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The Color Way
Learners study the importance of eating a colorful diet of fruits and vegetables. In this nutritional diet lesson plan, students complete multiple activities to learn about the nutritional value of colorful fruits and vegetables.
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Idioms-Fruits and Vegetables
In this idiom worksheet, students translate 4 fruit/vegetable idioms, then complete 8 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct idiom.
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Simply Salad Poems
Students investigate the concept of healthy fruits and vegetables. They conduct an information search to list the health benefits of eating vegetables. Students use the information in order to create drawings based around the theme of...
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From Seeds to Salad Bars
Students examine different plants and discover how they can be sources of healthy food choices. They identify tips on how they can eat more fruits and vegetables during the day. They also prepare a recipe.
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All About Seeds!
How do fruits relate to flowers and seeds? Identify the seeds and their purpose with a coloring activity for kindergartners. Once they color the seeds of apples, bananas, and peas (among others), kids get hands-on experience with bean...
Florida Department of Health
Nutrition: Developing Healthy Habits Unit
The focus of the fourth unit in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey Curriculum is on healthy eating and exercise. Class members examine healthy habits data from the YRBD Youth Online Tool, learn about the importance of a healthy diet and...
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Eating Over the Rainbow
Students examine their own diets, and then redesign the USDA's Food Pyramid to reflect nutrition experts' latest advice. They read and discuss The Color of Nutrition: Fruits and Vegetables, which is an article imbedded in this plan.
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Eat Your Plants
Learners explore fruits and vegetables. For this fruits and vegetables lesson, students work in small groups investigating plant parts. Learners discover that fruits and vegetables originate from different parts of plants.
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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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Healthy Eating Chart
In this healthy eating chart worksheet, learners keep track of the number of fruits and vegetables eaten daily as they mark them in the appropriate boxes.
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Fruits and Vegetables-Eat Your Colors!
In this fruits and vegetables worksheet, students draw 3 fruits and vegetables that are certain colors given on a color wheel: green, orange, white, red, yellow and purple.
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5 A Day
Students explore written music. For this cross-curriculum health and music lesson, students sing a "5 a Day" song about fruits and vegetables. Students clap a steady rhythm and identify written quarter notes in a 4/4 time...
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Where Do Your Veggies Grow?
Students examine the different ways fruits and vegetables are grown. In this vegetable growth lesson plan students are presented with the three ways that the vegetation occurs: leaves, roots, or branches. The students group pictures of...
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Be a Food Explorer
Students discover the origins of fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition lesson plan, students research how fruits and vegetables came to the United States via trade routes. Resources are provided.
Primary Resources
Eating a Balanced Diet
A perky presentation provides an overview of what comprises a balanced diet. Viewers discover why water is vital to our health, what the macro-nutrients are and what they provide, and how calcium is important to bones and teeth. The...
Smithsonian Institution
Be a Food Detective
What are packaged food products really made of? This instructional activity will prompt your learners to consider and investigate the source of ingredients in their food. They begin by breaking into groups and analyzing food labels by...
Teach Engineering
Powering a Device Using Food
Eat up a resource on using food to power electrical devices. Future engineers first experiment with different fruits and vegetables to determine the amount of electrical energy they provide. Based on the data, they design and create an...
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Eat Your Vegetables Challenge
In this healthy diet learning exercise, students read the statements about vegetables and select the answer that best complete the 11 statements.
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Keeping Healthy
Review the various ways kids can eat, move, and live to be healthy. They brainstorm lists of exercises, foods, and habits that promote personal health. A good resource to complement a more in-depth lesson.
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Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits
Third graders study a healthy diet. In this healthy diet lesson, 3rd graders investigate the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables. Students compare a healthy diet to their personal diet.
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5 A Day
Students examine their family's fruits and vegetables intake. In this adult health instructional activity, students share how they prepare certain vegetables. They explain why it's important to eat a healthy diet.
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Where Food Grows
Pupils identify how vegetable plants grow. In this plant lesson, students brainstorm different fruits and vegetables and read the book Growing Vegetable Soup. Pupils visit a garden and observe how vegetables grow.
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.
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
Welcome to My American Farm!
Take a step into the virtual farm world and explore the impact farming has on our everyday eating habits. Future farmers discover the meaning of agriculture and the hard work that goes into providing food for us to enjoy. A computer...