Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Home Living / Daily Living: Labels on Food Products

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Everybody needs to know how to make healthy choices when it comes to food. Understanding food labels is the first step. Using empty food packaging, you'll discuss what food labels are, what information can be found on them, and how to...
Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Student Store

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Vocational training activities are extremely important for learners with intellectual or physical disabilities. Here is a great idea that will help your class become skilled at money handling, basic economic concepts, interpersonal...
Printables
Do2Learn

Food Picture Cards

For Students K - 12th
What's your favorite food? A helpful set of picture cards present 24 images of delicious foods, as well as their names, for learners to review.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food Chains and Food Webs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate food chains. For this living environment lesson, 4th graders begin to understand the interdependence of organisms. Students describe the connections organisms have to the ecosystem. Students research online,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pesticide Watch Card

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine human health by identifying dangerous pesticides. For this agriculture lesson, students research the food production system in the United States and discuss dangers such as pesticides, chemicals and insecticides which...
Interactive
Khan Academy

Challenge: My Favorite Foods

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Create a list of your favorite foods while you practice writing text in JavaScript. Use fill, textSize, and text functions. This is a quick activity that helps solidify basic skills. Expand with additional challenges...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food Pyramid Mobile

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the food pyramid. In this diet activity, 3rd graders discuss healthy foods, food servings, and food groups. Students cut out a few pictures from magazines representing each food group and create a...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Cat Food

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Determine the right mix of cans of cat food. The resource consists of an assessment task to determine the cost to feed two cats for a specific number of days and requires scholars to interpret remainders within a context....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prairie Food Chains & Webs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students complete a food chain. For this ecosystem lesson, students learn about producers, consumers and decomposers. Students identify herbivores, carnivores and omnivores and complete two worksheets.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Countries, Food and Culture

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore food production by researching culinary culture on the Internet. For this global food lesson, 3rd graders read assigned text about the different dietary habits of foreign cultures based upon their environment....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Home Living / Daily Living : Foods with Vitamins and Minerals

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Bridge the gap between health and food for your special needs class. Through discussion and handouts, they will be introduced to the basics regarding the vitamins and minerals we get from eating healthy foods. They work to identify...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ASL Lesson 7

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
A series of food-related sentences and words are the focus of this practical and straight-forward lesson. With a 70 minute video lecture and ASL demo, this resource features images and clips of very useful ASL vocabulary words. While it...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Countries, Food, and Culture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine foods from other countries. In this multicultural lesson, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton Soup would be...
Activity
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Baylor College

Food: The Math Link

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Enrich your study of food science with with these math worksheets. They offer a variety of food-related word problems that are great practice for multiplying, identifying fractions, estimating length, and performing calculations...
Worksheet
US Department of Agriculture

George Washington Carver Coloring and Activity Book

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Learn about the interesting life of George Washington Carver and his many accomplishments with this series of worksheets for primary grade learners. From coloring pages and word searches, to non-fiction reading passages and math skills...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Green Food Graph

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore graph making by investigating St. Patrick's day food. In this holiday food lesson, students discuss their favorite green foods in honor of St. Patrick's day. Students create a graph based on the data of which green foods...
Handout
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University of California

Student Workbook: Reading Comprehension

For Students 5th - 10th
Teach your class five reading strategies to help them with reading informational texts and literary texts. This packet, designed to help learners prepare for the CAHSEE, provides specific strategies that could be used to help prepare for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Five Food Group Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice naming and categorizing foods by playing Five Food Group Bingo.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Snack Smart Move More

For Teachers K - 5th
Show your kids that staying healthy is the smart choice! They examine nutrition, healthy snacks, and the importance of staying active in a several-part lesson plan. There are different ideas for older and younger students here, and you...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Eat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read "Staying Healthy: Eating Right" by Alice B. McGinty and discuss prior knowledge of food groups and nutrition. They sort foods into food groups and play a board game about types of foods.
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Mid-Unit Assessment: Draft of Position Paper

For Teachers 8th Standards
What is the purpose of an introduction and conclusion? Using the resource, scholars review the model position paper from activity one and discuss the author's choices. Next, they draft their position papers' introductory and concluding...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adding & Subtracting (Combining) Integers

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Maintain a positive atmosphere in your math class with this fun lesson on adding and subtracting integers. After first explaining the rules for combining positive and negative numbers, this resource uses a comic strip...
Lesson Plan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Understanding the Epidemiologic Triangle through Infectious Disease

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Introduce infectious diseases and the epidemiologic triangle. A helpful resource describes the agent, host, and environment from the three vertices as well as the time factor, which is in the middle. Scholars complete a simple...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Today is Monday Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice the days of the week. In this week lesson plan, students listen to the story "Today is Monday" and discuss what food matches with each day of the week. The students put food cards out to match the story and draw these...