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Building a Better Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the six essential nutrients. They read a handout, discuss the six nutrients, and construct a sandwich using ingredients that belong to the nutrient groups.
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Cell Structures and Functions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders search into animal and cell characteristics and their functions in this seven instructional activity unit. Replicas of the cell are constructed out of Jell-O as students probe the internet for details of the concepts.
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Helpful Microorganisms

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study how some microorganisms are helpful and practical in foods. They work with microorganism in a number of food, such as yeast in bread and yogurt.
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Label It Nutrition

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Pupils rank foods for particular nutrients, and check to see if they are correct using the Nutrition Label.
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Grow a Plant

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils combine their prior knowledge about plants with a garden learning activity. For this science gardening lesson, students discuss what plants need to survive. Pupils then plant a seed themselves and demonstrate learning by caring...
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Keep that Zip! Nutrients: Zinc, Iron, Protein

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the importance of zinc, iron and protein. In this biology lesson, students create a brochure containing information about the three nutrients. They share their brochure in class.
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Protein

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils examine protein, what it is and how it functions in the body.  In this protein lesson students study the food pyramid, what a protein is and what it does. 
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Water

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine water, its function and how much you should consume.  In this water lesson plan students study water and why it is important, how much you should drink and what its functions are in your body. 
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River Pollution - Nutrient Cycle & Wetlands

For Students 6th - 7th
In this nutrient cycle worksheet, students add arrows to the diagram and label the picture with the four different stages. Students also answer questions about nutrient loss and pollution.
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Nutrient Biochemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
In this nutrient biochemistry worksheet, students complete the blanks with information about nucleic acids and the process. Students also draw a figure referenced in the text given.
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Diversity of Microorganisms

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to the diversity of microorganisms from A to Z. There are 39 biology terms located in the word search.
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Food: Habits and Holidays

For Students 7th - 8th
In this foods of the world worksheet, students answer true and false questions about their own eating habits, than complete a matching activity where they match foods with countries of the world.
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Healthy Eating

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss healthy eating choices. They explore the components of a balanced diet and the importance of a balanced diet to growth and wellness. Students discuss the types of nutrients in fruits and vegetables that are...
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Vocational: Kitchen Appliance Care and Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how to use, operate, and clean stoves and refrigerators. Using the appliance manuals, they examine self-defrosting and frost-free refrigerators as well as manual clean, self clean, and continuous clean stoves. The...
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Diet: Cereal Grains and Nutrition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the nutritional value of various cereal grains. Without adding sugar, they cook with grains and compare the taste to cereal containing sugar. In addition, students complete worksheets about the different grains,...
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FAT FOLLIES

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, testing various foods for fat content by rubbing food samples on paper. Students identify what and who the US Food and Drug Administration is in reference to the Food Pyramid. Students write the name of each food brought in to...
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WALK, DON'T RUN

For Teachers K - 1st
1. Bring two quarts of moist soil, a cake pan, a sprinkling can of water and a quart of grass clippings to class. 2. Share background material, and introduce the word "erosion." 3. Prepare a small model hill by mounding the soil in the...
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Space Salad

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Learners identify and analyze some of the similarities between Earth and Mars. Students identify why scientists believe that living things such as plants can live on Mars. Learners evaluate each of the Growing Space modules identify in...
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Knowing your nutrients

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners comprehend the basics of the nutrition label. They comprehend the Recommended Daily Allowances. Students analyze the regulations that govern food labeling. They review the Food Pyramid.
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Using Dietary Strategies to Reduce the Nutrient Excretion of Feedlot Cattle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to how nitrogen and phosphorus metabolize in feedlot cattle. Using the Internet, they discover the recommended requirements for cattle to minimize overfeeding them. They develop dietary strategies that might...
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Using Dietary and Management Strategies to Reduce the Nurtient Excretion of Poultry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the dietary strategies to reduce the excretion of nutrients in poultry. As a class, they examine how dietary nutrients relate with manure nutrients. They also discover the impact of the strategies on manure and...
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Geography Action! Rivers 2001-Runoff

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students experiment with how rain affects topsoil using dirt and red tempera paint. At the end of the activity, students find red water in their collection jar, representing nutrients in the soil.
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Behavior Assessment & Nutrient Needs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the factors that influence eating behaviors. They discover the nutrients that are needed in a teenager's body. They also identify the major food groups and examine the food pyramid.
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Transportation System of a Tree

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the transportation system of a tree and the speed with which nutrients and water move. Cross sections of the samples used are examined in class for experimental results.