Students play an agronomy game. In this agriculture lesson plan, students explore modern farming practices pertaining to the cultivation of grains as they play a game that requires them to act as agronomy specialist as they...

Sixth graders investigate the nutritional value of different types of cereal. They take a survey of students that ate breakfast and create a circle graph with the results. Students examine the nutritional information on the sides of the...

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...

Fourth graders discover facts about rice and how it is farmed. For this rice research lesson, 4th graders investigate how much rice is eaten in the United States compared to other countries. Students research countries and graph the...

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

First graders investigate rice farming  by creating an art project.  In this agriculture instructional activity, 1st graders read about the path rice takes from a mill to your plate.  Students utilize a  piece of...

Fourth graders read a poem about rice and identify its importance around the world. For this rice lesson, 4th graders read about the role of rice in various nutritional sectors around the world. Students complete two word problems about...

With a creative premise involving a basketball competition, this game could be used to review basic science, grammar and math concepts in a fourth or fifth grade classroom. It is a fun idea, and a motivating way to review information....

Sixth graders investigate ways rice is sold by creating a chart of the different rice foods. In this economics lesson, 6th graders examine their local food store and list at least 10 rice by-products in a class chart. Students discover...

Students examine the major food groups. In this classifying foods lesson, students discover the 5 food groups as they read books and play games. Students then sort foods into the appropriate food groups

Learners read, write about, and cook with rice in this home economics lesson. They reflect on the experience eating rice at home or in other ethnic foods.

Students explore the corn crop. For this farming lesson, students identify which states are in the corn belt and read about the history of corn, its uses and its development and growth. Students dissect a corn kernel. Students discuss...

Fourth graders investigate the concepts of looking at sets of data. The focus of the study is upon the local weather of Utah. They study the weather found in the city and in the country and make comparisons based upon geographical location.

Students explore healthy food choices. For this science lesson, students identify food groups and discuss the amount of food they should eat from each group. Students create PyramindPal cartoons.

Learners view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...

Second graders investigate the agricultural process of rice farming by creating a rice stationary item.  In this farming instructional activity, 2nd graders read about rice plants and the techniques used to harvest the edible plant....

In this molecules worksheet, students read a 1 page article on molecules and then answer 10 true or false, multiple choice, short answer and/or fill in the blank questions referring to the article.

4th-5th graders will compete in a game similar to Jeopardy in which they answer questions from a variety of subject areas including science, language, and math. The questions are based on an extremely wide variety of topics, so would be...

Discuss the suffix "cide." Have students name words having this suffix (homicide, suicide, genocide). Ask students what all these words have in common. Then ask students to define the word "pesticide." (Pesticides control organisms that...

Learners examine protein, what it is and how it functions in the body.  In this protein instructional activity students study the food pyramid, what a protein is and what it does. 

Students explain the importance of zinc, iron and protein. In this biology lesson, students create a brochure containing information about the three nutrients. They share their brochure in class.

Spanish content. Describes the parts of a whole grain of one the world's cereal crops.