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Eat Your Plants
Students explore fruits and vegetables. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, students work in small groups investigating plant parts. Students discover that fruits and vegetables originate from different parts of plants.
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Sharks
Young scholars research sharks, the food chain, and the water habitat shared by humans and sharks.
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The Dentist
Learners read a short story about visiting a dentist. Then they use toothbrushes in order to demonstrate the correct way to brush teeth. Students use the internet to investigate how some foods are healthier for teeth than others. Then...
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How Do People Get Energy?
In this food energy worksheet, students will write in examples of different foods that fit into the four food groups: grains, protein, fruits and vegetables, and milk products.
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Don't Worm Your Way Out of This One!
Students study different aspects of worms along with the process of vermicomposting by participating in a class experiment to study the time it takes for breakfast cereal to be eaten by worms.
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Travelers for Trade and Global Peace
Pupils explore the resources in other countries. In this communities lesson, students examine characteristics of their community to those of other communities. Pupils examine Canada, El Salvador, and India and their natural resources.
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It's a Wrap!
Students read about the importance of packaging foods and related items properly and reducing waste. In this packaging lesson plan, students read the background information about packaging and bring a variety of packaging materials to...
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Living Things Depend upon Each Other
Students research animals. They identify the animals' struggle for survival, and internalize the importance of preserving an ecosystem with animal life.They collect information and write a report on their findings. Additional cross...
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Amazing Animals
Young scholars, in beginning and advanced beginning ESL levels, use English in an animal lesson.
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Sometimes and All the Time Foods
Students recognize a wide variety of fruit and have a greater understanding about the importance of fruit in their diet, and determine that some fruits' skins are edible and others are not.
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Earth Pockets
Students identify the Earth's natural resources. In this Earth science lesson, students read the book The Great Kapok Tree and discuss types of natural resources. Students use categories such as wood, paper, and trees and list items that...
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How Do Plants and Animals Get Energy?
In this food chain worksheet, students will determine where plants and animals get their energy by filling in the blank of 4 statements.
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Uses of a Tree
Students identify and explore the resources we use that come from trees. For this reading comprehension lesson, students sort word cards about resources that come from trees into groups based on the type of resource.
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Source Search
Young scholars discuss the sources of items they use everyday. In this social studies lesson, students sort pictures of items used everyday by their source. Young scholars participate in a source relay.
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Ways We Use Trees
Students use the Internet to find the ways we use trees. For this tree lesson, students make a list of the uses of trees and find magazine pictures that show these uses to make a collage. They read The Giving Tree by Shel...
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What Do We Use From the Rainforest?
Learners identify items we use from the rainforest. In this earth science lesson, students recall prior facts about the rainforest and list items we use from the rainforest. Learners create "Rainforest Cookies" using ingredients that...
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Food and You
Students examine the types of foods they eat. They describe the different components and resources that go into making their favorite foods. They also compare the resources going into different foods and identify ones which are more...
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Digestion
Digestion is an amazing and complicated process that provides humans with the energy they need to survive. Lesson six in this series on the science of food uses sliced turkey and a meat tenderizer to demonstrate how enzymes help break...
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Yeasts and Molds: Food Science, Bacteria, Fungi
In this lesson plan students will consider the characteristics and nature of yeast and molds in order to help them understand how these microorganisms affect food production.
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What Are Some Different Food Chains?
In this food chains worksheet, students compare and contrast examples of food chains in aquatic and terrestrial habitats. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Apple Facts - Student Created Bulletin Board
Students research the health benefits of apples and create a bulletin board showing the scientific facts they find.
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Food Model Mobiles
Students create mobiles that represent a day's intake or other criterion, such as healthy snacks, Milk Group foods, breakfast foods, etc.
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Food Chain Poster Instructions
In this food chain worksheet, students follow a set of 9 steps to create a food chain poster. Page has no additional activities.
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Food: Unusual Dishes From Around the World
Students access a variety of unique food from around the world themed websites. They locate information about foods that Americans might find strange like monkey brains, insects and snakes. They view recipes and photographs.