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Health Wheel Self-Care Plan For Diabetics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a health wheel outlining an integrated daily living plan for people with diabetes. Using various resources and experiments, students a personalized system for maintaining a healthy lifestyle as a diabetic, including...
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Picture Perfect Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the concept of the food pyramid. The lesson includes background information for the teacher to lecture students about the food pyramid. They construct a model of the pyramid using cereal boxes. The projects could...
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Nutrition

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a video incorporating clay animation and skits. Using their video creation, students explain and explore the five basic food groups, nutrition news, nutrients, benefits and food examples. They maintain a food journal,...
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Nutrition Decision

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students act as decision makers and research and determine the nutritional needs of young children, teenagers, and adults. They compile their findings in a nutrition portfolio. Class groups assume the role of hospital dietician and plan...
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Read That Label!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore reading nutritional labels and making good food choices through simulation. They prepare and design a label for a product. In addition, they create packaging and advertising to ensure access to the population.
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My Personal Pyramid

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students complete a WebQuest that explores three different food pyramids. In small groups, they explore the websites, complete a Venn diagram, and design a mini-poster of a food pyramid that meets nutritional standards and includes their...
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Nutrients by the Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss an article on the amount of sugar in various food products. They compare the nutritional values of food products, calculate their daily intake of nutrients, analyze serving sizes, and compare/contrast their own...
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4-4-3-2 Food Counts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the quantities of those foods they must eat each day in order to have a balanced diet. They determine the quantities from each food group they need to eat for a balanced diet.
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You Are What You Eat (Grades 5-8)

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students gain an enhanced understanding of the relationship between proper nutrition and good health. Through use of video, hands-on activities and interaction, students measure energy in food, and recognize sources of vitamins and...
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Nutrition an Food: Taking Control of What You Eat

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine what they eat and how they can improve their health by changing what they eat. They research nutrition and different foods. They also examine new vocabulary words.
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Fit For Life: Eat Smart and Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the problem of obesity among teenagers. They view a video and discuss what could be done to avoid becoming overweight. They also explore the importance of exercise.
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Safe and Sanitary Work Habits - Level 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm hazards in the kitchen, and categorize them. They develop a checklist that could be used by an inspector to evaluate a home economics foods laboratory. They create a recipe while using proper lab and safety procedures.
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Food For Thought

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create an individual menu for one of their peers. They must examine their peer's activity level and family history.
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Food For Thought

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine their school population about their health and exercise patterns. They brainstorm a list of factors that influence people to eat the way they do.
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The Dragon's Tail

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a story about Little D, a baby dragon, and how he interacts with the five food groups. They color, chant, pantomime, and discuss food groups after reading the story. They also consider causes and effects as they make...
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Run for your Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, search the Internet for evidence to support the idea about a relationship between physical activities, health and well being. They create a flyer or newsletter for a campaign to recruit students to the runner's club...
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NUTRITION STATION CIRCUIT

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners learn various fitness concepts along with various basketball skills. Ten stations incorporate nutrition and basketball skills while
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HEALTHY EATING

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers devise their own scheme for encouraging healthy eating and discuss health eating. They prepare a talk for younger students from the government to promote healthy eating.
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Picky Pyramid

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students learn the food pyramid and compare their meals with suggested guidelines. Students graph their lunches, discuss the results and how their choices affect their level of energy.
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Nutrition and Health and School Gardening

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine how healthy eating contributes to a healthy body and life style. They read nutritional labels on food items. They use the Five Foods Pyramid to evaluate their own eating habits. They plan, design, and create a school...
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A Healthy Diet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine their own fast food habits and discuss the poor nutritional value of this type of food. They read nutritional labels on popular packaged foods. They analyze the risks of a diet high in fat and sodium versus a well...
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Good For You?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss nutrition and compare nutritional values of a snack product claiming health benefits with a candy product.
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The Magical Ingredient: FAT

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how the diet industry is contributing to our frustration over unwanted pounds. They identify the part fat plays in their diets and determine if they live in a food toxic environment.
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Health and growth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine ways for people to stay healthy, such as exercising and eating right.