Discuss helping with the family grocery shopping. View a teacher drawn map of a grocery store and discuss where the breads, meats, and dairy products are located. Practice categorizing foods as breads and cereals, fruits, vegetables,...

Fourth graders investigate how cereal is produced. For this agricultural lesson, 4th graders discuss where ingredients in cereal come from. Students use picture cards to identify the steps in producing cereal.

Students explore the bread, cereal, grain food group on the Food Guide Pyramid. They test recipes for quick breads which are high in carbohydrates and determine the purpose of each of the ingredients in pancakes or waffles.

People associate calories with food, but what is a calorie? Young scientists measure the number of calories in samples of food to better understand the concept. They test a variety of samples, take measurements, and compare their results...

Gather up a variety of foods made from grains. Cereal, oats, pasta, rice, breads, cookies, crackers, to name a few. Put them in plastic containers or plastic bags. Then do a show-and-tell type demonstration and present all the types of...

Students read and discuss origin of cereal, use pieces of cereal made from grains grown in Oklahoma to play counting game, name their favorite breakfast cereal, guess which grains are used to make their favorite cereals, and read...

Students watch the teacher demonstrate following the biscuit recipe. They follow the recipe themselves and prepare bread sticks and cinnamon rolls. While their breads are cooking, students work the provided crossword puzzle.

In this daily routines worksheet, students read paragraphs telling about two peoples days, likes, and dislikes. They work in partners to ask and answer twenty-four comprehension questions about each section.

In this health and diet worksheet, students answer eight true or false questions about wheat. They also list three hands-on activities for their school projects. answers to the true or false are provided.

Students examine the connection between the foods on the food pyramid and agricultural products. They identify the food groups, discuss foods from each group, complete two handouts, and construct a desktop food pyramid, placing foods in...

Fifth graders practice reading food labels to find nutrients in foods. In this health lesson, 5th graders read food labels and discuss the recommended daily allowance of each nutrient. They compare this to the food pyramid and create a...

If possible, acquire a handful of wheat kernels from a local farmer or seed dealer. Hand them out so students can feel them and see what they look like. Share background information. 2. Draw a wheat kernel on the chalkboard, or use the...

Students discuss how wheat is important to our everyday lives, from food to insulation, focusing on how wheat grains are processed into food items. Students then create a comic strip of the steps of processing grain to demonstrate...

Middle schoolers identify ways to contribute to their community. For this philanthropy lesson, students examine hunger facts and figures. They identify ways hunger, poverty and issues of poor health might be addressed. Middle...

Students figure out the nutritional values of foods to explain the nature of a healthy diet by looking at fast food nutrition pamphlets and calculating the values of foods then comparing them to the food pyramid.

Students listen to a story about a goat who craves human food. They discover the four basic food groups and discuss what they might eat if they were terrible eaters. Students retell the story by looking at the pictures. They complete...

In this living environment worksheet, young scholars complete a crossword puzzle given 34 clues about the various species in the environment that produce, consume and decompose. Topics also include photosynthesis, respiration, glucose,...

Ninth graders examine the structure and function of biomolecules. In this food molecule lesson, 9th graders will examine various  types of biomolecules such as  carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. They will...

Students examine the basics of starch and how it is used in food. For this photosynthesis lesson students experiment with variables that affect starch production in photosynthesis.

Fifth graders review the Food Pyramid. They examine several breakfast cereal labels and determine how much sugar is in each. They discuss these amounts and whether or not they are surprised by the results. They discuss the amount of...

Students identify the advantages of a healthy diet and exercise plan. In this health lesson plan, students bring in labels of different food products and calculate the amount of calories each serving is. Students keep a food diary to...

Students explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits lesson, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Students utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc bags...

Students investigate the specific elements found in food that keep us healthy.  In this healthy eating lesson, students identify proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins as part of a healthy diet when consumed in moderation....

Students identify the nutritional value of various cereal grains. Without adding sugar, they cook with grains and compare the taste to cereal containing sugar. In addition, students complete worksheets about the different grains,...