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Good Foods to Have on Hand

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students consider the type of foods that should stock a pantry. In this nutrition activity, students complete worksheet activities regarding stocking the pantry and preparing one-dish meals.
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3-Every-Day of Dairyfor Stronger Bones

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students respond to a poll by actively moving in response to prompts. In this dairy nutrition lesson, students write sentences in groups using vocabulary words from a word list. Students discuss physical activity and how calcium improves...
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Mmmmm, I'm Good! But Am I Good For You?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore the nutritional value of the potato, its role in the food pyramid, and how it can be a part of a balanced diet. In this potato nutrition lesson, students read about the nutritional value of potatoes. Young scholars...
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The Day an Egg Solved the Mystery of the Cell

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment comparing human cells to chicken cells. In this cells lesson plan, students conduct an experiment to see how nutrition moves through cells and how to better take care of their bodies.
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What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the concept of nutrition.  In this nutrition instructional activity, students identify the benefit of eggs as a nutritional meal or snack.  Learners also discover how to prepare easy meals or snacks using...
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Work Sheet 2 - Just A Spoonful Of Sugar

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this nutritional values worksheet, students complete a chart that requires them to identify the spoons of sugar in found in the servings of 17 products.
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Building Blocks and Healthy Snacks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete several activities to study healthy snacks. In this healthy diet lesson, students sing a song about healthy snacks. Students then make a list of the healthy snacks in the song and vote for their favorite.  Students...
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Caille The Caterpillar

For Teachers K
Students investigate the six groups of the food pyramid. In this food pyramid activity, students work in a group to find a pictures of their assigned food group. They put the pictures in the "caterpillars" mouth which is based on the...
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My New Food

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create new fruits and vegetables and describe their health benefits. For this nutrition lesson, students work as a class to produce a new fruit or vegetable, make it using modeling clay, and describe the...
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Super Star Nutrition for Kids

For Students 3rd
In this nutrition activity, 3rd graders study food labels and label fruits and vegetables.  Students respond to 2 short answer questions and complete 26 fill in the blank questions writing the name of a fruit or vegetable that...
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Feeding the World

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students participate in a Socratic discussion about world hunger. In this world hunger lesson, students review the Socratic discussion method and use it to discuss an initiative to reduce world hunger. Students answer discussion...
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Name That Cheese!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners explore a variety of cheese. In this cheese lesson plan, students sample 4 different cheeses produced from cow's milk and recorded their observations about the cheeses prior to identifying them.
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5 A Day

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore written music.  In this cross-curriculum health and music lesson, students sing a "5 a Day" song about fruits and vegetables.  Students clap a steady rhythm and identify written quarter notes in a 4/4 time...
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Introducing My Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore MyPyramid.  In this nutrition lesson, students compare and contrast MyPyramid, the new food guide from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with the Food Guide Pyramid.  Learners discuss the importance of...
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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 plan, students identify foods in the fruit and vegetable groups. Students complete several activities to learn the benefits and...
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Engineering and the Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore nutrition. For this nutrition lesson, students discuss a person's sense of taste and how it is different for each person. Students discuss favorite foods and how they relate to nutrition. Students cut out pictures of...
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The Food Pyramid

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the food pyramid and photograph food choices from their school to create a healthy meal guide. In this food choices lesson, 4th graders study the food pyramid, photograph healthy food choices at their cafeteria, and...
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Food Rainbow

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students taste the colors of the rainbow. In this nutrition activity, students match fruits to rainbow colors, prepare rainbow salad, and taste rainbow salad.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of good nutrition. In this The Very Hungry Caterpillar lesson, students read the Eric Carle Story and make a nutritious treat with healthy foods.
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Food Groups

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson plan, students discuss the food pyramid and identify foods that belong in each category.
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Nutrition

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate the Food Pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, 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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Money Management-Grocery Shopping for a Family Profile

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate a family profile and design a menu plan. In this consumer science lesson, students plan and prepare a weekly menu based on a family profile.
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Health and Growth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the five food groups and categorize healthy and unhealthy foods on a chart. Young scholars develop their own menus.
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My Pyramid

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this food pyramid worksheet, learners fill in the 5 boxes at the bottom of the food pyramid and draw or color foods within the 5 food pyramid areas.