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Pbs Ready to Learn: Abcd Eat Right! [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Workshop lesson plan to help children understand the importance of healthy eating. Geared to both teachers and parents, this plan provides activities, book titles that are relevant, and charts and pictures to print out.
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123 Teach Me

123 Teach Me Spanish Test: Eating Out

For Students 9th - 10th
This reference provides basic phrases to use when ordering food. All content of this learning module is available in writing and auditorily. The included video provides statements with food request and food preference statements.
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Health Check Systems: Healthier Fast Food Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from HealthCheck Systems you can click on the names of your favorite fast food places to see the "healthier" food choices they provide. Check out the calorie, fat, protein, and carbohydrate content for each food choice.
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Let's Do Lunch! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this project is to teach students the life skills they need when dining in public. The project begins with a discussion of eating out and the students are polled as to how often, if ever, they eat in a restaurant with...
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US Department of Agriculture

U.s. Department of Agriculture: Choose My Plate

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The U.S. Government's official resource for sound nutritional information points out that eating right can be as simple as increasing some categories of foods while reducing others. Basic information on food groups combined with...
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Oxfam

Oxfam: Food in the United Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents what people in the United Kingdom eat, or try out a recipe for Christmas cake or lost bread.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: How Can I Lose Weight Safely

For Students 9th - 10th
Finding the right weight for yourself can often be difficult because most people aspire to loose or gain a few pounds. Find out how you can safely reach a comfortable weight based on your unique body composition. Links to similar sites...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Thief Dines Out, Hoping Later to Eat in by Rick Bragg

For Students 9th - 10th
For most people, the threat of jail is enough to convince them to abide by society's laws. But for Gangaram Mahes, the promise of jail time is what prompts his criminal activity. In this New York Times article, Rick Bragg discusses why...
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Kids Health: What's the Right Weight for Me?

For Students 3rd - 5th
It is easy to compare yourself with the celebrities and models you see every day on TV and in magazines. These pictures sometimes help shape our body image and we begin to think that we should look like these people. The truth is that...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Healthy Eating Activity 3: Composite Dishes

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart supports lessons from the Food - a fact of life website. Pupils will be able to identify a healthy meal working out what are the key ingredients for the meals presented.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: All About the Vegetable Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the vegetable group, including what foods are vegetables and how much of each type counts as a serving. Three broccoli spears counts as a cup of vegetables, as do one large ear of corn, and two large stalks of celery. What...
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Pacific Science Center: Nutrition Sleuth Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you figure out the missing nutrient in each person's diet? Guess the correct letters of the missing nutrient in this hangman style game!
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Dining Decisions

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive game has kids try to create a well-balanced, nutritious lunch. After selecting five foods, kids find out how they did. They learn what nutrients each healthy food choice provided and what was wrong with the poor food...
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PBS

Nature: Cheetah

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What are some of the cheetah's distinctive characteristics? Come and check out this resource featuring fun facts and information about the cheetah.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Chemistry of Cookies

For Students 9th - 10th
Short video explains via basic chemistry principles the science of baking cookies. Stephanie Warren discusses how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we can kill salmonella, and why that intoxicating smell wafting from your oven...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Ecosystems

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How would you define an ecosystem? Check out this educational resource to learn more about the living and nonliving parts of different ecosystems.

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