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Fruits and Vegetables: A Nutritionally Rich Base

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine proper selection, preparation and storage techniques for a variety of fruits and vegetables. In groups, they prepare various types of salads.
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Kid Explorers Love Fruits and Vegetables!

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this nutrition worksheet, students analyze the colorful pictures of cartoon fruits and vegetables. Students put a square around all the fruits and a circle around all the vegetables.
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Fruits and Veggies More Matters: Teen Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars study the importance of increasing their fruit and vegetable consumption. In this healthy diet lesson, students study the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables based on their age, sex, and activity level. Young scholars...
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Eat A Rainbow!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition instructional activity, students identify and sort different fruits and vegetables by colors. Students list reasons why eating fruits and vegetables...
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Let's Read! Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z.

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert, and try at least one new fruit or vegetable.
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Cooking Matters

Make Your Plate a Rainbow

For Students K - 8th
Different colored foods provide various benefits to different parts of the body. For example, purple fruits and vegetables can boost your memory. The worksheet incorporates the concept of healthy eating into drawing,...
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Fruits and Veggies: More Matters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study the importance of having fruits and vegetables within their diet. In this healthy diet instructional activity, students identify foods in the fruit and vegetable groups. Young scholars complete several activities to...
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NSW Department of Education

Relationships Between Formal Measurement Units: Measure and Record Mass in Kilograms and Grams

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Teach the masses about the metric system with this hands-on measurement lesson. Given a fruit or vegetable, learners estimate, measure, and convert its mass using the metric units gram and kilogram.
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Southern Nevada Health District

Is It Fruit?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
The concept is the most valuable feature of this resource, which is designed to bring learners' attention to the nutritional labels of food items. Your class will take a closer look at the labels on bottled juice containers to determine...
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Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this fruits and vegetables worksheet, students use charts about food choices to solve problems, use logical thinking to complete a chart and find food names in a word scramble.
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Fruits and Vegetables in the Food System

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the importance of local markets. In this horticulture lesson, students examine the importance of local markets and food systems that can provide profit for growers, freshness, variety and quality.
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Captain Planet Foundation

Plant Parts Salad

For Teachers 1st
How are vegetables beneficial to a healthy diet? Have kids examine different types of vegetables, such as zucchini, broccoli, and carrots, and determine which parts of the plant they represent. Then, they taste the vegetables as a...
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Choose My Plate

MyPlate Word Search

For Students 2nd - 4th
Encourage healthy eating, cooking, and goal setting with a word search that showcases a variety of fruits and vegetables, and provides a four-step plan to eat more of them. 
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Lesson 3: Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore fruits and vegetables.  In this nutrition lesson, students generate a list of all known fruits and vegetables.  Learners cut out and compile pages for a weekly fruits and vegetable journal.  Students...
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Eating the Rainbow: At the Farmer's Market

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils share what type of fruit and vegetables they like. In this adult health activity, students explain the benefits of eating healthy foods. They discuss recipe ideas that can be done at home.
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Five-Alive: The Value of Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss importance of proper nutrition in staying healthy, examine food pyramid chart and identify different vegetables or fruits via eye gaze, and sample different vegetables or fruits at snack or lunch time.
PPT
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Healthy Eating

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A highly informative presentation focuses on healthy diets, food facts, the food pyramid, and healthy eating myths. There is a lot of great information in this PowerPoint, and a really fun interactive component. Perfect for your upper...
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What Parts of a Plant Do We Eat?

For Students 8th - 12th
Did you know that tomtoes and cucumbers are actually fruits? Biology or botany beginners read about the function of flowers and fruit and find that some food items commonly called vegetables are, by definition, also fruits! Give learners...
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Red and Green Groups

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars select fruits and vegetables from a group of items placed in a bag. For this food pyramids lesson, students focus on the fruits and vegetables. Young scholars understand the need to eat foods and vegetables.
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Importance of Fresh Vegetables and Fruits in Our Diets

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diets. In this science activity, students discuss various types of fruits and vegetables. Students play the good health=good diet game. Students discuss types of fruits and...
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Champions for Change

How Many Cups Do I Need?

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Find out by browsing through a variety of handouts and learning the recommended daily amounts of fruits and vegetables for good health. Learners will read and discuss how to visually...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Eating the Alphabet Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts instructional activity, learners read a story called Eating the Alphabet. Students use a chart to record the date that they ate different fruits and vegetables.
App
GiggleUp Kids

Happy Little Farmer

For Students Pre-K - 3rd
Pre-readers and primaries can help farmer rabbit to plant some delicious fruits and vegetables. From soil preparation and pest control, all the way to the harvest, little ones participate in the entire process!
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Kenan Fellows

How Does an Unhealthy Diet Influence our Health and Well-Being?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You are what you eat, or so they say! After surveying family and friends on a week of eating habits, learners analyze the data for patterns. They compare different variables such as fats and cost, fats and calories, or fats and LDLs. 

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