importance of a healthy diet, exercise, and the different types of health care professionals. As part of this presentation, they answer hypothetical questions using...

Students investigate the lure of snack-food advertisements to explain how snacks can fit into a healthy diet.

Students use the USDA food guide pyramid to choose items for a balanced diet. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students play a game naming the items and their foo groups.   Students participate in cross curricular activities...

Second graders investigate the concept of a balanced diet and how the food pyramid is organized. They conduct research using the links included in the lesson. They differentiate the parts of the pyramid while looking at the food of pizza.

What are Dietary Guidelines? What are the basic principles of a sensible healthy diet? What do variety, balance, and moderation have to do with eating healthy. What are the food groups? There are a couple of activities in this lesson...