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Curated OER

Your 4-H Focus on Food Labels

For Students 6th - 8th
Facilitate healthy eating habits with this collection of activities. This activity, made for 4-H originally, covers nutrition, health, and fitness. Middle schoolers focus on the life skill of making healthy lifestyle choices. They...
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Health Smart Virginia

How the Namuhs Learned to be Content with Who They Are

For Teachers 10th
The Namuhs have a lot to teach humans how idealized images presented in advertising can impact self-perception and self-worth. After brainstorming 10 traits the media sets as the perfect body, class members read a short story about the...
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DocsTeach

Uncle Sam and the American Diet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Uncle Sam wants you to follow the food pyramid! Scholars analyze two images of propaganda posters the government created to promote the food pyramid. Academics complete a worksheet to understand the impact of the campaign and end the...
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Choose My Plate

MyPlate Maze

For Students 2nd - 4th
Scholars find their way through a maze filled with food items from each food group, including grains, dairy, fruit, vegetables, and protein. They know they have made it out when they see the MyPlate dinner plate. 
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Nemours KidsHealth

Food Labels: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Bring awareness to the ingredients scholars ingest daily with two lessons that look deeply into food labels. The first lesson explores the difference between processed and fresh foods while the second lesson focuses on sugar content.
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Curated OER

Home Living / Daily Living: Labels on Food Products

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Everybody needs to know how to make healthy choices when it comes to food. Understanding food labels is the first step. Using empty food packaging, you'll discuss what food labels are, what information can be found on them, and how to...
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Curated OER

The Food Pyramid

For Teachers 4th
Learning about nutrition and how to eat healthy foods is very important for kids these days. Here is a lesson, designed for 4th graders, that teaches these important skills. Pupils plan nutritional meals by using the USDA's Food Guide...
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August House

Stone Soup

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Sharing and cooperation are difficult skills for kindergartners to grasp. Using the story Stone Soup and a series of activities, kids learn about the benefits of working together, categorizing and comparing items, and eating...
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Captain Planet Foundation

Sorting Out Soils

For Teachers K
Sift through soil and learn about why it's important for organic processes. After discussing what makes up soil, such as the living organisms and what types of soil have more nutrients, kids sample layers of mulch and deeper soil to...
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Montana Office of Public Instruction

Eat Smart Be Smart

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Get children's blood pumping with this primary grade lesson on the human heart. After learning about the important role this muscle plays in the human body, young scholars monitor their heart rates and discover the importance...
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Curated OER

You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the essential nutrients for our bodies.  In this healthy choices lesson students complete several activities which includes research and a presentation. 
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Curated OER

A Healthy Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students market healthy environments. In this healthy environment lesson, students participate in an activity that requires them to examine the food web. Students then research healthy and unhealthy environments and use their findings to...
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Curated OER

Food Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd
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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Curated OER

Nutrition Plates

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate healthy eating habits by studying the food pyramid.  In this personal health instructional activity, students write a recipe for a healthy meal including one item from each section of the four food groups....
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Curated OER

Food and Your Body -- How to Maintain a Healthy Diet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the different food groups on the food pyramid. In groups, they discover the proper amount to eat from each food group and how to prepare healthy meals. They keep a food journal and calculate the amount of...
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Curated OER

Label Language

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read food labels and understand their meaning. In this healthy eating lesson, students discuss healthy foods and snacks. Students understand the fat and calorie content of foods and discuss the regulations on food...
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Curated OER

ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition Topics

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, while reviewing an extensive vocabulary list on the board, identify basic food groups with the help of picture cards. As a group, they create a collage of healthy and unhealthy foods using pictures from magazines and newspapers.
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Curated OER

Does Your Diet Stack Up?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students review the food pyramid and construct a list of what they eat. Students review the nutritional value of their food list and brainstorm ways to improve their diet.
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Curated OER

Getting the Most From Your Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the food pyramid to learn about healthy food.  In this healthy foods lesson, students create a chart of the healthy foods they eat in a day.  Students discuss their choices and how they could make better choices.
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Nemours KidsHealth

Diabetes: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate personal health by researching healthy eating on the Internet. In this childhood disease lesson, students discuss diabetes, the causes, and ways it can be prevented. Students complete worksheets based on potentially...
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Curated OER

Gifts from the Sea

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the oceanic food chain.  In this healthy eating lesson, student investigate the fish we eat and the food the fish eat.  Students discover what ocean animals eat seaweed and what everyday foods we eat that also...
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Curated OER

My Pyramid for Kids

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students become familiar with the proper amounts of different types of foods they should eat each day. In this food pyramid lesson, students complete worksheets to develop better eating habits. Students understand the importance of...
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Curated OER

Thanksgiving Activity

For Students 5th - 8th
Thanksgiving food doesn't have to be unhealthy! Learners read five situations about specific foods, ingredient substitutions, and ways to maintain healthy blood levels with a handy holiday worksheet. 
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Curated OER

The Food Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research a food pyramid website and research a healthy diet.  In this food pyramid instructional activity, 3rd graders complete a puzzle based on the research they've completed and create a healthy main course menu.

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