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Making Healthy Food Choices- Go Heart!

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Second graders identify the basic food groups and differentiate healthy food choices from unhealthy ones. They discuss and describe the effects of excess cholesterol in the body and the consequences of eating too much fat and sugar.

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food groups, food, healthy eating

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food choices, food groups, Nutrition, health
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Grade
2nd
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
2005

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