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Nutrition Label Scavenger Hunt
Students discover how to read nutrition labels. In this nutrition lesson, students review important vocabulary words, such as "sodium" and "calories." Students practice reading labels from various containers of food and participate in a...
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The Digestive Dance
Young scholars read food labels to compare healthy verses non healthy food and then use diagrams to create a poster of the digestive system. In this food lesson plan, students move the food down the digestive track along the digestive...
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Getting the Most Nutrition from Your Food
Healthy eating is a habit that one can never start too early. Learners in grades five through seven, work through a series of activities and informational reading to understand how to make good food choices. You'll find a full...
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Energy Plus!
This lesson seems pretty advanced for K-2nd graders, but there are some pieces that can be used with young learners. Look through this comprehensive, fact-filled lesson and pull out information and activities that you can adapt to fit...
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Label Language
Students practice reading food labels. In this nutrition activity, students bring in examples of food labels and practice identifying the nutrients in each of the foods. Students determine what changes should be done to the food label to...
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The Human Body
Explore the human body through hands-on activities. Young learners will trace their bodies and place cut out body organs in the proper place, print patterns using cut fruit, sing songs about good nutrition, and use their five senses...
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What's on My Plate?
Kids work together in groups to discuss and understand the differences between a typical diet and a healthy one. They use the My Plate recommendations to compare what they eat with what they should be eating according to the MyPlate...
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Understanding MyPlate
Sixth graders recognize how using the food pyramid can add to their good health practices. In this food pyramid lesson, 6th graders build a 3-D food pyramid illustrating the desired amount of each food group.
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Bugs
Students explore the wonders of bugs. In this bug instructional activity, students examine various types of bugs. Students make crafts, sing songs, discuss nutrition, and investigate different types of insects.
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Life Cycle Of Painted Lady Butterflies
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the inspiration for this project-based learning activity. Kindergartners create a lifecycle chart for a butterfly with four sections: egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly. It is a three-dimensional...