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Healthy Choice Shopping Frenzy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify the four food groups. In this food pyramid lesson. students use pictures of food to determine what food group they belong to. Foods that are placed in the wrong place are discussed.
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Meat, Fish, and Beans Group

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food groups instructional activity, students read the serving amounts for the food groups of meat, fish, and beans. Students cut out the pictures to match the servings.
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Bread Mobile

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these mobile activity worksheets, students read the directions to create a bread mobile. Students read and follow 5 directions for the craft activity.
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Health and Growth

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this food pyramid instructional activity, students draw pictures of the foods that correspond to the three sections of the food pyramid. Students enhance their knowledge of a healthy diet.
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Matching Meals Nutrition

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students play a matching game to practice pairing foods with their food groups. In this health and nutrition lesson, the class discusses food choices, then students play an on-line memory game.
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ESL Vocabulary Crossword: Food

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this English Language crossword worksheet, students use the pictures to identify the specific type of food and then complete the crossword puzzle.
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Food Pyramid Coloring

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this food pyramid learning exercise, students color the pyramids to match the correct food groups by the colors listed. Students then color the foods inside each pyramid.
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Fun With The Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this food pyramid worksheet, students color pictures of "healthy food friends." There are 8 pictures total from the various food groups.
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If I Was a...? Worksheet: Food

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this types of food worksheet, students choose a type of food to be and then pretend they are that food to answer the remaining questions.
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Count and Non-count Nouns- Food

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar activity, students complete 5 lists of count or non-count nouns with the one that belongs from the word bank at the top of the page. They see colorful clip art pictures of fruit, cheese, fish, and pasta.
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Weekly Meal Sheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this food diary worksheet, students record the foods they eat from each of 5 groups on a chart that has spaces for each day of the week.
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What I Ate Today

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this menu planning worksheet, students use a large circular chart with 5 categories of foods to record one day's diet. There are no examples and the labels "food for growth" and "food for energy" may be confusing.
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Match the Foods

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL food word worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict food items. Students match the pictures with the words that describe them.
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Food: What Is It?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL food vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of common foods. From 4 possible choices, students select the word that best answers the question, "What is it?"
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What Colour Is ...

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this color words worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of common food items. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences that begin with the words "What colour is the----?" Students answer the questions and color the pictures...
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Meat Puzzle

For Students 5th
In this health worksheet, 5th graders find eighteen words in a word search. Each word is the name of an animal that may be used as a food source.
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The Food I Eat

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food worksheet, students complete a word search containing food words. Students use pictures surrounding the word search as clues.
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Food Safety Maze

For Students 4th - 6th
In this food safety maze worksheet, students help a food inspector get through the maze of food-borne bacteria. There are no tips on how to keep food safe, just a list of all the very dangerous bacteria strains which can be found in food.
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Spring Harvest

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is interested in the foods related to the season of Spring. They conduct research using a variety of resources while creating menus to match the regions of The United States. Students create food items...
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Hands of Doom

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the four essential step used for safe food handling: clean, separate, cook, and chill. They identify the bacteria that can cause food poisoning, practice how to properly wash hands before and after handling food,...
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Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the components of a balanced diet and practice making healthy diet choices. They discuss health-enhancing choices. Students investigate the food pyramid and how to use it to make educated menu decisions. They...
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The Five Food Groups

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the five food groups. They discuss the importance of the five food groups in their diets. Students research each of the five food groups using a WebQuest. They use the information from the WebQuest to make healthy...
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the different levels of the food pyramid and plan a healthy meal. They discuss the food pyramid and read about nutrition using a variety of resources. Using Kidspiration computer software, they plan a...
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Family Life Cycle - Children's Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review how their nutritional needs change over time. In groups, they design their own menu in which they get all the nutrients they need. To end the lesson, they share their foods with the class and complete a wordsearch...