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Food Guide Pyramid

For Students 6th - 8th
In this health worksheet, students read and compare the different food groups and analyze the number of servings recommended for each.
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Calorie Countdown

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify the advantages of a healthy diet and exercise plan. For this health lesson, students bring in labels of different food products and calculate the amount of calories each serving is. Students keep a food diary to keep...
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Read the Label

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read the Nutrition Fact labels to make healthy choices. In this health lesson, students look at labels to identify fat content, protein, carbohydrates, and serving size. They play games with different labels such as Narrow It...
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Beef Is Good For You

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss as a class the need for a healthy diet. They bring in a food product and analyze the nutrition label. Using the labels, they complete a worksheet and chart the nutrients found in beef. They use a scale to see how...
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Global Literature: Nectar In A Sieve

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a persuasive essay explaining how religion and/or spirituality serves as both a guide and a source of conflict for both an individual and their culture. They develop a definition for the terms spiritual and religious...
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Smart Snacking

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students define what a snack is in their own words. For this adult health lesson, students discuss the benefits of eating healthy snacks. They give examples of new healthy foods then can serve for snacks.
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Menu Math

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students follow the food pyramid to create a daily food budget. They research food prices online or in newspapers. They graph the amount of each food group included in their menus. They can also create a weekly food menu based on a fixed...
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Calories, Energy for Exercise and Life

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate the number of calories they need daily and examine the impact of exercise on their caloric needs. They then determine if their daily caloric intake meets or exceeds their daily need.
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The Birth of a City

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives. They research the basic structure of the United States government. They participate in a simulated City Council meeting.
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Understanding MyPyramid

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate serving sizes. In this serving size lesson plan, 5th graders study the food pyramid paying special attention to proper serving sizes of food. Resources are provided.
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Plants of the Past

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore ecosystems by examining plants of the past. They discuss ways in which we interact with plants in our daily lives. Students discuss the role plants play in providing food for animals and the significance they had...
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Worksheet
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3rd Grade Math Review #2

For Students 3rd
In this math review worksheet, 3rd graders respond to 6 questions that serve as a review of geometry, money value, and place value.
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Nutrients

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss whether they ate breakfast and if so, did their breakfast contain all that their body needs until lunch time. They talk about the definition of nutrients and that every part of their body needs water. They also...
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Mathematics Through Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plan a meal including shopping, preparing and meal and serving it. They become aware of different foods from different ethnic backgrounds and describe the displays in the store and why the items are displayed as they are.
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Improving Literacy in the Biology Classroom via Genetic Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read, write and reflect on Science articles, this approach will promote both literacy and critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills learned in the science classroom from these activities will impact students in many...
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Beginning Your Journal

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners develop a deeper awareness of the use of journals and gather inspiration to begin their journal from their graphic time lines. They explore, ponder, test and illustrate self-expression through daily journal writing. Each student...
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Organizer
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The Five Food Groups

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this food groups worksheet, students use the colorful 7 day diary to color a star for each food group eaten each day. Students do not record how many servings from each group, just that they have eaten a food from it.
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Worksheet
Fuel the Brain

Fractions

For Students 3rd - 4th
Using problem stories that are meant for St. Patrick's day, your class will determine what fraction of shamrocks had four leaves and what fraction of pistachio pudding remains after people have been served.
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Eat And Run

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars experience the dilemma deer face when they must browse for many hours daily yet also be on the alert for danger. They browse like deer, and demonstrate how deer react when danger appears.
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Menu Madness

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils determine the nutritional values of fast foods. Then they make comparisons of their results and present their findings to the class. They compare the nutritional values of fast foods based on information provided on menus.
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Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam A Study of the Vietnam Era

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine letters that US service people wrote to their family and friends while they served in Vietnam. They examine the daily hardships and the role of medical personnel and helicopters. They write letters in response to those...
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Understanding Food Labels

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students determine the number of calories, serving size, and vitamins and minerals in different food products and use this information to create a formula determining the number of calories per serving size and the daily percentages of...
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Healthy School Challenge Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this healthy diet worksheet, students complete a chart, filling in school name and month served, then completing food and portion sizes served at school each day for given categories.
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Life in a Cup

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make and maintain a mini terrarium. They keep a daily journal of what happens in their terrarium and record daily observations and measurements.