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Dietary Fiber
Students examine the different types of fiber and their benefits. In this investigative lesson plan students find good sources of fiber in different foods.
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Oklahoma's Berry Best
Ask your learners to complete activities related to Oklahoma's agriculture, berries in particular. The lesson is cross-curricular and has class members investigate an article about berries, write an acrostic poem, and discuss new...
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Creepy, Crawly Critters
Students study characteristics of insects by creating models from an assortment of materials. They create rubrics showing what an insect must have and create an insect, using a bag of materials. They cut out the puzzle insects included...
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The Disappearing Honeybees: Tracking Honeybee Decline
Middle schoolers practice graphing and other math skills to track number of honeybee colonies present in United States since 1978, discuss major crops that are dependent on insect pollinators, and examine reasons for decline of United...
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Alternative Practices of Agriculture
For this agriculture worksheet, learners read the pages related to the discovery and practice of alternative ways of producing new crops. Then the graphic organizer is filled out for each idea.
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Bizarre Food
Students research foods from other countries. In this multicultural food lesson, students view a list of foods that kings and queens ate on an overhead transparency and go to the website www.jamessolheim.com/teachers1.htm to read about...
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Must or Mustn't?
In this online/interactive grammar usage instructional activity, students read incomplete sentences and fill in the blanks with the verbs "must" or "mustn't". Students choose 32 answers.
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Teen Pregnancy
Students consider the implications of teen pregnancy. In this personal health lesson plan, students discuss how mothers prepare for pregnancy physically and financially. Students compare their daily routines to those of young mothers and...
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pH and Red Cabbage Juice
Learners review properties of materials and define what pH tells them about matter. For this pH levels lesson, students determine whether materials are acids or bases using indicator substances.
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Essential Nutrients - Daily Guides
List the recommended dietary guidelines and explain their function and implementation. (The guidelines are listed below) National Standards 14.3.1 Aim for fitness Aim for a healthy weight Be physically active each day
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Calories and Nutrition
In this calories worksheet, students use a chart comparing the calories found in different food items to complete 3 short answer questions.
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Comparing Apples and Onions
Fifth graders observe and compare apples. In this apples lesson, 5th graders work in groups to record the physical characteristics of a variety of apples. Students predict each apples weight and then weigh them to see if they were...
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Microorganisms: Good Guys or Bad Guys?
Learners discover the role microorganisms play in our lives. In this decomposition lesson, students examine decaying foods and plants in order to analyze the different bacteria that grows. Learners discuss the good and bad of...
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Buzzing Bee's Wardrobe
Students investigate the anatomy of honeybees. In this anatomy lesson, students research the physical characteristics of bees and discover what they do. Students create a model of a honeybee showing the correct anatomy.
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The Present Simple-Daily Routines and Likes and Dislikes
In this daily routines worksheet, students read paragraphs telling about two peoples days, likes, and dislikes. They work in partners to ask and answer twenty-four comprehension questions about each section.
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Healthy Habits
For this ESL worksheet, students master vocabulary associated with sickness and healthy habits. Students complete 5 fill in the blank questions using the drop down menu for each on this interactive website.
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African Elephants
In this elephant worksheet, students read several factual paragraphs about African elephants. Students then answer several questions about the animals.
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Different Types of Orange Juice Contain the Same Amounts of Vitamin C?
Students measure and compare the amount of vitamin C in orange juice samples. They discover the effects of different factors on the concentration of vitamin C. They participate in an experiment to test the orange juice.
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Fun Facts About Bananas: Test Your Research Skills
In this facts about bananas learning exercise, learners answer a set of 10 multiple choice questions about bananas. Answers included on page 2.
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Verbs
In this verbs worksheet, students read each sentence and identify the action verb in the sentence. Students write the verbs on the lines. Students complete 11 sentences and then write a sentence about the picture and underline the action...
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Vocabulary Worksheets - Reading: The Food Pyramid
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read a passage about the food pyramid and then answer 8 multiple choice comprehension questions.
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Smarty Plants
Young scholars examine plants and pollinators. In this plant biology instructional activity, students read The Power of Pollinators and identify the parts of the plant and the pollinators. Young scholars design their own imaginary plants.
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Food For Keeps
Students investigate the concept of food preservation. They use the internet to conduct research, specifically the methods of processing the students' favorite foods. They are introduced to the project using realia like beef jerky and...
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Become a Nutrition Expert
In this nutrition learning exercise, 2nd graders read a selection on nutrition and fill in the table using the information from the selection.