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Make Your Plate a Rainbow HandoutMake Your Plate a Rainbow Handout
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Cooking Matters
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K - 8th
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Health
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Make Your Plate a Rainbow

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Different colored foods provide various benefits to different parts of the body. For example, purple fruits and vegetables can boost your memory. The worksheet incorporates the concept of healthy eating into drawing, matching, and coloring activities. 

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Concepts

cooking, food groups, healthy eating

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Laminate the sheets and include them as a center activity for continued use

Classroom Considerations

  • The worksheet is in color; printing in black and white may affect the quality 
  • Younger learners may have a difficult time identifying the foods

Pros

  • Informative and engaging
  • Provides tips on nutrition

Cons

  • None

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