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Food Pyramid Relay Race

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore healthy eating habits by conducting a physical food challenge. In this food pyramid lesson, students identify the main concepts behind the food pyramid and what choices they should be making with their food intake....
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What Am I Missing?

For Teachers K - 8th
Discuss nutrition and identify components of a healthy diet, view a Food Guide Pyramid, and create a Personal Food Pyramid, listing all foods eaten in the past 24 hours. Compare food lists with the standard Food Guide and determine where...
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Introduction to the Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 5th
Students review information on the food pyramid, either in printed works or on the Internet, to research healthy eating habits.
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Food Chain Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore animal characteristics by participating in a role-play activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss the order of life and how animals must eat other animals to survive. Students conduct a food chain game in...
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Good Health from the Ground Up

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine healthy food choices and the benefits of growing their own food for consumption. They read the story "Favorite Things" and illustrate 5 favorite things. Students discuss types of foods that are healthy choices and why it...
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Favorite Foods

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore human health by completing food choice worksheets. For this world hunger lesson, students discuss the importance of eating three daily meals and how to feed the underprivileged through charities and soup kitchens....
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Favorite Foods

For Teachers K
Students explore human health by reading agricultural books. In this dietary habit instructional activity, students discuss the foods we eat everyday and read two books about our human diets. Students identify the uses our body has for...
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What Are the Food Groups?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discover the four main food groups by categorizing their own diet.  In this healthy eating lesson, students utilize a chart with pictures of food to identify which food belongs in which food group.  Students discuss...
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Pecans

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore human health by creating a food dish in class. For this nuts lesson, students discuss pecans and identify the benefits of eating nuts and vegetables. Learners prepare a dish for their classmates...
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Gifts from the Sea

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the oceanic food chain.  In this healthy eating lesson, student investigate the fish we eat and the food the fish eat.  Students discover what ocean animals eat seaweed and what everyday foods we eat that also...
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Cereals

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars watch television commercials, then analyze the nutritional value of the cereals. In this health and nutrition instructional activity, the teacher shows students several cereal commercials, then the young scholars describe...
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Five a Day Reporter

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students evaluate human health by completing a class nutrition activity. In this food choice lesson, students read the book Five a Day Reporter and discuss the importance of balanced meals every day of the week. Students view an...
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Nutrition

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate the Food Pyramid. In this nutrition lesson plan, students list the food groups and identify several foods from each food group. Students complete a blank food pyramid worksheet as an assessment.
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Fruits and Veggies: More Matters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the importance of having fruits and vegetables within their diet. In this healthy diet lesson, students identify foods in the fruit and vegetable groups. Students complete several activities to learn the benefits and...
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Promoting Daily Fitness; Mini Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students evaluate human health by completing an interactive activity on the Internet. In this food choice lesson, students identify a list of foods which can make you unhealthy and sick compared to a list of nutritional ingredients....
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The Five Food Groups

For Teachers K
Students explore the five food groups as well as the specific foods found in each of these groups.
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Amazing Grazing: Keeping Our Ecosystem Running

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover the value of sustainability within our ecosystem. In this ecological lesson, students discuss the importance of a food cycle in our society, and how humans can improve the conservation of a healthy ecosystem. Eventually...
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California Strawberries

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the nutrients of strawberries and compare them to other foods. In this strawberries lesson plan, students study the healthy strawberries and compare and contrast them to other foods that are not as healthy.
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Build a Burger

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students read about hamburgers and analyze a healthy diet as well as the importance of nutrition. In this nutrition education instructional activity, students read the background information about hamburgers and their nutrition facts....
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Lesson 3: Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fruits and vegetables.  In this nutrition instructional activity, students generate a list of all known fruits and vegetables.  Students cut out and compile pages for a weekly fruits and vegetable...
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Tzedakah: How Can We Help?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars define what constitutes a nutritious meal, the price of a healthy meal, and understand that some people can't afford healthy meals. In this healthy meals lesson plan, students estimate and research the cost of a nutritious...
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Tzedakah: How Can We Help?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify nutritious meals and the prices of a healthy meal. In this nutritious meals lesson, students work in small groups and plan a menu for a nutritious meal. Students figure the total cost of the meal and collect money to...
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The Human Organism

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify their feelings and learn constructive ways of handling conflict. In this human mental health lesson, students identify their feelings, learn how to tell others about their feelings, and learn how to resolve conflict....
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A Teeth Changing Experience

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health lesson, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Students read the book A Teeth Changing Experience...

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