Texas Heart Institute
Nutrition: How Do I Choose the Right Foods?
Young learners discuss how to practice healthy eating habits and the body's need for energy through discussion and exploration of the MyPlate system.
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Food Pyramid Relay Race
Students explore healthy eating habits by conducting a physical food challenge. In this food pyramid lesson, students identify the main concepts behind the food pyramid and what choices they should be making with their food intake....
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Flower Pot Salad Bar
Students discuss the connection between a flower pot and wholesome food by creating a salad. In this healthy eating lesson, students utilize numerous fresh vegetables to create a classic salad in a flower pot. Students write the steps...
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À Votre Sant?: A French-Language Unit on Nutrition
Students discover the basic nutritional information for different foods. For this nutrition lesson students classify items, identify what a balanced diet is and determine what recipes are healthy.
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Food Math
Students brainstorm healthy food choices. In this health science lesson, students calculate how much of each food group they need daily. They plan a menu based on the "MyPyramid for Kids" food guide.
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What Are Calories?
Students examine calories for the human body. In this calorie lesson, students explore the energy expenditures needed for different types of activities and how many calories are needed to support daily functions.
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Goal Setting
Students understand how they can incorporate dietary guidelines in their daily life. For this investigative lesson students set dietary goals and incorporate an activity to learn how to create a new seed variety while studying dispersal...
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Super Size Me Video Questions
If you are planning on showing the movie Super Size Me in your health or biology class, this is a resource you will not want to overlook! Thirty-one questions keep viewers gleaning facts, and then seven more questions help them to apply...
Serendip
Vitamins and Health – Why Experts Disagree
Should people take vitamins or get the needed minerals through diet? Experts disagree based on many different factors. Scholars compare study findings and discuss the differences. They learn the importance of comparing results across...
Baylor College
Your Nutrition Needs
It takes some work to ensure you have a balanced diet, but once you know the types of foods that are good for you, it becomes second nature. In the sixth of seven lessons about energy and nutrition, learners create a healthy eating plan...
BioEd Online
Serving Sizes
When it comes to eating a balanced diet, portion control is paramount, but what is the difference between the serving size on the nutrition facts label and a portion as determined by the USDA? In a comprehensive look at portion control,...
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Nutrition
Seventh graders describe the healthy choices about food. In this nutrition lesson, 7th graders use the food pyramid to help them in making nutritious choices. Students discuss their diet and talk about how it can be improved.
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Body Systems
Students view a video, they summarize the function or job of each body system. They are asked why is it important that athletes in training or a person who wants to tone muscles or stay healthy should comprehend how the systems could...
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How Do Foods Help Our Bodies
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....
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Food Pyramid Menu
Students analyze the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, students evaluate their nutritional needs. Students record their eating habits and determine if their food choices were healthy.
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Mystery "F & V's"
Fourth graders explore agriculture by reading assigned text about produce. In this fruits and vegetables lesson, 4th graders identify the healthy benefits of consuming fresh produce and what minerals and vitamins they contain. Students...
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Label Language
Sixth graders explore healthy eating habits by identifying food labels. In this food ingredient lesson, 6th graders discuss the nutritional facts that are available on almost all foods in America and which ingredients and content is...
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Keeping Up Good Health
During a discussion on sweating with your little ones, this resource should come in handy. Little learners place a check mark next to an activity pictured on the worksheet that would induce sweating. There are seven pictures to choose...
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What Are the Food Groups?
Students discover the four main food groups by categorizing their own diet. In this healthy eating activity, students utilize a chart with pictures of food to identify which food belongs in which food group. Students discuss why eating...
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Favorite Foods
Students explore human health by reading agricultural books. In this dietary habit lesson, students discuss the foods we eat everyday and read two books about our human diets. Students identify the uses our body has for food and identify...
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Mmmm, Mmmm ... and Good
Students consider their own diets and examine an op-ed article about organically produced foods. They research alternatives to various foods for the creation of a supermarket and reflect on their own diets after keeping a food journal.
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Fast Fats: A Nutritional Analysis of America's Obsession with Fast Foods
How do you read a nutritional label? Help high schoolers practice reading nutritional labels on foods so they can calculate the calories in different types of foods. They will also examine the effects of fat on the body and the link to...
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Fit With Fiber
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...
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Teeth and Eating
Students examine pictures of different animals and decide if they eat meat and/or plants. They inspect models of pairs of upper and lower teeth and discuss which teeth are most useful for cutting grass and tearing meat.
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