Non-Nutrients: Fiber and Water

From a high-speed hand-washing lesson to identifying important nutrients in fruits and veggies, this resource has several activity ideas and worksheets for teaching food safety to your learners.

Students examine Canada's Food Guide. For this exploring body fuel lesson, students conduct a variety of experiments to show how proteins, carbohydrates, and fats work together to fuel the body and keep it healthy.  

It's important to teach kids how to have a balanced diet. They are provided with six different meals, they fill in the blanks to complete each one to make it balanced. The answers could be anything and the meals offered don't seem very...

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 instructional activity offers interesting food facts, an exercise in nutrition label reading, a recipe...

Students explore plant life by conducting a seed experiment in class. In this plant characteristics lesson, students identify the factors needed to create successful plants and identify the anatomy of specific plants. Students utilize...

Students investigate the specific elements found in food that keep us healthy.  In this healthy eating lesson, students identify proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins as part of a healthy diet when consumed in moderation....

Learners examine edible plants by identifying salad ingredients. In this botany instructional activity, students discuss the different vegetables that can be eaten in a salad and draw them on a worksheet. Learners review vegetable...

Fourth graders simulate how the digestive system works. In this hands-on simulation, 4th graders complete six group activities that help students visualize how our body breaks down food into nutrients.

For this health worksheet, students read nutrition labels from a can of cherry soda and a carton of milk. They answer questions about the health benefits of drinking these liquids.