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The Healthy Train
This presentation gives the lyrics for the song, "The Healthy Train." The song goes to the melody of the classic "The Wheels on the Bus" song. It's a clever song, in that the lyrics cover all of the basic food groups found in the food...
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Pickles
Young learners compare healthy foods to junk foods. They examine the growing process of a vegetable from a seed all the way to maturity. The book, The Magic School Bus in a Pickle is used. Some nice cross-curricular activities in math,...
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Healthy Living:
Learners are able to recognize a wide variety of fruit and have a greater understanding as to the importance of fruit in their diet and that some fruits skin are edible and others are not.
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Mini Meals
Learners discuss what makes a healthy and balanced meal, and then they make them out of clay. They use hand building techniques, radial design, and their knowledge of healthy foods to create unique mini-sized meals for a wall display.
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You Are What You Eat
Young scholars identify healthy food choices from the food groups on the USDA food pyramid. In this nutrition and health lesson, students identify and name examples of each food group displayed on the food pyramid. Young...
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Teaching Kids About Healthy Foods: Snacks Alternatives
Young scholars inspect human health by participating in a class game. In this nutrition lesson, students examine an interactive food pyramid and discuss the healthy alternatives to their typical diets. Young scholars complete a flash...
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You Are What You Eat
Students evaluate their eating habits, focusing on the ways in which one assesses whether or not his or her diet is nutritious. They work in small groups to design a menu for a healthy lunch and write a paragraph justifying their choices.
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Food Pyramid
Third graders examine healthy eating habits by identifying the food pyramid. In this personal health lesson, 3rd graders discuss their own eating habits and how there should be a variety of foods in all diets. Students...
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Food Math
Fourth graders explore healthy habits by completing caloric measurement activities. In this food choice lesson, 4th graders discuss what types of foods give you protein or fat and utilize a food chart to measure caloric intake. Students...
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Weekly Food Intake
In this diet activity, learners record their weekly intake of both healthy foods and snack foods. Students draw the food they've eaten in the specific box that represents how often they eat that food.
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Snack Smart Move More
Show your kids that staying healthy is the smart choice! They examine nutrition, healthy snacks, and the importance of staying active in a several-part lesson plan. There are different ideas for older and younger students here, and you...
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Calorie Countdown
Fourth graders explore human health by identifying calories in food items. In this healthy eating habits lesson, 4th graders view the USDA food pyramid on the Internet and identify the choices they should be making each day. Students...
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Indian Corn
First graders demonstrate that eating combinations of food is very healthy. They discover that foods we eat today are similar to the foods the Pilgrims ate by categorizing the foods on poster board paper.
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Mystery "F & V's"
Fourth graders explore agriculture by reading assigned text about produce. For 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 instructional activity, 6th graders discuss the nutritional facts that are available on almost all foods in America and which ingredients and...
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Food Snap
In this healthy diet worksheet, students cut out the pictures of food and food terms. Students use the cards to play a game of snap or concentration.
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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 lesson, students utilize a chart with pictures of food to identify which food belongs in which food group. Students discuss...
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Favorite Drink
In this favorite food instructional activity, 1st graders study the various images of healthy and unhealthy drink options. Students circle the image of their favorite drink.
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Nutrition: Why do we need rice in our diet?
Second graders discover what the Food Guide Pyramid represents. In this health lesson, 2nd graders experience the types of foods represented in each of the groups found in the pyramid. As part of this lesson, students discover one food...
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Vitamin D and Me
Young scholars create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. In this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, young scholars will...
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Plate and Planet
Students investigate the health hazards of modern agriculture and how we can choose better food options. In this healthy eating lesson, students identify different indigenous people in photographs and discuss what they might eat....
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Healthy Colon with Good Digestion and Fiber
Sixth graders learn about the colon and what it does. In this lesson about digestion and the colon, 6th graders analyze what this organ's job is. Students complete four activities where they explore the importance of fiber, the makeup of...
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Food Chain Game
Students explore animal characteristics by participating in a role-play activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss the order of life and how animals must eat other animals to survive. Students conduct a food chain game in...
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Broccoli
Students use the topic of broccoli to learn about a healthy diet as well as the notations in music. In this music lesson, students are introduced to music style and content. Students create their own rhythm pattern and write a rap about...
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