Establish healthy eating habits with a lesson focused around MyPlate's food recommendations and the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. Through class discussion and worksheet completion, scholars discuss the best choices of foods...

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...

Students share their personal experience in shopping for whole grains. In this adult health lesson, students explain the different ways to cook them. They discuss how they can incorporate whole grains in their meals

Students share their shopping experience with the new WIC whole grain check. In this adult health activity, students explain the proper way to prepare whole grains. They watch a cooking demo on a new recipe and implement it at home.

Students investigate the nutritional value of foods. In this scavenger hunt instructional activity, students compare various foods using food labels to determine their calories, fat, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, and protein. There is a...

Students take their pulse rates. In this graphing lesson plan, students take their pulse rates and graph them. Students do various physical activities and graph the differences in their pulse rates.

Students examine the steps and safety procedures in the cheese making process. They make and taste a variety of cheeses comparing their properties.

Fifth graders participate in a class auction to determine their values. In this health and math lesson, 5th graders list the top ten most important things in their lives, then the teacher introduces the idea of a values auction. Students...

Young scholars show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. For this food pyramid power lesson, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling...

Third graders complete two handouts. In this healthy beverages instructional activity, 3rd graders compare whole, two percent and skim milks. Students use labels to help choose healthy beverages. Students complete an "All About Milk" and...

Students practice using their estimation skills by utilizing apples.  In this percentage lesson plan, students utilize a scale and an apple to discover the percentage of each bite they take.  Students share their data with the...

Students explore air pollution. For this ecology lesson, students participate in an experiment in which 5 numbered jar lids are placed outside. Students bring one lid a day in until all jars are inside. Dirt specks are counted, observed,...

Students examine how the food pyramid is an important nutritional tool. They classify foods and compare the number of servings per group that are necessary for maintaining good health by placing empty food containers in grocery bags.

Students study fats as a necessary part of a balanced diet. They match foods with visuals showing the amount of fats in each. They compare lunches and how substitutions of various foods can effect the fat content of each meal.

Students complete a unit with cross-curricular activities to learn about a healthy body and maintaining their health. For this health lesson, students complete 8 lessons to learn about good health, a healthy diet, healthy foods, healthy...

Fourth graders watch a video and find the circumference of a pumpkin. In this circumference lesson plan, 4th graders watch a video to help them find the circumference of their pumpkins. Students define the word circumference on their...

Third graders study the human body. For this health lesson, 3rd graders discuss that everyone's body is growing, measure body parts using a tape measure, and color the body worksheet.

Young scholars examine and calculate the percentage of potable water remaining on the earth. In this ecology and geography lesson, students brainstorm the main factors affecting water distribution. Young scholars use mathematical problem...

Learners discover the inequality of food distribution.  In the hunger lesson, students discuss how some places and people do not get the food they need to survive. Learners role play distributing pretend meals to people (of unequal...

A basic lesson on sorting awaits your charges. They sort a variety of foods while using the food pyramid, and identify the role of the food guide pyramid in helping people eat a healthy diet. Learners use an internet tool to apply their...

Students explore how ice cream is made in a factory and at home. They help make ice cream in the classroom. They measure out the ingredients. Students share the ice cream when it is done.

Pupils investigate the ingredients and creation of chewing gum.  In this scientific method lesson, students make predictions about what will happen to the mass of a piece of gum as it is chewed by a human.  Pupils graph the...

First graders explore healthy and unhealthy sleeping habits. They make a class graph of the total number of hours students, as a class, sleep for the week.